Apple, we've reached peak smartphone. What now?
Here's the reality: More and more consumers have decided we don't need to upgrade every year. Or every other year.
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Google bets $1.36 billion more brains can help take on iPhone
Deal with HTC officially closed, meaning more than 2000 smartphone specialists added to Google's in-house hardware effort.
Apple shares dip on report of iPhone X production cut, wiping $17b from market value
Japanese newspaper Nikkei has reported Apple is halving its production target for the new phone amid cooling demand.
iPhone X sales estimates cut, analyst predicts production to end in 2018
Apple's very first OLED phone is unlikely to see its first birthday, respected analyst Kuo Ming-chi has suggested.
iPhone speed or battery life? You choose, Apple says
Apple chief executive Tim Cook says you'll soon be able to make the decision between your iPhone's performance and its battery life, following controversy over the company's decision to do it for you.
Why it's time for Apple to build a less addictive iPhone
Apple gave us the modern smartphone. Now, it can create a new take on the device by encouraging us to use it more deliberately — and a lot less.
Some Apple investors think iPhone is too addictive, others say that's the idea
'Addictive things are very profitable', one shareholder said.
iPhone battery program could encourage people to upgrade less often
Apple has slashed the price of its replacement batteries after a backlash, but will it lead to people hanging on to iPhones for longer? And would Apple even care?
Why investors aren't worried about slow sales of Apple's iPhone X
In years past, demand for Apple's latest flagship phone was critical to the company's results over the holiday shopping quarter. Nowadays, not so much.
Apple faces lawsuits after saying it slows down aging iPhones
​Apple defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in the US.
'Weak demand': The iPhone X's not-so-merry Christmas
Sinolink Securities analyst Zhang Bin said in a report Monday that iPhoneX shipments in the period may be as low as 35 million, or 10 million less than he previously estimated.
Apple admits it slows your iPhone down as the battery gets older
​Apple is taking heat for a discovery about old iPhones: As their batteries age, Apple's software slows them down.
Samsung to reveal Galaxy S9 as early as February, sources say
Apple's iPhone X set to get a sooner-than-expected challenger.
Apple shoppers go cold on the iPhone X, analyst says
Apple customers seem to be opting for cheaper models of the iPhone, analyst research shows, suggesting that the company failed to cram enough new technologies into the iPhone X to justify the $1,579 price tag.
Optus takes best network crown, Telstra cries foul
The best telecommunications company to sign up to for voice calls and data varies drastically depending on where a customer is located.
Illegal student labour at iPhone X plant
Teenage workers 'forced' to take part in intern programme at Foxconn in order to graduate.
Three new iPhones in 2018, analyst says
With Apple having released its iPhone X earlier this month after a year of speculation and hype, it's time to get the cycle started all over again with fresh rumours about the company's 2018 phones.
iPhone X sold at a higher margin than iPhone 8
Apple's latest phone costs more to make than the iPhone 8 that came before, but it's also being sold at a higher mark-up.
Six gestures you'll need to learn for iPhone X
If you want a quick guide to everything new before you get your own new iPhone X, here's your cheat sheet.
iPhone X first impressions: some re-learning required
The iPhone X is as weird and wonderful device. And it will take some time to get used to.