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Apple eyeing up 200 megapixel camera trick
Published in Mobiles


Samsung's sensor crop shows up iPhone's zoom


It took the fruity cargo cult, Apple long enough to jump from 12MP to 48MP on its iPhones, but now there’s fresh talk that it might leap again to a 200MP sensor, following a bruising camera comparison with Samsung.

Qualcomm rubs Apple’s nose in modem flop
Published in Mobiles


Study shows Jobs' Mob's C1 chip loses the 5G race in crowded cities

Qualcomm is taking a well-aimed swipe at one of its biggest ex-customers, revealing that its modem chips trounced the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s homemade alternative in a real-world 5G smackdown.

Foxconn cheers up investors with AI and EV promises
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Chairman pledges 2025 growth

Foxconn appears to have sobered up after last week’s hangover, now claiming its 2025 revenue will smash past last year’s total despite an earlier downgrade that spooked the market.

TCL Flip 4 5G shows that touchscreens didn’t save the world
Published in Mobiles


Tactile buttons and retro cool bite Job’s Mob where it hurts

The TCL Flip 4 5G is proof that touchscreens didn’t cure cancer, no matter how much Job’s Mob tried to convince the world otherwise. The so-called revolution of endless swipes and all-glass phones has started to wobble, and in strolls the humble flip phone with a smug little click.

Trump threatens Job’s Mob with 25 per cent iPhone tariff
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iPhones made outside US could get slapped with a massive tax

President Donald Trump is kicking off another round of his trade war antics, and this time the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is in the firing line. On 23 May 2025, Trump warned Apple boss Tim Cook that unless iPhones are made in the US, they’ll be hit with a 25 per cent tariff.

Foxconn builds $1.5bn plant in India 
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Apple's iPhone supply chain shifts further from China to Chennai

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is moving more of its iPhone supply chain into India, with its long-time partner Foxconn dropping $1.5 billion on a new display module plant near Chennai. 

Apple blocking Microsoft's Xbox store attempts
Published in Mobiles


Vole backs Epic in its scrap with the Fruity Cargo Cult

The software king of the world Microsoft has complained to a court that the fruity cargo cult Apple has been doing its best to stop it launching an Xbox-branded mobile game store.

OpenAI teams up with Sir Jony Ive
Published in AI
Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:31

OpenAI teams up with Sir Jony Ive


Former Apple designer likely to cook up an expensive mystery box

OpenAI has confirmed it’s entering the hardware game, teaming up with former Job’s Mob design messiah Jony Ive to birth a new line of AI gadgets, though no one’s quite sure what they’ll do yet.

Apple’s foldable fantasy crushed by Huawei and Amazon
Published in Mobiles

 
Tame Apple Press celebrates a ghost product while rivals deliver the goods

The Tame Apple Press has breathlessly hyped up a foldable device from Jobs’ Mob, promising an innovation that would once again change everything. Except there is no product, no launch, and no clarity on whether it is an iPad or a MacBook. The only thing Apple seems to have delivered is confusion and delay.

Job’s Mob’s AI ambitions strangled by China deal backlash
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Beijing data woes and Alibaba tie-up give Washington conniptions

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to shove Apple Intelligence into every iPhone it sells, but doing that in China could turn into a diplomatic landmine.