News & Reviews:   Apple

Apple has added the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 2 into its vintage and obsolete products list. The company has stopped the sale of the mentioned products for more than five years, so it's time for them to enter the list.

After announcing that a self-repair programme was in the works last November, Apple has finally launched the programme in the United States. Called the 'Apple Self Service Repair', it will be expanded to other countries beginning with Europe later this yeart.

Previously, we reported that Samsung will allegedly become Apple’s exclusive OLED panel suppliers for the iPhone 14 Pro. Now, it seems that both companies may be keen on further manufacturing collaboration as Samsung is allegedly now in talks with Apple to become the supplier for the upcoming M2 chips.

Apple is globally rolling out a feature that prevents children from viewing photos that contain nudity in its messaging app. The "communication safety in Messages" feature will blur said images and prompt notifications to guide the children about what to do next.

TSMC will reportedly enter mass production for the next-generation 3nm process in the second half of 2022. According to the source, the semiconductor manufacturer is on track to supply Apple with its latest technology in 2023.

Apple has spotted having connections with something that is highly anticipated for the iPhones. According to the source, the tech giant visited Jahwa Electronics' new facilities during the first half of 2021, which is the company that could provide Apple with new optical image stabilization (OIS) actuators.

Back in January 2022, Apple hosted a Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge globally and it has officially ended. Today, the company has chosen and unveiled the top 10 best iPhone macro photos from around the world taken from their iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Yesterday, we reported how Apple was successful in its patent application for an under-display Face ID technology. Well, it looks like the tech giant has been busy behind the scenes and has also been granted patents for other designs, including for a few game controllers!

Speaking of the game controller patents, it seems that Apple may still be figuring out the best design option. The company has had three different design concepts for the gaming controller in two separate patent applications that were approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office as well as from the European Patent Office.

Finally, YouTube is ready to roll out the picture-in-picture support for iOS users. According to the video streaming platform, the feature could launch "in a matter of days across all iOS 15+ devices".

As we wait for the annual Apple WWDC 2022 event in June, we got some news about iOS 16 from Mark Gurman who works for Bloomberg. According to Gurman, iOS 16 could have "significant enhancements" that include new health-tracking and notification features.