David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. By 2010, the iPhone era was in full swing. Smartphones were still a new and unfinished idea — the iPhone had only just gotten copy and paste! — but it
The iPhone 17 Pro is the best phone Apple has ever released -- top specs, long battery life , a crisp screen and outstanding cameras. The first three also make it a great gaming device, but how great? I decided to test it to find out. And if you can find another phone that doesn't
Credit: nikkimeel/Shutterstock Key Takeaways Apple released a number of software updates on Friday, including iOS 26.2, that contain important security patches. Two of these patches are for potential zero-day vulnerabilities that affect WebKit. Other important patches fix vulnerabilities with apps like FaceTime and Photos. Table of Contents On Friday, Apple dropped iOS 26.2. Despite being
Marioguti/Getty Images With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, you may already be going through your shopping list and checking it twice with some anxiety. In particular, you may be worried about shipping delays, especially for a product that's been sold out around the world since the first preorder weekend: the iPhone 17.
Commentary: Apple's thin phone made several right choices to get its thin shape, but this one change makes it hard to stick to. Prakhar Khanna is a Writer at CNET with bylines in ZDNET, Forbes, and other major outlets. A digital nomad at heart, he thrives in chaos--mixing deadlines with travel, often writing stories on
Credit: Mr.Mikla/Shutterstock Key Takeaways Apple and Google are reportedly working together on a method to make switching between iPhone and Android easier. Details are slim, though Google has started to roll out some of its work to the latest build of Android Canary. These changes should make it easier to move from one platform to
John Keeble/Getty Images To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures distances to develop a 3D map of the surroundings. It's particularly popular for helping self-driving
It may be hard to believe now, but the App Store was once a thriving place for inventive indie games. The ubiquity of the iPhone coupled with the relative ease of development for the platform meant that smaller studios were able to get their games in front of huge audiences, leading to a great time
Cheng Xin/Getty Images It's the first week of December, and we're witnessing something unusual in iPhone history. The iPhone 17 is still sold out in the U.S. and various key international markets, especially the standard iPhone 17 model. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is now easier to find than the standard iPhone 17 in several
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The iPhone 17 series features a more durable Ceramic Shield 2 glass display cover that's three times more scratch-resistant than the previous version and should protect the new iPhones better against accidental damage. iPhone 17 drop tests have shown that the front glass can still shatter depending on various factors, including
