Recently announced, the iPhone SE is the much rumoured return to 4” iPhones. So what do I think of it?
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I love the original iPhone – but at nine years old, it really has had it’s day.
Being able to increase the storage on your iPhone has always been a big issue; should Apple think about doing it?
After finding out my original Juice Pack Plus was a fake, I look at a genuine one.
Juice Packs are popular with many iPhone users, but is your Mophie genuine or a fake?
After using a Juice Pack Helium and Air for my iPhone 5, I decided to check out the heavyweight Mophie in the iPhone 5/5s range.
Perhaps we might see a return to smaller iPhones after all. But will we see colourful handsets in the future?
It’s launch day, and I take a quick look at iOS 9 on an iPhone 5.
iOS 8 introduced yet another smart idea, called Medical ID, creating a quick access medical card for emergencies.
Like it or not, it appears there will be no new coloured iPhone range.
It would appear Apple have finally turned off Push Notifications for iPhone OS 3.
I have been singing the praises of whited00r for a long time – but it’s importance is greater than ever now.
Grab an iPhone, a Pebble, and some earphones, and you have a fantastic handsfree setup.
I took a trip to my local Apple Store ‘Chapelfield, Norwich’ to have some repair work done. How was it?
Do you want the features of a modern iPhone without the expense. I take a look at the 2010 iPhone 4 as a budget handset.
iCloud contacts are great if you have iOS6 upwards. I show you how to export your iCloud contacts for use on older iDevices or other smartphones.
What? It’s 2015, and it’s iPhone rumour time. Will we see a follow up to the iPhone 5c? Will Apple release a speed bumped iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? Or are they planning something different?
The rumour mill is rife with thoughts on Apple’s next version of iOS. What will we see next in Apple’s next generation mobile operating system?
The gory classic controversial splat fest racing game comes to a mobile phone near you.
Is your iPhone battery not lasting as long as you would like? Here are a few tips on how to extend your battery.
Since its introduction in 2007, the iPhone has only had one button on the front of it, the home button. What can it do?
The iPhone 5 might be two years old now, but this is Low End Mac. I take a look at the hardware and how it handles iOS 8.
Apple dropped and buried the iPhone 5 in 2013, keeping the iPhone 4s as their budget model. What does the future hold for the iPhone 5?
One of the new additions in iOS 8 is the ability to turn the screen colours off and make the iDevice run in monochrome. I check it out.
iOS 8 has one steep requirement for those who want to upgrade to it directly on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You need 5.6 GB of free space to load and run the installer – even though the core iOS 8 installation is under 1 GB. That can be a real problem with 8 GB iDevices.
I test iOS 8 on my iPhone 4s out in the wild, my first day with the new OS. How does it go?
iOS 8 has just been released, and I take a quick initial look at it on my iPhone 4s.
I love the original iPhone, but it’s lack of 3G mobile speed can be a big problem when out and about. There is a workaround.
Do you have more than one iDevice with different versions of iOS? Syncing them on the same Mac can be difficult, but here is a simple trick.
My attempts to revive an old iPhone have finally come to an end. I say good-bye to this beat up beast, but it’s not all bad news.