Phones
Analysis
Analysis
An iPhone without Lightning is inevitable, but Apple’s stalling for time
Apple may be forced to ditch the iPhone’s proprietary Lightning port in the coming years thanks to incoming EU laws.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
One plug for all: Apple may be forced to adopt USB-C to charge phones and devices
Forget rummaging through the junk drawer. Soon, we may only need to reach for one cable to charge our smartphones and other devices after a development in Europe.
- by Kelvin Chan
Analysis
Analysis
Big changes in store for iPhone with iOS 16
From the most fundamental phone functions like messages and notifications, to health and smart home features, Apple is making a number of changes to its software this year.
- by Tim Biggs
Snubbed for a phone? There’s no need to take it personally
The impolite habit of ignoring a partner scrolls on a phone is such a widespread phenomenon that behavioural experts even have a term for it – “phubbing”.
- by Sarah Knapton
From ‘door detection’ to scanning braille, phone accessibility keeps expanding
As smartphones become our default computing platform, the devices are having to adapt to make connectivity more accessible for people with disabilities.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
Web culture
Stronger parental controls only one piece of phone safety puzzle
The government wants to force Apple and Google to make stronger tools for parental oversight, but a cultural and educational shift is also needed.
- by Tim Biggs
SCEGGS bans students using mobiles as schools battle online dependence
Teachers across school sectors say students’ screen habits have intensified since last year’s pandemic lockdown.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Good Weekend
Naps, no phones and bath time: How youth is wasted on the young
Our little ones may be in a rush to grow up, but they’ll soon realise that childhood offers plenty of advantages.
- by Amelia Lester
Forget capitalisation and turn on mute: the new rules for texting
Is the thumbs-up emoji passive-aggressive? And what to do about those dreaded, anxiety-inducing Gen-X ellipses . . . Ahead, a guide to texting etiquette in 2022.
- by Tatum Hunter
Analysis
Analysis
Apple’s subscription iPhones could help make up for cooling sales
Paying monthly for the latest iPhone could bring convenience to users, and value to Apple’s investors.
- by Tim Biggs
Vaucluse local charged over 5G mobile phone tower fires
A woman accused of setting fire to her local mobile phone tower is alleged to have carried a dining chair and a bottle of vegetable oil and tied a singlet around her head.
- by Harriet Alexander