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South Korean iPhone Users Lose ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit

South Korean iPhone Users Lose ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of South Korean iPhone users lost Thursday in a lawsuit seeking compensation from Apple Inc. over allegations that the company purposely slowed the performance of older models to compel users to buy new ones. The Seoul Central District Court ruled against 9,851 owners of previous iPhone models without [...]

iPhone Series is the Most Popular Device for Mobile Testing Says LambdaTest’s Key Testing Insights 2022 Report

iPhone Series is the Most Popular Device for Mobile Testing Says LambdaTest’s Key Testing Insights 2022 Report

San Francisco, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LambdaTest, the leading continuous quality testing cloud platform, has come up with Key Testing Insights 2022 report based on its platform usage last year. According to the report, the top browser used for testing in 2022 was Chrome (76.27%), followed by Safari (9.12%), and Firefox (6.97%). When it comes to operating [...]

iPhone and iPad Devices Allowed for Use at Public Institutions

iPhone and iPad Devices Allowed for Use at Public Institutions

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — New security standards will allow Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad devices to be used at state or public institutions, a South Korean spy agency said Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) announced the security requirements for iOS and iPadOS devices used at state institutions via its official website. The [...]

Samsung Trolls Apple After iPhone 14 Series Unveiling

Samsung Trolls Apple After iPhone 14 Series Unveiling

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Apple Inc.’s unveiling of the new iPhone 14 series on Wednesday, Samsung Electronics Co. posted a message online targeting Apple’s newest product. The South Korean tech giant’s U.S. branch said in a tweet to “Let us know when it folds”, hinting at Apple’s lack of innovation in the [...]

S. Korean Islets of Dokdo Not Named on iPhone Maps in 22 Countries: Professor

S. Korean Islets of Dokdo Not Named on iPhone Maps in 22 Countries: Professor

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo were not named on iPhone maps in the U.S., Britain and 20 other countries, according to a professor in Seoul Thursday, amid diplomatic tensions with Tokyo over Japan’s renewed claims to the East Sea outcroppings. Dokdo has long been a recurring source of [...]

Park Chan-wook’s Short Martial-arts Film Shot Entirely on iPhone Released

Park Chan-wook’s Short Martial-arts Film Shot Entirely on iPhone Released

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean award-winning director Park Chan-wook’s short film shot entirely on the latest iPhone was released online Friday. “Life is But a Dream” is part of Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” marketing campaign and Park’s second iPhone-shot film since “Night Fishing,” which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film [...]

Galaxy Smartphones Boast Faster Download Speed than iPhone 12 at Home

Galaxy Smartphones Boast Faster Download Speed than iPhone 12 at Home

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy smartphones has faster download speeds than Apple Inc.’s iPhone 12 models on local networks in South Korea, a market tracker said Monday. Ookla, which runs internet speed measurement tool Speedtest, conducted a 5G download speed test for major smartphones in the third quarter of this [...]

iPhone Users in Outcry over Continued Dropped Calls Even After iOS Update

iPhone Users in Outcry over Continued Dropped Calls Even After iOS Update

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The users of iPhone devices, including the iPhone 12 and 13, continued to experience dropped calls even after updating the mobile operating system released by Apple last month to fix the issue, industry sources said Wednesday. An official at LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said [...]