Category: Opinion

Apple is slowing down your old iPhone

  In late 2017 it was discovered that Apple had been writing code in the iOS that deliberately slowed down your phone. This was first discovered with anecdotal evidence and Apple denied that it was doing anything wrong. However, and some might say inevitably, hard facts surfaced and Apple were forced to come clean. I …

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Should you buy an iPhone X

There are literally thousands of videos and articles about the iPhone X so I am certainly not going to cover their ground here. Instead, I am going to try and answer a very simple question… should you buy one. Well, its the heaviest phone in a while and it feels thicker in the hand. But …

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The best headphones

Regular readers of this site will, I am sure, already know that I am a big fan of wireless headphones. That is not to say that I am in love with all wireless headphones and that they are all created equally. My first foray into this world of wireless music was a set of Plantronics …

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Telstra and the Apple Watch Series 3 is a bad mix

As I sit here and write this I am ready to kill someone, something, anything. Figuratively of course. I have been dealing with Telstra all day and I have to say this has been one of the few days where my British upbringing of never expressing dissatisfaction has completely abandoned me. My big mistake, and …

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There is a difference between a gimmick and a feature

If there is one thing that fries my burger it is twenty somethings using the word ‘like’ as if it were a comma! Please stop! But the other thing is when Apple bring out a product or feature and someone pops up and says “Oh well, you know – like – Samsung did that years …

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