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Here’s how Apple plans to stop your foldable iPhone from breaking

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Folding iPhone 2
Be sure to keep it warm!
Photo: Foldable News

With foldable smartphones becoming the hot new trend for 2019, iPhone fans are wondering when we’ll see something from Apple. It’s likely to be a while before a foldable iPhone hits the market, but there’s no question Apple is looking into it.

The company’s latest patent application details how it might prevent a foldable smartphone from breaking in cold weather.

Qualcomm might miss out on 5G iPhone

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Analysts recommend Qualcomm make up with Apple soon.
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Qualcomm needs to settle its lawsuits with Apple soon if it wants to be in the first 5G iPhone. Time is running out on this chip maker to supply 5G modems for Apple’s 2020 offering, according to an industry analyst.

And that would hurt Qualcomm more than Apple.

Wynd Plus desktop air purifier filters out the nasty stuff

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Wynd Plus Smart Personal Air Purifier
It's like living in your own private air bubble.
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Looking for a smart air purifier you can control using your iPhone? If so, Apple has just the product for you — with the Wynd Plus Smart Air Purifier intelligent personal air quality system. The size of a water bottle, the portable device promises to create a perfect bubble of clean air around users.

Best of all, an accompanying iOS app will monitor your environment and alert you of any changes you need to know about.

Lawsuit takes aim at Apple’s cellular devices

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Apple is accused of violating multiple LTE patents.
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Apple is on the receiving end of a new lawsuit, claiming that it is infringing more than seven patents relating to LTE cellular standards. The lawsuit potentially affects devices including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and others.

The lawsuit was filed by multiple firms under the umbrella group Optis Wireless Technology. They are asking for damages “in the form of reasonable royalties.”

Swatch accuses Samsung of stealing watch face designs

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Swatch has filed a complaint against Samsung for allegedly infringing upon trademarks on watch face designs.

The Swiss watchmaker claims Samsung’s downloadable smartwatch faces “bear identical or virtually identical marks” to those Swatch uses for brands like Longines, Omega, and Tissot.

Don’t give up hope for a 5G iPhone this fall

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No matter what your AT&T iPhone says, everyone else says “5G E” is 4G.
It’s not impossible that a 5G iPhone will launch this fall. Right now, there’s just AT&T’s fake “5G E.”
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Intel says its 5G modem won’t be used in any phones until next year. This is Apple’s preferred modem maker but not it’s only option. 

The company is reportedly considering other sources to provide the necessary modem for a 5G iPhone possibly coming this fall.

Exciting concept shows what a folding iPhone could look like

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Would you like a folding smartphone from Apple?
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Samsung showed off its foldable smartphone this week, and while it’s clearly a first-generation model, it’s got a lot of people excited. Foldable phones have the potential to combine our phones and tablets in a way that offers a big display and a pocket-size form factor, all in one.

What would a foldable iPhone look like? With help from industrial designer Roy Gilsing, the folks over at Foldable.News have taken a swing at showing us.

6 ways Samsung just leapfrogged Apple

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Samsung's Unpacked event was actually pretty impressive.
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Samsung put Apple and the rest of the tech industry on notice today during its massive Unpacked event.

During the biggest tech event of 2019 so far, Samsung unveiled a slew of new smartphones, wearables, earbuds and more. Even though Samsung has a rep for copying Apple — and there was certainly a lot of that at Unpacked — the company is setting the tone for the rest of the industry. Samsung even leapfrogged Apple’s products in some ways.

Here are six things Apple should take note of.

Qualcomm renews efforts to block certain iPhone imports in U.S.

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Certain iPhone models could potentially be blocked from sale in the U.S.
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Qualcomm has ramped up its efforts against Apple as part of the long-running battle between the two tech companies.

The chip maker has asked U.S. trade regulators to reverse a previous judge’s ruling. This would allow it to block the import of certain iPhone models into the United States.

Why Dashlane is the first app you should install on a new iPhone [Video]

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The Dashlane password manager app on iOS is good-looking and easy to use.
Photo: Stephen Smith/Cult of Mac

What’s the very first app you should download onto a brand new iPhone?

The first app you get should be Dashlane, a rock-solid, easy-to-use password manager that is Cult of Mac’s official security app.

When you start from scratch, you face a big problem — passwords! Dashlane solves that.

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