Do you remember what they said about the iPhone 7? It would be a boring upgrade, mostly because it would look the same as the iPhone 6s. So how could it offer anything significant? But it’s not that a rectangle with circular corners comprises all the functionality of a smartphone, obviously. Apple could have, I […]

Except for the very first iPhone that sold for the full price without subsidies or special carrier deals, most any iPhone can be mostly affordable. So if the unlocked purchase price, which starts at $399 for the entry-level iPhone SE, is daunting, you can always put it on our credit card or take advantage of special lease/purchase […]

10So when Apple decided to make a big deal of the 10th anniversary of the iPhone last week, I was somewhat surprised. Apple hasn’t been that big about doing such things. All right, we had the overpriced, underpowered 20th anniversary Macintosh — which celebrated the birth of the company rather than the platform — that […]

From the very first day when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at a Macworld Expo keynote in 2007, the critics were vocal. Apple had no business whatever building a cell phone. I suppose they also felt the same when Apple released the iPod. At the time, it was regarded by many as an overpriced indulgence. Funny […]