A similarity of the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro is their battery life or lack thereof. They are passable, but this is a rung down from 2019’s devices. generally get around 4.5 hours of usage per charge on a mix of 5G, 4G, and also Wi-Fi. Now, that only represents a full day of usage, and this includes a small buffer amount of charge. In comparison, I could easily get nearly a day-and-a-half from Apple’s iPhone 11 and also from the iPhone XR. A full day per charge is tolerable, however this would’ve been good if there was more of a safety net for those days where there is heavy usage.
On a charging related note, the company has made a rather interesting policy of stopping bundling power adaptors and earbuds with phones because of environmental reasons. All you will get included in their box – other than your iPhone 12 itself – is a USB C to Lightning cord. Some don’t believe this is a major problem. Apple’s Earpods are not good, & many of us have a charging adaptor. The only tricky part is the use of cord. You’ll require a power brick that uses a USB Type C port to use it and if you’re upgrading from an iPhone 11 Pro Max, your iPhone power brick will be made with a USB A connector.

And you can always use the older charger & cable, but you will not get the fast charging speeds that the iPhone 12 is able to achieve. If you want to buy a USB C power brick, you are looking at $39.99 to buy one of these.

MagSafe Uses Magnets

Alternatively, Apple additionally now has a new wireless charging ecosystem: . This system is a puck-like wireless charger that will magnetically snaps onto the back of the MagSafe compatible iPhone. This gives perfect alignment to achieve the fastest wireless charging, this also means you are able to use use your phone as it’s being wirelessly charged which you can’t do with a standard charger. You can still be able to get a faster charge using a normal charger, however MagSafe can take an iPhone 12 from zero to about 40% over around thirty minutes.
Because it is Apple purchasing into MagSafe is going to cost you. You will need to pay $64.99 just for the charger itself, as well as $29 if you require the USB-C power brick. And if you need the magnets that connect to your cover or case, you’ll additionally need a MagSafe cover. The MagSafe charger can provide charge through any case, it won’t stick to it. MagSafe cases are priced from $79.
While there are parts of MagSafe which are OEM, it still functions as a normal wireless charger that works with any device that supports it. The charge time will be slightly slower as fast as MagSafe charging. Right now, MagSafe is a new, fun and somewhat expensive accessory, and I’m interested in seeing where the ecosystem will go.
Because the majority of people don’t have a MagSafe charger for their disposal, there’s definitely a lot of potential when it comes to accessories such as vehicle cradles where it will be useful.

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According to a recent article in South Korean tech source The Elec reports that Samsung would scale back production from an average 25 million phones a month to just 10 million handsets throughout the month of April. The outlet quotes an anonymous source to advise that the ongoing lockdowns due to Covid-19 as well as the halting of factories located in India and the country of Brazil are the main reasons for these output cut.
The company state manufacturing would be back to the normal outputs through the month of May when the India and Brazil plants will reopen manufacturing. However, given that the lockdown has already been lengthened in India until May 3 and considering Covid 19 cases unfortunately are rising in these two countries, the anticipated recovery may be longer than the company hopes.
But, there is a silver lining for the company. Their sales projections of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra have been outperforming all market predictions with sales believed to reach 6 million phones during this year when compared to the predicted numbers 3.5 to 5.25 million phones.

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It’s something you use everyday and it’s potentially covered in germs, so how do you best protect your phone during this outbreak of coronavirus?

We touch our phones more than 2600 times a day, according to US-based market research group dscout.

Microbiologist Charles Gerba, from the University of Arizona in the US, said phones can carry 10 times more bacteria than toilet seats.

Yuck.

It means we could potentially be transferring germs between us and our devices thousands of times in 24 hours.

Can you get coronavirus from your phone?

Your phone can carry coronavirus on its surface.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says “may be possible a person can get [the virus] by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes”.

It can also live up to 24 hours on cardboard, and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel.

On glass, such as your phone screen, it can live up to five days, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection.

It can also survive on other surfaces for up to nine days.

Cleaning an Apple iPhone

Former Apple technician David Payette said you should use alcohol wipes to clean your iPhone of coronavirus if you’re concerned.

He added, after wiping the phone, “leave it” for four minutes “to be safe”, or two minutes to “kill the coronavirus”.

Apple recommends using 70 per cent isopropyl alcohol wipes to clean your phone as long as you use them gently. These can be found in most supermarkets.

Examples of 70 per cent isopropyl alcohol wipes include Scott alcohol antibacterial wipes, which normally sell for under $6, or Livingstone Liv-Wipes which cost about $5.

If you can’t purchase these then Dr Lena Ciric, a microbiologist from University College London, says you can just use “simple household soap”.

You should unplug your phone before cleaning it, Apple says. Also avoid getting moisture into “openings” such as the charging port or the speaker.

Also, don’t use bleach or “submerge” your phone in any cleaning agents.

Dr Ciric told the BBC it’s best to gently rub the surfaces of the phone using a damp cloth.

Dry your phone with a micro-fibre cloth, Dr Ciric advised.

“Even using soap and water can effectively remove bacteria and viruses from your phone,” she said.

Once this is done, wipe it over with a soft cloth.

Apple also recommends not using compressed air to clean your phone.

Cleaning your Samsung phone

Samsung advises using soft cloths for cleaning phones.

While screens are glass you might be tempted to reach for the Windex but Samsung advises against this. Save that for the windows at home.

“If required, dampen the corner of a cloth with a small amount of clean water and gently wipe your phone with the cloth going up and down the screen,” Samsung says.

“Use the dry corner of cloth to remove any excess moisture left on the phone.”

This article Coronavirus: How to keep your phone clean originally appeared on www.au.news.yahoo.com

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Without hurry, Apple is unvieled its formal concept of iPhone 6 launched in 2014. Removing the jack mini-jack, the disappearance of the central button mechanism so representative of the iPhone, appearance of certified waterproofing, the iPhone 7 presents as a choice, as a generation 6 at the end of change or a little like what should have been the 6s of 2015. Let’s turn it in all directions; it’s a slow transformation that probably has to purpose to gradually prepare his world to the special iPhone 10 years of existence, next year. And a preparation that, in the state, has (very) good.

At almost fixed date, Apple returns each year with a new batch of iPhone. For 2 years now, the Californian firm has declined its flagship mobile object in two models, one “normal”, the other very large, the “Plus”. In this year 2016, it is therefore the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus that appear to the world. You can already find our full test of the iPhone 7 Plus. 
The one that interests us here is the iPhone 7. The differences in size are always the same between him and his big brother, since the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: the iPhone 7 has an LCD touchscreen with IPS HD panel of 4, 7 inches, when the iPhone 7 Plus is equipped with a display of the same technology, in Full HD and 5.5 inches.

As we will see in detail later, the iPhone 7 changes without actually changing the premium compared to the iPhone 6s, at least from the outside. Except that the structure, of identical appearance, introduces this year an IP67 certification offering a seal up to 1 meter deep for a limited period of 30 minutes. 

The other novelty is finally a disappearance, that of the jack mini-jack and audio output that is now only by the port owner Lightning (charging, data transfer and music listening, so). We remember then that Apple had been the big promoter of this mini-jack 3.5 mm jack with its very first iPhone, the time when each manufacturer proposed its own usable audio jack with a unique proprietary pedestrian kit.

Apple finally deigns to equip its basic iPhone with optical stabilization on the main camera. Previously reserved for the Plus version, it accompanies a slightly revised module and a 12 MP sensor. The Plus, to stand out, switches to a double photo module system at the back. 

The North American giant is also putting top speed on the heart of the device, with a mobile chip, still of his own name, called A10 Fusion and equipped with 4 cores, two of which moderate frequency to handle almost all the classic tasks a smartphone and two surviving hearts broken exclusively to heavy tasks, such as photography, video capture or 3D video game.

Added to this is a 2 GB RAM, a non-expandable storage capacity available in 32, 128 and 256 GB, a front photo sensor that goes from 5 MP on the iPhone 6s, 7 MP on this iPhone 7 and a front central button that is no longer mechanical, but sealed (especially to ensure the total waterproofness of the device) and managed by the haptic engine that offers since 6s 3D Touch interaction with the screen. 

A button that also keeps its built-in fingerprint reader, called Touch-ID. Also note the battery that is gaining capacity and a brand new operating system, iOS 10, filled with novelties. 

Economics and Design

You know what? Well, the iPhone 7 … is an iPhone. Take the last two years of aesthetic proposals with the iPhone 6 and 6s and you will have the very big lines of this edition 2016. Changes in details sometimes heavy sense. The first of all, necessarily, is the disappearance of the headphone jack on the lower edge of the product, which then leaves the Lightning port to express itself in the middle of two grids, one right for the exit of the speaker, the other on the left which serves as well of decoration, heat dissipation and decompression because connected to a barometric valve – thank you the site disassembly in rule iFixit  – related to the waterproofness of the product. 

Then come the replacement of the antennas on the upper and lower edges and finally the main photo module on the back of which the protrusion – no, really, dear builders, continue to dig in the finesse for finesse to achieve this kind of thing … – is a little more prominent than the 6s, because we must fit the new optical stabilization. 

As for the iPhone 7 Plus, if you are looking for the visual break on this new iteration, it is on the side of the matte black and glossy “jet black” models that you have to turn. The first makes it possible to almost disappear the antennas of the visual field when the astonishing treatment of the aluminum on the second gives the impression of having in the hands a product made of one.

However, if Apple wants to clarify that the version “jet black” is subject to a risk of micro-abrasion, it is for a reason. In just over a week of testing only with this model and without mistreating it, we have seen scratches, scratches on several areas of the back (see below), while the corners seem to us perfect victims in power for pronounced wear and slip. A bit like the leather shell of the LG G4. 

But back to our Californian sheep. Despite these observations on the Jet Black, it is clear that Apple has once again done an excellent job of construction and finishing. The grip is excellent, the aluminum does not slip too much, always except for the jet rink – you have it? – and the whole gives off a great feeling of solidity. 

We regret, however, that Apple evolves so little, not understand at all, in the optimization of space. Thus, the screen occupies only 66% of the front panel, one of the worst ratios of the market, when a Samsung Galaxy S7 will spread over more than 73% of the surface. With such a ratio, Apple could then offer a 5-inch screen in the template of the iPhone 7.

And the button with the abandonment of mechanical operation for an inert round sealed in the glass and encircled by the fingerprint reader Touch-ID; effective parry if it is to cloisonne the device in its sealing – some advance the idea, also, that Apple puts a little more the hand on the classic circuit of repair with this button which is not anymore one. 
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