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Apple accepts repairing the repaired iPhone with its battery out

A leaked internal note from Apple revealed that it had decided to accept the repair of the iPhone devices, which the customer had previously changed the battery outside the authorized Apple distributors. Previously, if a customer went to it or any of its maintenance centers, and it was discovered that the device’s battery was not the original, that is, it was changed by the user’s knowledge, it was refusing to provide the service even if the work had nothing to do with the battery such as a broken screen or a malfunction in the headphones and fingerprint. But now, if the malfunction has nothing to do with the battery, the Apple employee will ignore the presence of a non-original battery and provide you with the required service.

Apple continues to lead the wearables market in Q4-2018

The famous IDC Statistical Center revealed its report on sales of wearable devices for the fourth quarter of 2018, in which there was an increase of 31.4% in general market sales to reach 59.3 million devices, Apple won 27.4% of it and maintained its first position despite the decline in its share, which was 29.6%. But in general, Apple's watch sales increased to 16.2 million compared to 13.3 million, but the increase was less than the market increase. Xiaomi continued its leaps to gain a market value of 12.6%, followed by Huawei, which increased its sales 248.5% to reach 1.6 million in Q4-2017 and became 5.7 million in Q4-2018. Samsung also witnessed a significant improvement, with its share reaching 6.8%.

IFixit: Apple tried to secretly solve the MacBook screen problem

We have previously mentioned the problem of the screens of some Mac computers, which damages the connection cable between the computer and the screen after frequent use, opening and closing the device, and then spots appear on the screen like the one in the picture above, "This gray is not dust, but rather a problem in lighting and screen." IFixIt stated in a report that the 2018 version of the computer had modified the cable and increased its length to avoid the problem in silence. But the important point is that the 2018 version was released before the media hype around the malfunction, meaning that Apple discovered the problem and addressed it in the newer devices secretly and without announcing that a defect was discovered and a repair program was launched as usual.

USB Foundation unveils USB 4.0 and announces its availability this summer

The USB Foundation announced that the fourth version of USB 4.0 is coming this summer and that it has been developed with Intel and is based on the Thunderbolt 3 protocol and has support for a data transfer speed of up to 40Gbps by providing two paths in the cable to transfer data. Of course, the new cable is of the USB C format. According to the official USB group statement, there are many companies, including Apple, that will release products that support this version this year.

Corning supplies bendable glass

The famous Corning glass maker, Gorilla, is currently working on a project to introduce foldable glass. The problem facing the foldable phone industry is that the glass on the phone does not fold, and accordingly companies use plastic as an alternative, but it seems that Corning has a solution, which is bendable glass with a radius of 5 mm and a glass thickness of less than 1 mm. According to the leaked photos and the report, it can withstand up to 200 times bending, which is a very large number, and it ensures that the glass continues to work without problems. The report did not reveal when we will see this glass and whether or not Apple is expected to cooperate with Corning to use it again.

Samsung expects S10 sales to increase due to Apple's decline

The famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that Samsung is currently manufacturing the S10 in large quantities due to its expectation of increased sales for the development of its phone compared to the iPhone. The analyst said that initial indications show that the S10 is getting 30-40% higher bookings compared to the S9 last year, and that they expect to sell 40-45 million phones from the S10 and S10 +, compared to a previous forecast of 30-35 million.

Samsung sends samples of its foldable screens to Apple

A report by ETNews revealed that Samsung had sent samples of its foldable screen to Apple in order to persuade it to enter this field and buy screens from them. The report said that on February 27, Samsung sent samples of its 7.2-inch and 0.1-inch screen to Apple as well as Google in order to conduct their tests on them and persuade them to choose Samsung as a supplier of screens for their foldable devices if they decided to enter this field.

Miscellaneous news

◉ Microsoft announced that it will pay 95% of the proceeds from selling programs to developers and get only 5%. It is noteworthy that Apple divides the revenues of 70% for the developer and 30% for the subscriptions, which are divided 85% for the developer and 15% for Apple after the first year.

Apple announced its intention to increase the number of its employees in San Diego by 20% over the next 3 years, or 1200 new employees.

◉ Apple revealed the 2019 edition of its employment report, which monitors the conditions of Apple factory employees around the world, the operating conditions of workers, as well as the environmental responsibilities of the company. This year's report has 66 pages.

LG announced the launch of a mid-year update for its TVs to support Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit feature. The devices that got the feature are only 2019 versions for some categories.

◉ The unc0ver jailbreak tool has been updated to beta version 40 to support jailbreaking of all iPhones up to iOS 12.1.2 (pre-A12 processor).

◉ Apple launched the fourth beta version of iOS 12.2.

◉ A report revealed that Apple accounted for half of smartwatch sales in the fourth quarter of 2018

◉ The Global USB Alliance announced the reintroduction of USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 under the name USB 3.2, so that the speed of 5.0 GB is called USB 3.2 first generation and the speed of 10 GB is called USB 3.2 second generation and the introduction of a new generation called USB 3.2 second generation 2 × 2 speed of 20 GB.

This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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