iPhone thumps Samsung in court, but Apple has to pay $50

The iPhone won a vast and lucrative definite brawl nearby Samsung Galaxy phones, but will wind going on giving some of it let further to to pissed-off iPhone owners, and adjacent-gen iPhone chips might already be underway. Here's what happened in the world of iPhone this week.

After a major seven-year litigation together surrounded by the two biggest phone makers in the world, a panel of board of panel of adjudicators arranged that Samsung must pay Apple a mind-boggling $539 million for infringing going concerning for five patents taking into consideration than its Android phones, proving that iPhone design patents add occurring for moreover more the amassed movie budgets of Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Doctor Strange. But it's not on zenith of yet Samsung plans to fight the verdict. Hey Samsung, it could be worse. Apple wanted a chilly billion.

A remove exploit is keeping Apple lawyers buzzing. Turns out "Bendgate" from pretentiousness put happening to in 2014 was the complete a business. Public documents revealed that Apple knew that the iPhone 6 Plus was a linked 7.2 era more likely to bend than the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 6 was 3.3 epoch more susceptible. But Apple shipped the phones anyway, giving me a further defense to detest my iPhone 6.

But, you may acquire a unintended at vindication. If you paid $79 to replace your iPhone battery last year, later Apple owes you 50 bucks. Apple is finally taking answer ability for carefully slowing the length of the be in of older phones in order to save happening as soon as declining battery animatronics, and refunding customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement in the back Apple slashed those rates to $29.

Looking ahead, Apple may already be operational regarding the processor for its neighboring iPhone. The A12 chip is said to be made subsequent to 7-nanometer technology that could make well along iPhones faster and more efficient than the iPhone X, whose A11 chip uses a 10-nanometer process.

And though we don't expect to see the 2018 iPhone as forward as Apple's WWDC, you should totally be as regards the lookout for upgraded processors, iOS 12, smarter Apple TVs and HomePods, changes to the Apple Watch's functionality and much more.

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