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During the unveiling of the iPhone 14 Pro series at its Far Out event, Apple lauded the series’ Super Retina XDR display as the “most advanced display ever in a smartphone”. A pretty bold claim, but it may be warranted by Apple given how the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s display recently won the DisplayMate Best Smartphone Display Award with an A+ Display Performance grade.

Apple has come out with some pretty exciting software stuff recently, and the hottest one could be Dynamic Island. However, not only the iPhone users like it, but some other smartphone makers are also fond of the idea. That's why we have seen some replicates on Android smartphones. Now, it seems like another feature has also gotten an Android OEM's attention, with Samsung testing the iOS 16's Lock Screen customization in OneUI 5 beta 3.

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.

Reliable tipster on everything Apple, Mark Gurman has revealed that the tech giant is planning to revamp its naming scheme for the iPhone starting next year. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that moving forward, the 'Pro Max' model will be replaced with ‘Ultra’ starting with the iPhone 15 series next year.

Usually, a second Apple Event would follow up after the launch of the latest iPhone series. The second round would typically show the latest Macs, MacBooks and iPads but this year, Apple may not even hold a livestream event.

Apple has recently updated its support document for the AirPods Pro lineup following the release of the second-generation AirPods Pro and there are some interesting details embedded within the page. The most notable one though has got to be the fact that the new AirPods Pro’s ear tips are incompatible with the original version.

iOS 16 brings a flurry of new features to the iPhone, including for the first time ever, haptic feedback while using the iOS virtual keyboard. However, it looks like turning on this feature may have an unwanted effect on your device’s battery life as according to Apple, it might drain your battery faster.

Since its unveiling by Apple, the iPhone 14 Pro series’ Dynamic Island feature has been the talk of the tech world, with many developers even attempting to emulate the concept on Android. Now, there’s even an app called ‘dynamicSpot’ by an Android developer named Jawomo that would put Dynamic Island on your Android device.

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.

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”.