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https://daringfireball.net/2008/07/iphone_display_color_temperature
Daring Fireball: iPhone Display Color Temperature, and the Difference Between Builds 5A345 and...
Regarding the difference between builds 5A345 and 5A347 of iPhone OS 2.0.
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/11/iphone_web_apps_alternative
Daring Fireball: iPhone Web Apps as an Alternative to the App Store
I think it would be good for everyone — Apple, developers, and iPhone users — if unrestricted web apps became a serious alternative to the restricted App...
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https://daringfireball.net/2023/10/overheatgate_nothingburger
Daring Fireball: iPhone 15 OverheatGate Seems to Be a Nothingburger
Blaming it on the new titanium frame was just wild speculation on Kuo’s part, and by all evidence is *completely wrong*.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/platt
Daring Fireball: iPhone Doubter of the Year
There are iPhone doubters, and then there’s David Platt.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/wherefore_art_thou_iphone_sdk
Daring Fireball: iPhone SDK, iPhone SDK! Wherefore Art Thou iPhone SDK?
Ever since the iPhone was announced, Steve Jobs has done a terrible job talking about Apple’s policy and plans for third-party iPhone software development.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/cell_tower_positioning
Daring Fireball: iPhone: Using Cell Towers for Positioning?
Even without GPS, software on the iPhone might be able to determine a general current location based on the nearest cellular phone network tower.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/07/iphone_fonts
Daring Fireball: iPhone Fonts
Which fonts are included on iPhone, and which fonts should be.
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/10/iphone_xr_review_roundup
Daring Fireball: iPhone XR Review Roundup
Reviewing the reviews.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/08/iphone_calendar_syncing
Daring Fireball: iPhone Calendar Syncing
With regard to iPhone calendar syncing, Mobile Me giveth, and MobileMe taketh away.
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https://daringfireball.net/2016/03/the_iphone_se
Daring Fireball: The iPhone SE
*Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.*
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https://daringfireball.net/2023/09/apples_two-pronged_annual_iphone_strategy
Daring Fireball: Apple’s Two-Pronged Annual iPhone Strategy
In sports terms, the Pro models are the offense, and the non-pro models are the defense. And it’s defense, they say, that wins championships.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/05/regarding_the_iphone_keyboard
Daring Fireball: Regarding the iPhone Keyboard
What do people who previously used BlackBerrys/Treos/etc. think of the iPhone’s keyboard?
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/01/iphone_x_one_year
Daring Fireball: On Rumors of the iPhone X Being Produced for Only One Year
It’s interesting news that the iPhone X might only be around for one year, to be sure (again, if true), but it’s not surprising in the least, and it’s of...
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https://daringfireball.net/2020/04/the_quadrennial_iphone_se_schedule
Daring Fireball: The Quadrennial iPhone SE Schedule
There’s nothing new strategically about the new iPhone SE — it’s a nearly exact replay of the original SE strategy from 2016, before the iPhone X era began.
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/04/gizmodo_prototype_iphone
Daring Fireball: Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone
I have two issues regarding Gizmodo’s actions regarding this story.
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https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_iphone_16e_announcement
Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on Today’s iPhone 16e Announcement
The iPhone 16e is arguably just plain a better phone than the iPhone 15, and I think it’s almost inarguably a better value at $100 less.
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/11/iphone_xr_theory
Daring Fireball: An Alternative Theory on Purportedly Weak iPhone XR Demand
If it’s true that iPhone XR sales are slower than Apple expected — a big “if” at this point, given that only Apple has hard data — I think some part of it...
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/11/flagging_messages_from_iphone_mail
Daring Fireball: Flagging Messages From iPhone Mail
An AppleScript workaround for the iPhone Mail client’s lack of support for message flagging.
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https://daringfireball.net/2020/05/iphone_and_android_cpu_performance
Daring Fireball: Let’s Check In on the State of iPhone and Android CPU Performance
What makes this situation unprecedented in personal computing history isn’t that one company has maintained a decade-long performance edge over the rest of the...
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https://daringfireball.net/2017/09/iphone_x_event_thoughts_and_observations
Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on the Products Announced at This Week’s iPhone X...
Thoughts on the new iPhones, Apple Watches, AirPower, Face ID, and more.
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https://daringfireball.net/2019/09/the_iphone_11_and_iphones_11_pro
Daring Fireball: The iPhone 11 and iPhones 11 Pro
It’s an impressive year-over-year camera improvement one year after an impressive year-over-year camera improvement.
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/02/anti_bootlegging_app_store
Daring Fireball: Anti-Bootlegging Measures and the iPhone App Store
Not all jailbreakers are bootleggers, but all bootleggers are jailbreakers.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/11/google_mobile_uses_private_iphone_apis
Daring Fireball: Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
The “just lift the phone to your ear to get a voice prompt” feature in the new version of Google Mobile uses private iPhone APIs.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/09/adobe_speaks_of_flash_player_for_iphone
Daring Fireball: Adobe Speaks of Flash Player for iPhone
If Adobe really wants to get Flash on the iPhone, they should shut up about the iPhone and start talking about and coding for Android.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/04/twitter_web_clients_for_the_iphone
Daring Fireball: The Unsatisfying State of Twitter Web Clients for the iPhone
A review of various Twitter web interfaces for the iPhone.
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/10/the_iphone_xr
Daring Fireball: The iPhone XR
It sounds too good to be true, but the XR is almost as good as the XS models at a *far* lower price. Dollar for dollar, the XR is almost certainly the best...
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/05/the_next_iphone
Daring Fireball: The Next iPhone
What to expect from the next-generation iPhone to be announced at WWDC.
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/16/bonus-thought-regarding-the-name-iphone-ultra
Daring Fireball: Bonus Thought Regarding the Name 'iPhone Ultra'
Link to: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/14/name-of-foldable-iphone
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https://daringfireball.net/2021/09/why_still_lightning
Daring Fireball: Why Does the iPhone Still Use Lightning?
My theory is that Apple carefully weighs the pros and cons for each port on each device it makes, and chooses the one that it thinks makes for the best product...
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https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/the_iphone_16e
Daring Fireball: The iPhone 16e
The iPhone 16e is an iPhone for people who don’t want to think much about their phone. But they *do* want an iPhone, not just any “whatever” phone. A just...
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/06/80_gb
Daring Fireball: Regarding the 80 GB iPhone Capacity in the Activation and Sync Video
So in the activation and sync demo video Apple posted today, at the 6:15 mark it pans down in iTunes to the capacity meter, and, remarkably, shows an 80 GB...
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https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/app_store_2025_top_iphone_apps_in_the_us
Daring Fireball: App Store 2025 Top iPhone Apps in the U.S.
The only apps in the top 10 not from Google or Meta are ChatGPT (#1) and TikTok (#4).
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/12/anti_aliasing_on_the_iphone
Daring Fireball: Anti-Aliasing on the iPhone
The iPhone does not use sub-pixel anti-aliasing, perhaps for no other reason than that it doesn’t need to.
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https://daringfireball.net/2014/09/prelude
Daring Fireball: Prelude to Tomorrow’s Big-Ass iPhone Apple Event
On the expected new 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones, and the wearables.
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https://daringfireball.net/2008/08/iphone_nda_patents
Daring Fireball: Is the iPhone NDA About Patents?
So as if the entire field of software patents weren’t already enough of a drag on the industry, we may well have it to blame for the NDA.
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/14/name-of-foldable-iphone
Daring Fireball: On the Name of Apple's Foldable iPhone
Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/07/foldable-iphone-fold-iphone-ultra/
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https://daringfireball.net/2018/09/iphone_xs_xr_series_4_apple_watch_event
Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s iPhone XS/XR and Series 4 Apple Watch...
Regarding the event itself and the devices announced at it.
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/04/reading_between_the_iphone_os_4_lines
Daring Fireball: Reading Between the iPhone OS 4.0 Lines
The number one priority at Apple is to grow mobile market share faster than Android. Anything that is not directly competitive with Android specifically or...
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https://daringfireball.net/2016/09/thoughts_and_observation_iphone_7_event
Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on This Week’s iPhone 7 / Apple Watch Series 2 Special...
The event itself, Nintendo, iWork real-time collaboration, Apple Watch Series 2, iPhone 7, AirPods, and more.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/07/businessweek_taking_the_iphone_apart
Daring Fireball: BusinessWeek: ‘Taking the iPhone Apart’
More on iPhone tear-down component price estimates.
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https://daringfireball.net/2020/10/the_iphone_12_and_iphone_12_pro
Daring Fireball: The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
So when you see that the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have 6.1-inch displays, 12 years of iPhone experience are going to make you think these are iPhone...
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https://daringfireball.net/2012/05/bigger_display_iphone_thing_wwdc
Daring Fireball: How Apple Could Play the Bigger-Display iPhone Thing at WWDC, Which I Swear, I’m...
The design tension in post-iPhone mobile phones is between screen size (where bigger is better) and device size (where smaller is better). You want a physical...
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https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/the_case_of_the_iphone_case_poll
Daring Fireball: The Case of the iPhone Case Poll
A poll about iPhone case usage, and my own iPhone 14 case recommendations.
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/04/iphone-profit-share-104
Daring Fireball: Analyst Pegs iPhone Share of Phone Industry Profit at 104 Percent
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https://daringfireball.net/2009/01/netnewswire_iphone_sized_data
Daring Fireball: NetNewsWire and iPhone-Sized Data
Managing feeds on the iPhone with NetNewsWire and NewsGator.
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https://daringfireball.net/2007/07/josh_quittner_returns_his_iphone
Daring Fireball: Josh Quittner Returns His iPhone
Too cool to be impressed.
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https://daringfireball.net/2022/02/on_the_origin_of_the_iphone
Daring Fireball: On the Origin of the iPhone
As a product, the original iPhone exemplified Apple’s holistic approach to hardware and software that are designed for each other, yet, at the engineering...
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https://daringfireball.net/2010/04/engadget_posts_pictures_of_purported_next-gen_iphone
Daring Fireball: Engadget Posts Pictures of Purported Next-Gen iPhone
The story sounds like something out of a novel — someone “finds” a next-gen iPhone housed in a 3G case on the floor of a bar in San Jose, and, while the phone...
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