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News on the sidelines: Week 25 Aug - 1 Sep

Warning: the beautiful shiny black color of the 7 is easily scratchable

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At the Apple conference, the shiny black color of the iPhone attracted the eyes of millions and made those who think about owning an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus decide that it will be of this color. But the shock came as several sites published statements by Apple officials stating that this model is easily scratchable and it is recommended to put it in a cover. Thank you, Apple, because you are making us lose the most beautiful color and design due to a scratch.

Apple plans to build the iPhone in India

Apple had an intention from several years ago to enter the Indian market and open sales there, but the conditions of the Indian government are what made it difficult for Apple legally, which stipulated that it must manufacture 30% of its products inside India, which was an obstacle for Apple. In the previous. Now, the idea has become appropriate, as Apple plans with Foxconn factory to build their own factory in India, which will give Apple the opportunity to enter the Indian market that has several privileges, one of which is time, making it easier for the Indian and Asian market. Another is the price. As the Indian government does not impose high taxes, which will make iPhones cheaper.

Apple Watch is falling against its competitors

A report by IDC, which focused on wearables, indicated that sales of this type of device increased by 26.1% in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same quarter of 2015. This increase was not for Apple, as the market for wearable devices is filled with competitors, In first place is Fitbit, which increased its sales by 28.7% compared to the same two quarters. And Apple came in third place, selling 1.6 million hours this quarter, compared to 3.6 million hours in the same quarter, a decrease of 56.7%.

It is reported that wearable devices are a classification that includes sports tires as well as smart watches.

A video showing the progress of building the Apple space ship "new headquarters"

Someone recently photographed Apple's new headquarters, which is better known as the spaceship. The video showed that construction is nearing completion, and the video shows the latest construction developments and compares them with a year ago.

Apple is requesting samples of wireless charging chips

A DigiTimes report revealed that Apple had submitted an application to a manufacturer, without mentioning its name, to request samples of the electronic chips that are used in the metal of the iPhone. Apple did not announce anything like this at yesterday's conference on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, so it is expected that Apple will use this feature in the iPhone 2017, as some rumors have previously stated.

Google has discontinued the Ara project

The ara project was presented at the Google I / O conference in 2014 and when it was presented, the phone did not work, and at the Google I / O 2016 conference, Google provided tools and a special version for developers, allowing them to work on the project. Recently, Google announced that it had discontinued the ara project, the company did not mention clear reasons behind stopping the project that many have been waiting for for years, but people related to the project made it clear that providing the device to the average user requires licenses. In addition, the device is difficult to use due to the ability to replace the internal parts, a feature that could make the device more expensive.

Samsung is adding a replacement program for the Note 7

After the disaster that Samsung fell into with its latest version of the Note 7, which is the phone exploding while it was charging, it provided a new program in the United States to replace the phone not only after the problem occurred, the Note 7 user can replace his phone with another Note 7 phone or replace it with another Samsung device With the retrieval of the price difference. Samsung also provides a gift of $ 25 if you replace your Note 7 with the same device 🙂.

Apple bosses are defending the removal of the headphone jack

Yesterday, Apple introduced its new iPhone 7, in which rumors were believed that Apple would cancel the headphone jack. In an interview with Apple chiefs and officials, they mentioned the reasons behind the removal of the headphone jack. Where someone mentioned that the entrance to the speaker has become a thing of the past, and it is very old, as it was discovered nearly 100 years ago. And that the space has been utilized to provide a larger battery. Also, removing the headphone jack allowed Apple to make the phone waterproof.

Miscellaneous news

  • Apple is cleaning up the App Store to remove abandoned apps that are not working well.
  • Apple has discontinued the sale of its 18-karat gold watch, for no reason.
  • Apple has updated iPads to include 256GB capacity.
  • Apple launched the Gold version of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS for developers.
  • Apple Pay has announced that it is coming to Japan next year.
  • correctionThe iPhone will be available in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Emirates on the following Friday for the release Friday, not next month, as we mentioned yesterday

This is not all the news that is on the sidelines, but we have come to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with every stray and incoming, there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties. Know that technology is there to make life easier for you and help you in it, and if you rob your life and get preoccupied with it, then there is no need for it.

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