Apple spends a fortune to defeat a teen
Claimed Beeper Mini was serpent in walled garden
Apple has spent a week of its time and energy trying to undo the work of a 16-year-old high school student who reverse-engineered Apple's messaging protocol, launching an interoperable Android app called "Beeper Mini".
Fairphone 5 gets perfect score from iFixit
Could last ten years
The iFixit team pulled apart the newest Fairphone 5 smartphone and awarded its highest score for repairability: 10 out of 10.
UK mobile phone operators face class action
Loyalty lock-ins might have been illegal
The UK's biggest mobile phone operators could face total damages of $4.15 billion following class-action claims that they allegedly charged 5 million existing customers "loyalty penalties" over 16-years.
Apple plans to make a quarter of iPhones in India
Wants to avoid China crisis
Apple and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 million iPhones in India annually within the next two to three years, with additional tens of millions of units planned afterwards.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE comes to Europe at €699
South Korea gets it as well
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE has officially launched in two big markets, Europe and South Korea. After initially launching in certain Asian markets and the US, it will now be available in Europe, starting at €699, and in South Korea, starting at KRW847,000.