Tag: iPhone 5

iPhone 5S to Replace iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S to Vanish?

This day could be the last day to see the iPhone 4S in action on Apple Store because Apple might replace iPhone 5 with iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C might take over iPhone 4S as a low-cost iPhone. We all know that iPhone 4S has completed its legacy of two years and the time has arrived for it to take retirement and replace iPhone 4 in the market. According to our previous knowledge, iPhone 4 was given fee on two years contract, iPhone 4S was given out for $50 for two years contract or $100, and iPhone 5 newly released was sold for $200 on two years contract.

Recently things changed a bit. iPhone 5 was sold for $99.99 on a two years contract and iPhone 4S was sold for $49.99 on two years contract. Where as some retailers were doing price beating started to sell iPhone 5 at lower prices because of the new iPhone speculations. We also heard that Apple has limited the iPhone 5 stock to 16GB variants only and have discontinued 32GB and 64GB models.

If this news is correct, then we are pretty sure that iPhone 5S, iPhone 5, and iPhone 5C would be making place on the App Store, where as iPhone 4S would be given a farewell by Apple today on its Media Event.

This also makes sense in other way round that Apple would need to market its new iPhone 5C, so it would require some space and would need to kill some product from the store to place it instead of that product and that product would be none other than the iPhone 4S.

If we recall the iPad 4 and iPad Mini launch, Apple kicked iPad 3 from the shelves of Apple Store replacing it with iPad 4 and iPad 2 was limited to 16GB because kicking iPad 2 was too main stream for Apple.

10 September 2013
FindMyiPhone Helps Owner to recover his Stolen iPhone 5 in Pakistan

After seeing the title might make you think that you are dreaming because the thing that is stolen is gone and the owner of the device can say a fair Good Bye to its beloved Smart Phone. The thing that is stolen is gone and there is no way that it is coming back. People using Apple Products, Samsung Smart Phones, and every other product or Smart Phones that offer a security feature like FindMyiPhone or FindMyPhone leaves a very little hope in them that they will end up finding their smart phone/product after its stolen.

Many of the people loose hope after they are mugged and their favorite thing is gone. They don’t expect the thing to come back because it is gone and they think that there is no way by which it would come back. In most of the cases, people who loose hope are right and people who don’t loose hope are semi-right because they are the ones who know how to secure their device after it’s stolen.

Therefore, today we are going to tell you about a revelation incident that took place in the biggest City of Pakistan called Karachi. Before we proceed on with the incident and details, we would like to brief you about the incident.

The incident is related to the theft of an iPhone 5 with FindMyiPhone turned on and the person stealing was doing his daily routine job without knowing any technical side of the phone that he was stealing. According to the robber, he was just stealing a smart phone from a common man and enjoying his personal life when he was caught red-handed. This sounds strange, but it really happened.

Lets start with the complete story of the incident that occurred.

How Did FindMyiPhone Helped the Owner to recover his Stolen iPhone 5 in Pakistan?

The name of the owner will keep as secret and instead of the real name; we would be using Mr. B.

Mr. B, a resident of a Porsche area in Karachi went to ATM to withdraw some cash without knowing that what is going to happen with him in the next minute. When Mr. B went into bank to withdraw some cash from the ATM, two well-suited gentlemen entered few seconds after Mr. B entered. Those two well-suited gentlemen shocked Mr. B by taking the cash that he withdraw and the iPhone 5 that he had with him on gun point. At the time of robbery, Mr .B didn’t resisted for any of the thing; indeed, he gave everything he had because it was a robbery.

At that moment of time the thieves rocked and Mr B. Shocked.

However, Mr. B was clever enough to know about FindMyiPhone and he had it turned on from the beginning of the time when he bought the iPhone. Therefore, Mr. B went his home to see if he is lucky enough to find the iPhone via FindMyiPhone or not.

Guess what. He was very lucky enough to know the person who stole the iPhone with images evidence and location evidence because the idiot thief didn’t know anything about the FindMyiPhone feature and Photo Stream feature.

The thief upon stealing the iPhone 5 through the SIM Card out thinking that he is free to go and can use the iPhone as his own without knowing that his location and pictures are being uploaded in iCloud.

What do you expect to happen next?

Mr. B contacted the police officials, took the evidence with him at the place of the iPhone 5 was being used, and shocked the person who was using it.

At first, the person denied the stealing of the iPhone 5, but when Mr. B told him about the images of his room, the thief was shocked and Mr. B rocked the scene.

Later on, the iPhone was handed over to Mr. B and they went away.

Conclusion:

Never ever, loose hope. Always try to give your best shot and always try to remote wipe the iPhone because the person who has stolen it can use your personal data to for damages.

If you are sure that the iPhone can be recovered and you got some strong, evidence like the one Mr. B had, then don’t ever think of erasing your iPhone because all the data would be gone and you wont be able to locate your iPhone.

In case, you are not sure about recovering the device, then do erase the iPhone that is remote wipe it.

In order to ensure the maximum safety of the iPhone’s, Apple has introduced Activation Lock that will be coming in iOS 7. We would urge every one to update to iOS 7 whenever it is out because safety is more important than the Jailbreak and look of your iPhone. The look and Jailbreak of the iPhone is being worked on. It will be released after iOS 7 is out.

To ensure more safety on this feature of Activation Lock, we did a two-phase test to see if this feature really works or not. A detailed two-phase test is present here.

Once iOS 7 and Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 7 is out, we will make a guide on how can a person make a bulletproof security of his iPhone with Find My iPhone, Activation Lock, and a Cydia Tweak.

19 August 2013
Apple Makes a Statement on Flight Attendant Electrocution by iPhone 5

Better late than never. This is what we can say for Apple and its investigation team because they were looking into a case of a Chinese Flight Attendant, who was shocked to death by an iPhone 4 while it was on charge. This incident took place in China, when a 23 years Old Chinese woman was talking on the phone while charging her iPhone 4 (mostly called iPhone 5 by many people on the internet) got shocked with a DC 220V. This DC 220v led her rest in peace.

Not long after this incident, a new incident was reported against the same iPhone 4 that led a 30 Years Old Chinese Man into Coma after getting shocked by a counterfeit charger while he was charging his iPhone 4. When the DC 220v shocked him, he shouted and his brother was nearby who saved his life by turning of the switch on the spot. If there was a delay in turning of the switch, he would have been resting in peace like the Chinese Flight Attendant.

However, in the case of Chinese Flight Attendant, Apple and concerned authorities took an action to see the drawback or we can say that to see the main cause of this issue that lead to electrocution. Where as in the case of Chinese Man, the main cause was in front of every one and it was simple. The main cause was that he was using a counterfeit charger that led him to coma.

Hence, the case two of the Chinese Man was closed on the spot, where as case Apple was investigating one that was of the Chinese Woman. After few days of the incident, we reported about the Chinese Woman case that she was using a counterfeit charger that led to electrocution and the iPhone wasn’t iPhone 5, instead it was the iPhone 4. We have made a detailed report present here.

As of today, Apple came up with a new webpage on their Chinese Store website pointing out the difference between Original and Counterfeit charger.

Apple always put the user’s safety first, so all of our products are subject to stringent safety and reliability testing, and designed to meet government safety standards around the world, including for the iPhone and iPad USB power adapter.

This overview will help you identify genuine Apple USB power adapter. When you need to charge the iPhone or iPad, we recommend that you use the random standard USB power adapter and USB cable. These adapters and cables are also available separately from Apple and Apple Authorized Resellers.

In order to avoid future conflicts, electrocutions, and going into coma sort of situations, don’t use counterfeit chargers. This is for your own safety. Try to use original product and be safe from everything. Using a counterfeit product may save you some bucks, but it may risk your life-like it did for these two innocent people.

26 July 2013
Chinese Woman Electrocution by iPhone 5 Report Surfaced – Shocking Fact

Earlier this week we report about a sad incident that took place in China where 23 years old women became a victim of iPhone 5 electrocution while it was on charge. This was the first time when we heard about an iPhone being the culprit in recent years. When we came across this report of iPhone 5 electrocution, at first we didn’t believed because weeks before this incident, a Samsung Galaxy S4 exploded while charging and the possible cause of that incident was over heated due to over charging.

Therefore, we didn’t make any conclusion at that time and waited for the officials to respond in this matter of iPhone 5 electrocution. However, we did tell about possible reasons of the iPhone 5 electrocution while on charge and none of them was the reason of this incident. The alleged reason for the electrocution of the Ma Ailun was something different.

That something different was a knock-off charger used by Ma while charging her phone and attending the call made her electrocute.

According to Xiang Ligang, a telecommunications expert interviewed by CCTV, the charger Ma had been using may have been a “knockoff” – a fake. “

Knockoff chargers sometimes cut corners,” Xiang said. “The quality of the capacitor and circuit protector may not be good, and this may lead to the capacitor breaking down and sending 220 volts of electricity directly into the cell phone battery.”

On the other hand, reports claimed that the iPhone used by Ma was not the iPhone 5, instead of the iPhone 5 it was iPhone 4 that lead to this incident of electrocution. The iPhone 5 claim seems to be totally wrong because it is made of Aluminum and the iPhone 4 is made of stainless steel.

Hence the iPhone 4 can be the culprit of the case with counterfeit charger used for charging the iPhone.

Xiang said that normally, the electric current from an overloaded charger would overheat the phone’s casing, damaging the circuits inside and rendering the device unusable. In the case of Ma’s iPhone 4, however, authorities said the phone could still be started normally despite severe traces of burning on its exterior. The phone’s data cable, charger, and plug were all intact.

Police is still investigating the case to find the main reason that lead to electrocution and further it led to death of Ma Aliun. Other than the police, Apple has also vowed to look into the case and co-operate with the authorities in this matter.

20 July 2013
iPhone 5 Electrocuted a 23 Years Old Chinese Woman in China

The advancement in smartphone technology has started to kill people. This might sound strange, but the fact is that a 23 Years Old Women in China was Electrocuted by Apple’s latest iPhone 5 while it was on charge. The story seems to be strange and unique in all these past years, where we have heard about smartphones catching fire on charge, but taking some ones live is a serious question. Recently we told you about Samsung Galaxy S4 went on fire in U.A.E of a woman who was sleeping and her Galaxy S4 was on charge. In the middle of the night, she woke up to see her toddler and found Galaxy S4 in flames.

She took an immediate action, due to which she was safe. But what about this Chinese Girl who was using the iPhone 5 while it was on charge. What made the iPhone 5 electrocute her?

The reports of iPhone 5 electrocution comes from a Chinese Micro Blog called Sin Weibo, where the elder sister of the victim claimed that her sister was shocked to death while charging the iPhone 5 and she wants an explanation from Apple regarding this case. Moreover, she urged users not to use any phone while it is on charge.

After the incident took place in China, Apple issued a brief statement on this incident paying condolence to the family members of the victim and owed to investigate in the case to find the possible reason of electrocution.

In an another report from Sina Tech stated that Chinese Police has confirmed the death of Ma was done because of Electrocution, but they are not sure if the iPhone 5 was involved in the matter or not. The family has passed all the evidence to the police for further investigation into this matter.

On the other hand, China Consumer Association on May 7, 2013 issues a report stating that a mobile charger without CCC (compulsory product certification system) is not less than a grenade. To use a phone charger without CCC Certification can lead towards many incidents and this incident can be one of them.

The team of TechGlued also pays condolence to the family of the victim.

16 July 2013
Alleged One HTC/ HTC M7 Images Leaked Imitating iPhone 5 Design

Moving high on the heels, HTC a smart phone manufacturer that vanished from the market these days is coming back with a new smart phone called ONE HTC or HTC M7. The name of the upcoming smart phone is not yet confirmed, but the alleged images leaked of the upcoming smart phone and sources suggest the name HTC M7, where as some suggests the name ONE HTC. At this moment, to know the name of the upcoming smart phone is not necessary because the release of the smart phone by HTC is not far.

However, the leaked images of ONE HTC or HTC M7 clearly suggest the imitation of the iPhone 5 design and color. The alleged images of ONE HTC or HTC M7 are not leaking the first time, they were leaked in past as well showing the same color and design of the smart phone as it is shown in the images below.

The leaked image of ONE HTC or HTC M7 by evleaks clearly reminds us about the iPhone 5 because the design is slightly different than the iPhone 5. At this moment, we cannot confirm the authenticity of the images, nor we can say that the images are of ONE HTC or HTC M7 for sure. It is too early to say anything about the upcoming smart phone by HTC. Although, we shouldn’t be making predictions for this emerging smart phone by HTC because the release date of the smart phone is scheduled for 19 February 2013 that is this Tuesday.

Before everything gets unveils this Tuesday, we have some specifications for ONE HTC or HTC M7 that are semi-confirmed. The specifications of ONE HTC or HTC M7 are a screen size of 4.7-inch with 1920X1080 resolution, Android OS 4.1.2, a processor four-core Snapdragon S4 clocked at 1.7Ghz with 2GB of RAM, a digital camera revolution of 13Mpx coupled with a front camera and a 2Mpx 2300mAh battery. The price of this ONE HTC or HTC M7 would be around $200-$300 on contract basis.

18 February 2013