iPhone 7s: The Most Expensive Phone in the History of Apple

New rumors about the next Apple smartphone: In addition to the expected iPhone 8, there could also be an iPhone 7s and an iPhone 7s Plus - with subtle differences.

It is the usual game in the weeks and months before the release of the latest iPhone. Professional bloggers, self-styled experts, alleged insiders and also serious media speculate how the new Apple smartphone will be, as it is said, and what features are expected.

So it's 2017 again. At the heart of the speculation is the generally expected iPhone 8 - if that is the right name. Because so far, Apple only increases the model number by a number every two years. So 2017 would actually be an iPhone 7s in the line.

But maybe there are even both? According to the specialist, referring to the Wallstreet Journal, Apple wants to bring out two other models, which are traded as "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus" in addition to its new flagship. Three at a time could be so in September - if that is the correct release date.

A difference between the model series could then be the display. While the iPhone 7s is based on a flexible OLED display

How does the iPhone 7s look - and what features does it bring with it? 

In fact, many indications for the new iPhone point to a new design. Apple's proprietary patents suggest, for example, that the display will be completely borderless. This means not only a larger display with the same or nearly the same overall size of the device but also that the home button could completely disappear.
The entire screen could then become a fingerprint sensor.

The release could also be possible - even speculations - but also by facial recognition. A 3D laser scanner could come into play.

According to the WSJ report, the Lightning adapter could also have some changes. The Apple may possibly replace with a USB-C connector - as it has since 2015 with Macs. This could simplify the connection of additional devices to the iPhone - but would also have the consequence that Lightning would be replaced again after five years.

Better battery in the iPhone? 

The next iPhone could get along without a charging cable. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities claims this - and with his forecasts in the past has often been correct. For the wireless, Apple would have to rework the design of the inner life of the iPhone - but this should be without great difficulty. Perhaps then also a slightly larger and thus more powerful battery on board the new iPhone would be. That Apple disciples much more frequently than other mobile phone owners are looking for a socket, is well-known.

As it is well known, in the case of (branded) products in the tech sector, the brand, as well as the patents and development costs of the manufacturer, are to a considerable degree. The pure material costs are pushed by the Far Eastern mass production. A recent evaluation shows how expensive the iPhone 7 is in production.

The analysis of the market research company IHS have looked at how expensive the new iPhone models are purely on their components and the production is reduced. The result: The iPhone 7 costs in manufacturing 219.80 dollars per unit. The iPhone 7 Plus is five dollars more expensive.

The iPhone 7 Plus is, therefore, more expensive in production than the iPhone 6s Plus. The most expensive single item is the touchscreen, which basically consists of two components: the panel and the touch layer. This information applies to the version with 32 GB of memory. The overall cost of iPhone 7s is estimated to be around $1,400

Apple Patents Discreet 911 Calling Technology for iPhone

Patent for Touch ID: iPhone is to Get Panic Mode

Apple was again awarded a whole batch of patents this week, including the description of an iPhone charging station with Siri integration and the possibility to discreet emergency calls. The latter describes the company under the title "Biometric Initiated Communication" as a series of finger movements within a certain period of time. The patent submission should help iPhone owners in danger situations uncomplicated, but effective. The principle is so simple that it could soon be implemented.

In emergencies, an attacker could be in the best case to make an emergency call without warning, by tapping, for example, when unlocking the iPhone in a special way with a finger on the display. The touch ID in the home button of iPhones and iPads could get another meaningful function in the near future. The US Patent Office has published an Apple application describing how the fingerprint sensor can be used as a panic button. The principle is simple: Owners of the devices define a finger whose imprint triggers specific functions in emergency situations. "Apple Patent" has described the various possibilities.

The mentioned Siri dock describes Apple as a screen-equipped charging station for the iPhone. The application from the year 2013 for the now granted patent explicitly also describes the option to charge the iPhone wirelessly. In the event that the next iPhone is actually based on wireless charging technology, Apple would have to spend the autumn announced HomePod only a suitable charge module to exploit the patent protected possibilities.

If an iPhone or iPad is unlocked in the panic mode, personal data such as contacts, e-mails, messages or photos are not available. The device could then look as if it had been reset to the factory settings and behaved accordingly. It is also possible that the surface is not visible at all, that the panic mode was activated. IPhones or iPads could also inadvertently take photos and videos and secretly upload to an Apple server. Alternatively, the recordings could be stored on the device and later retrieved by remote access along with the location data.

If the owner is threatened, a panic mode would also allow him to start sound recordings, which are sent directly to an emergency service. He could, for example, describe a place or name the offender, if he knows it.

An iPhone can only serve as a fast emergency call transmitter in the event of an accident or a certain imprint activates a private mode in which a device is only usable to a limited extent and no access to personal data is possible. To deactivate a panic mode, the corresponding finger can be placed on the home button, the patent application also provides for wipes.

The latter, however, is more likely to be fiction, as usual, when looking at patent applications it must be taken into account that in most cases it is important to keep all doors open. Only a part of the described techniques can be used in the end.

How to Add New Fonts to Your Mac

Install fonts for Mac OS

You can use different fonts to make a text optic, to organize it, and to make it better (or worse) readable. For example, A headline to the eye-catcher.

On Mac OS, there are various ways to install a font. Here are three, which cover all eventualities:

1. Install by double-clicking
   A double-click on the font file in the Finder opens the "collection" program, which displays the font. Click "Install". The font file is automatically installed in the "Library" folder in your user directory of Mac. So you only have access to this font and only you can use it. If you want to share the font with other users on your computer, follow option 2 or 3. 
2. Install with the help of the collection
   Start the "Literary Collection" program. You can report this to Spotlight; CMD + Empty button and then "Literary collection" or from the program folder by double-clicking do. The font can now be installed by drag'n'drop to the respective "collection" in the right column. Fonts in the "Computer" collection are available to all users. You can only use fonts in the "user" collection. 
3. Install by copying
   Mac OS has various font directories. Where you install a font, who determines who has access to it and who can use it.

Copy your desired font file to one of the directories listed below.

Changes to font directories are immediately effective. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to restart the program in which the font is to be used.

Font types

Similar to the fact that the operating systems are continually developed for computers, there are of course also changes and improvements in the font formats. The most important font types you should know are listed below.

OpenType fonts

OpenType is a standard developed by Microsoft and Adobe for fonts and the most recent font format. OpenType is an extension of the TrueType format, which means that both formats are very similar. Depending on how the data is stored for the fonts, OpenType fonts are subdivided into TrueType (.ttf) or PostScript-flavored (.otf) OpenType fonts. These can be embedded in the TrueType format as square splines or in the PostScript CFF format as cubic splines.

TrueType fonts (.ttf, .ttc)

TrueType is a standard for fonts developed by Apple ("real font" or "real letter"). It was developed several years after the PostScript format and is integrated into the operating systems Windows and Mac OS. In general, TrueType fonts can be said to be worse than PostScript fonts, because the format does not theoretically allow a perfect circle.

PostScript fonts (.ps)

PostScript uses its own font formats, the glyphs of which are described with PostScript, which differs in particular from the current TrueType format.

PostScript fonts are better in comparison to TrueType fonts, more accurate, rounder and softer. If you want to know more about font-types, typography.info is recommended.

For Windows:

Microsoft Office already offers a very large selection of fonts. Maybe the right one is just not there yet. Here's how to try new fonts:

Surf a website that offers fonts for download. Locate and download a font (the location is not relevant yet). The files are usually compressed using WinRar. Open the RAR file and drag and drop the files to the desktop or folder.

Open the folder "Fonts". You can find it under "C: \ Windows \ Fonts"

Copy the unpacked font files into them by simply dragging them with the mouse and dragging them to the folder.

For fonts search, check for more options and tick the box "Fonts with accents only". If the possibility exists that you use the new font also for commercial purposes, do not forget the donation to the authors. In case of doubt, you can also check "Public Domain" or "100% free" before the Fonts search, then you are on safe ground with regard to the rights of use.

If fonts are zipped (file ending ZIP), the files can be easily unpacked by right-click. If, on the other hand, you are dealing with RAR files, you need an additional tool. 7-zip, a sleek but powerful open-source program for unpacking a wide range of formats.

How to Save Battery on Apple iPhones

Smart ways to save battery on any smartphone from any manufacturer

It’s really frustrating to watch the phone battery down with no charging port in view. Luckily there are some smart ways which can help in saving battery or to be more precise prolong the battery life across the smartphone regardless the make and manufacturer. A smartphone expert from smartphone firm called Three has given out nine effective tips to enhance battery life on the smartphone. This also means that from now on you wouldn’t have to worry charging the device overnight to get enough juice to last next day. Now follow these exciting tips in your everyday life.

1. Turn off the auto-brightness and control it manually as per your requirements. Auto-brightness is notorious for getting away with considerable amount of battery. 
2. When you perform heavy duty task on your phone like gaming or running power hungry applications then it gets hot. Phone also gets hot when you are charging and playing games simultaneously. It is advisable to give the phone some rest and let it cool down before you use it again as this helps in saving the battery drain. 
3. Nowadays phone comes with high quality display which is also notorious for draining the battery. It is better to change the screen resolution in order to save the battery and this feature is only present in some of the modern devices from manufacturers like Samsung and Huawei. 
4. If you don’t need GPS then it is better to turn it off and save the battery. The best way here would be to turn on the battery saving mode which helps in utilizing the wifi and mobile networks only for the location fetching purpose.
5. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the notifications and vibrations also tends to drain battery life. It is better to set the notification light and do away with the vibrating and ringtone based notifications for once and all.
6. Having a high screen time out is certainly not a good choice if you want to have a longer battery life. Just set the screen time out in between 15 to 30 seconds and this will ensure that your phone turn off quickly when not in use. 
7. Get rid of the bloatware and unwanted apps which every smartphone comes pre-loaded with. It has been found that these kinds of apps tend to run in the background using up the device resources and battery in the process. Just uninstall or disable them and if you need them back then you can downloaded it again from the app store anytime. 
8. Ever heard of battery bank or battery cover? Its high time you start investing one of the such commodity as these cases are designed to enhance the battery life. 
9. .If you really need a lot of battery to go through the day then opt for smartphones with massive battery like Lenovo P2 which comes with a huge 5100mah battery.

Utilizing these smart steps you will be able to get more juice out for a battery life instantly.

Apple Gives Away Beats Headphones

Students and teaching staff can save a little while buying the company's products in Apple's edu store. Now, an order is again clearly more attractive. In the context of a new action, Apple will give some of the beats, if you choose an iPhone, iPad or a Mac. After Apple had started its back-to-school-action in the USA at the beginning of June, the discount action now comes to many european countries. As of now, when you buy certain Apple devices, such as an iMac, a MacBook, a MacBook Pro, an iPad Pro, an iPad Air 2, or an iPhone in the company's education store, there are free beats headphones available. Mac shoppers receive a Beats Solo2 wireless headphones, iPad and iPhone buyers get Powerbeats2 wireless headphones.

From now on, Apple's back-to-school action is also available in some european countries. The summer action will run until 5th September 2016. The company from Cupertino gives Beats Solo2 wireless headphones to every customer who purchases Apple's MacBook, a MacBook Air, a MacBook Pro, an iMac, a Mac Pro or a Mac mini in the Apple Education Store. If you buy an iPad Pro (both sizes), an iPad Air 2, an iPad mini 4 or an iPad mini 2, Apple Powerbeats2 provides wireless headphones. Also, when purchasing an iPhone 6, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or an iPhone SE, there are free Powerbeats2 wireless headphones.

Apple's back-to-school action goes on for almost three months

In the current promo for students, Apple lures with beats wireless headphones and discounts on Mac and iPad. Students who are now buying a qualified Mac, iPad or iPhone for the university get discounts on the wireless headsets of beats. The Beats Solo2 Wireless headphones allow users to choose from black, blue, red, white, gold, rose gold, silver, or space gray. Also the colors yellow, blue and red from the Active Collection are available.

The Powerbeats2 Wireless Headphones are available in red, black, sport black, sport white or also from Active Collection in red, yellow and blue. Alternatively, buyers of an iPads or iPhones can also buy the Beats Solo2 Wireless headphones. However, in this case, they must pay the price difference between the headphones, 100 euros. Anyone accessing Apple's back-to-school summer action should not be confused. After the selection of the Mac, iPads or iPhones and the headphone, the price of the headphone is included in the total price.

According to Apple, this offer applies to purchases made between June 15, 2016 and September 5, 2016 by individuals from the education sector in a participating Apple Store or participating Apple Online Store. If the Mac is returned without the beats headphones from this offer, the amount to be refunded will be reduced by the full purchase price of the headphones. The other case: if the headphones are returned, the Mac must be returned to return the full price. There is only one pair of headphones for every qualified product category. This offer is valid while stocks last.