Hacker News with Generative AI: iPhone

iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app (theverge.com)
You can now choose WhatsApp as your iPhone’s default app for calls and text messages, as noted by WABetaInfo.

iPhone, WhatsApp, Messaging, Default Apps

81 points by taubek 5 days ago | 72 comments

The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss (daringfireball.net)
Back in 2017, the iPhone X was announced alongside the iPhones 8 and 8 Plus in mid-September. The iPhones 8 shipped that month, and I published a review of the iPhones 8 on September 19. The iPhone X, though, wasn’t available to order until October 27, and didn’t start shipping to customers until November 3. It was an unusual iPhone release cycle that year, to say the least.

iPhone, Apple, Technology, Reviews, Release Cycles

476 points by jgruber 7 days ago | 274 comments

The iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers (2017) (yahoo.com)
A few years ago, backstage at a conference, I spotted a blind woman using her phone. The phone was speaking everything her finger touched on the screen, allowing her to tear through her apps. My jaw hit the floor. After years of practice, she had cranked the voice’s speed so high, I couldn’t understand a word it was saying.

Accessibility, iPhone, Blindness, Technology

10 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 0 comments

Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones (ericmigi.com)
During Pebble v1, I learned how much harder it is to build a great smartwatch experience on iPhone than it is on Android. It sounds like things have actually gotten worse over the last 8 years.

Apple, Smartwatches, iPhone, Android

1678 points by griffinli 15 days ago | 1106 comments

Apple pulls iPhone 16 ad over Apple Intelligence mishap (9to5mac.com)
Since last fall, Apple has been marketing the iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence with an unreleased Siri feature. After confirming today that the more personal version of Siri isn’t coming anytime soon, Apple has pulled the ad in question.

Apple, iPhone, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence

8 points by latexr 20 days ago | 2 comments

iPhone 16e's C1 modem and how it works with the A18 chip (9to5mac.com)
The iPhone 16e is a unique phone for many reasons. The most notable feature, however, is that it includes Apple’s first-ever cellular modem, the C1.

iPhone, Hardware, Apple, Cellular Technology, Mobile Devices

7 points by walterbell 31 days ago | 1 comments

C1 modem breaks no speed records, but is power efficient (appleinsider.com)
The first real-world tests of Apple's C1 modem in the iPhone 16e say that has comparable performance to previous 5G chips, but achieves that with significantly less battery power.

Mobile Technology, Apple, iPhone, 5G, Battery Life

53 points by Tomte 32 days ago | 41 comments

Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word 'racist' with 'Trump' (theguardian.com)
Apple has promised to fix a bug in its iPhone automatic dictation tool after some users reported it had suggested to them “Trump” when they said the word “racist”.

Apple, iPhone, Bugs, Technology, Language Models

7 points by beardyw 35 days ago | 3 comments

iPhone 16 Pro Teardown – How Every Single Piece Inside Works [video] (youtube.com)

iPhone, Hardware, Teardown, Video, Technology

5 points by gmays 37 days ago | 0 comments

Run Deepseek R1 Locally on an iPhone (apple.com)
Pocket: Der einfachste Weg, private LLMs zu nutzen. Es funktioniert vollständig offline und gewährleistet Ihre Privatsphäre, auch ohne Internetverbindung.

Mobile Development, Privacy, iPhone, Local Computing

8 points by tiharz 49 days ago | 2 comments

The iPhone: 3g's killer app (youtube.com)

iPhone, Mobile Phones, Technology, Marketing

9 points by WorldPeas 50 days ago | 0 comments

Can You Opt Out of Starlink Coverage on iPhone? What We Know (macobserver.com)
With the surprise news that Apple has added Starlink coverage to iOS 18.3, some Apple users are questioning whether they can opt out of the service on their iPhone.

Apple, iPhone, Starlink, Satellite Internet

13 points by cf100clunk 56 days ago | 13 comments

Ask HN: Why does my iPhone show me ads relevant to a dinner conversation? (ycombinator.com)
Last night — for the second day in a row — I had a dinner-table conversation with my iPhone 16 in my pocket AND with microphone access "off" for essentially all apps including various Google apps and Facebook. Later, Facebook showed me ads relating to dinner-conversation topics.

Privacy, iPhone, Facebook, Advertising, Data Collection

6 points by dctoedt 59 days ago | 10 comments

Mint Mobile is banning posts in Reddit about RCS (reddit.com)
Kind of embarrassing that mint Mobile still does not support RCS in iPhone (i.redd.it)

Mobile Carriers, RCS, iPhone, Reddit

9 points by bytesandbits 71 days ago | 3 comments

NSA Warns iPhone and Android Users–Disable Location Tracking (forbes.com)
Our phones know where we are and they know where we have been—the problem is they have a nasty habit of sharing that information with others. And the latest location tracking nightmare to hit phone users shows the threat remains, despite new protections built into our iPhone and Android devices. NSA has warned users how to stop this secretive tracking—and you need to make this change now.

Privacy, Cybersecurity, Mobile Devices, Android, iPhone

8 points by taimurkazmi 77 days ago | 2 comments

iPhone Sales Drop 5% in Holiday Quarter After AI Disappoints (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc.’s iPhone sales declined about 5% globally in the final quarter of last year, hurt by underwhelming upgrades and competitors making inroads in China.

Apple, iPhone, Sales, Technology, China

9 points by mfiguiere 79 days ago | 2 comments

Foxconn has stopped sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories (restofworld.org)
Foxconn is halting new work rotations for its Chinese employees at its Apple iPhone factories in India, and sending Taiwanese workers instead, according to five people familiar with Foxconn’s operations in India.

Foxconn, Apple, iPhone, India, Manufacturing

11 points by ywnzzn 82 days ago | 0 comments

iPhone sales in China fell for the 4th month in a row (9to5mac.com)
iPhone sales in China fell for the fourth successive month, amidst a sharp decline across all non-Chinese brands.

iPhone, China, Sales, Technology, Economics

10 points by mgh2 89 days ago | 1 comments

Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote Control Feature [video] (media.ccc.de)
Exploring the security of the new iPhone Mirroring feature as well as the current threat model of the iOS ecosystem

Security, Apple, iPhone, Remote Control

94 points by doener 96 days ago | 17 comments

Most iPhone Users Uninterested in Apple Intelligence, Survey Suggests (macrumors.com)
iPhone users have largely avoided the Apple Intelligence features released prior to iOS 18.2, a new survey suggests.

iPhone, Apple, Surveys, Consumer Behavior, Technology

4 points by ralphsebastian 106 days ago | 1 comments

iPhone 4 Documentary: Theft, Death and Steve Jobs [video] (youtube.com)

iPhone, Documentary, Steve Jobs, Apple, Technology

8 points by rport 107 days ago | 0 comments

Coercing a Magic MIFARE credential into being an iPhone-compatible NFC tag (ewpratten.com)
My life is full of very obscure problems

Security, Hacking, NFC, iPhone

92 points by ewpratten 110 days ago | 67 comments

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline (bbc.com)
The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.

Media, Technology, Apple, News Accuracy, iPhone

14 points by sseagull 110 days ago | 1 comments

FBI Warns iPhone and Android Users–Stop Sending Texts (forbes.com)
Timing is everything. Just as Apple’s adoption of RCS had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of WhatsApp, then along comes a surprising new hurdle to stop that in its tracks. While messaging Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone is secure, messaging from one to the other is not.

Cybersecurity, Messaging Apps, Mobile Security, Android, iPhone

23 points by _____k 119 days ago | 1 comments

IMG_0001 (walzr.com)
Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app.

Mobile Devices, History, Apple, iPhone, YouTube

1861 points by walz 119 days ago | 290 comments

Indonesia rejects Apple's $100M investment to lift iPhone 16 sales ban (nikkei.com)
Indonesia says Apple's $100 million investment plan is not enough to end a sales ban on the iPhone 16 and that the company should consider investing in local manufacturing.

Indonesia, Apple, iPhone, Investments, Manufacturing

9 points by mikhael 128 days ago | 3 comments

IMG_0001 (walzr.com)
Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app.

iPhone, YouTube, Mobile Apps, History, iOS

31 points by walz 135 days ago | 3 comments

Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes (apple.com)

Accessibility, iPhone, Technology, User Interface

143 points by 9woc 142 days ago | 91 comments

Cops suspect iOS 18 iPhones are communicating to force reboots (macrumors.com)
Law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan are warning other police officers about an alleged iPhone change that causes Apple devices stored for forensic examination to spontaneously restart, reports 404 Media.

iPhone, Security, Law Enforcement, Technology

234 points by tosh 146 days ago | 284 comments

Apple iPhone 16 Is Now Illegal in Indonesia, Ban Leaves Tourists in the Lurch (news18.com)
In a surprising move, Indonesia has prohibited the sale and use of Apple iPhone 16 within the country.

Apple, iPhone, Indonesia, Law, Technology

60 points by thunderbong 156 days ago | 94 comments