How to Set Up Your New iPhone (2025)

Alternatively, you can simply select Set Up Without Another Device, and From iCloud Backup or From Mac or PC. Then enter your Apple ID and password, and go grab a peppermint mocha while your iPhone restarts with all of your settings, preferences, apps, and more in place. In other words,Continue Reading

How to Switch iPhones or iPads and Transfer Data (2025)

Losing all the stuff on your phone was no big deal before the smartphone age. These days, it’s practically a Netflix horror movie plot. Wondering how to switch iPhones or iPads successfully, without losing anything in the process? If you’re looking to upgrade (these are the best iPhones to buyContinue Reading

What's the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2025)

Most people in the US purchase iPhones from carriers, which means the devices are locked to that network. If you bought an iPhone from Verizon, that means you can’t easily switch to another carrier without breaking a contract and paying extra fees. It also poses headaches for travelers who wantContinue Reading

Use Apple Invites to Organize Your Next Event

Apple wants to make your events run more smoothly. It has just launched Apple Invites, an app on the iPhone and the web that lets you schedule occasions, invite people to them, and share any related photos and music with your guests. If you’re an iCloud+ subscriber—so if you payContinue Reading

Apple iPhone 16e Review: Questionable Value

The iPhone 16e isn’t for me. If you’re an avid tech enthusiast and Apple fan, it’s probably not for you either. It’s for the person holding on to an iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X, ready to upgrade because their more than seven-year-old smartphone isn’t working too well nowadays. TheyContinue Reading

In a surprising twist, Apple has expanded the iPhone 16 range months after launch with the new iPhone 16e. Unlike the iPhone SE it replaced, the iPhone 16e is a part of the “iPhone 16 family,” according to Tim Cook. That means you have a staggering five different iPhone 16Continue Reading

There’s No Longer a Sub-$500 iPhone. Does It Matter?

Then there’s the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15, which is baked into the floating selfie camera bar. It makes use of the camera cutout by letting you access live app activities, like seeing how far away an Uber is or quickly hopping back into the Maps app. This isContinue Reading

Apple has launched a new iPhone, but what was expected to be a new iPhone SE announcement this morning has turned into a completely new product line: the iPhone 16e. This isn’t exactly a follow-up to the iPhone SE from three years ago, though it officially replaces it. Also goneContinue Reading

Apple executives always describe new hardware and software as the “best” or “biggest” ever, but the delivery doesn’t usually live up to the hype (see last year’s iPads). However, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 might be deserving of a few of those adjectives. The latest version of the operating systemContinue Reading