News & Reviews:   Apple iPhone 14 pre-order

Apple Malaysia have made a surprise (not really) announcement with a brand new yellow colour for the Apple iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus smartphones. Going for pre-order from 10 March 2023, the new yellow iPhones will be available from 14 March 2023.

Apple released several unique new features with the launch of the iPhone 14 series in September and one of them, emergency SOS via satellite has finally gone live. Available for use to iPhone 14 series users in the United States and Canada yesterday, it allows you to send a distress message when there are out of cellular range and WiFi coverage.

TSMC has reportedly performed better than expected in the industry for the third quarter of 2022. The chip-making company had recorded a 48% increase in revenue, while the others suffered. However, it seems like the company wouldn't achieve the number without its big customer, and it's Apple.

One of the new features found on the iPhone 14 series is crash detection, whereby the smartphone will automatically call emergency services should it detect you being in a car accident. However, it looks like Apple may need to iron out the feature a bit more as many users are reporting that their iPhone 14 series are triggering crash detection while on a roller coaster ride.

It seems that the iPhone 14 series is not as popular as Apple has hoped for it to be, whereby it is allegedly lower than the tech giant’s anticipated demand projection. So much so, that Apple has now reportedly abandoned its plans to increase production levels of its new flagship smartphone series.

Apple released its latest iPhone lineup, the Apple iPhone 14 series earlier this month and today, the tech giant revealed a new arrangement for the manufacturing of the smartphone lineup. In a statement, Apple revealed that moving forward, the iPhone 14 will be manufactured in India.

Despite a few notable bugs at launch, it looks like iOS 16 is a hit with iPhone users as more users are adopting the new OS compared to iOS 15 last year. This is according to data from analytics company Mixpanel, whereby some 9 days after the release of iOS 16, it has already been installed in 23.26 per cent of iPhones.

If you are a diehard Apple fan (like this man), you may have gone to Singapore to grab an iPhone 14 series smartphone. Those who haven't will be getting it here soon, but which outlet should you pick your unit from? Well, you can pick yours up from TMT by Thunder Match at midnight this Friday!

iOS 16.1 and tvOS 16.1 are currently in beta testing and developers have found that the OS version allows users to use Apple Fitness+ without an Apple Watch. This is in line with Apple’s announcement during its Far Out event regarding how Apple Fitness+ service will be available to iPhone users without an Apple Watch starting “later this fall”.

Although the official sale of the Apple iPhone 14 will only start in Malaysia next week, someone has already owned the device. A local man has travelled all the way to Singapore to get his hands on the new iPhone. Not only has he successfully brought the iPhone 14 home, but he's also the first in Singapore to do so.