The iPhone 17e, starting at £599, offers a faster A19 chip, double storage, automatic portraits, and MagSafe, providing core Apple experience at a lower cost, despite an older design and single-camera limitation.
New Qi2.2 power banks offer faster wireless charging for iPhones, with some models reaching 25W. The Baseus PicoGo AM52 excels in wireless speeds, while the iWalk PowerHybrid provides a budget-friendly option with decent performance.
The author reviews the Xteink X3, a $80 pocket-sized e-ink reader that magnetically attaches to iPhones like a Pop Socket. Over two weeks of testing, they found it helped read more during idle moments but requires deliberate effort to change social media habits. Drawbacks include clunky default firmware, no USB-C port, and incompatibility with library ebooks from Libby or Amazon. The author recommends the optional $9 magnetic case.
Apple soll intern erwogen haben, die seit 2020 mit dem iPhone 12 eingeführte magnetische Lade- und Zubehörtechnik MagSafe einzustellen. Der zuverlässige Leaker Instant Digital aus China berichtet von einer großen internen Kontroverse. Die notwendigen Magnete seien für Apple sehr teuer. Während das iPhone 16e MagSafe noch vermied, brachte das iPhone 17e die Technik zurück. Beim geplanten iPhone Fold bleibt unklar, ob Platz für die Magnete vorhanden sein wird.
A tech review of SpeakON, Notta's $129 MagSafe dictation device. The pebble-shaped device weighs 25 grams and sticks to iPhone via MagSafe, offering a dedicated microphone for voice-to-text in any app. While the form factor is convenient and battery life decent, the reviewer found microphone performance disappointing within its two-foot range, and AI-powered text editing often made unwanted changes to phrasing. The device is iOS-only, limiting its utility for Mac users.
Yeni iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro ve iPhone Air kullanıcıları, şarj tamamen tükendiğinde cihazlarının açılmaması sorunuyla karşılaşıyor. USB-C kablolu şarj yöntemleri yetersiz kalırken, MagSafe kablosuz şarj cihazının yaklaşık 15 dakika içinde sorunu çözdüğü belirtiliyor. Apple mağazalarındaki teknisyenler de kullanıcılara MagSafe kullanmalarını tavsiye ediyor.
The SpeakOn dictation device offers a hardware-based approach to voice-to-text, but suffers from underwhelming microphone performance, limited platform compatibility, and overly aggressive AI text editing.
