53 stories tagged iphone, newest first.
160 points by neom | 99 comments
Apple's program page for the Security Research Device, a specially fused iPhone loaned to qualified researchers for iOS security research, with guidelines and application details.
18 points by anemll | 3 comments
A tweet from ANEMLL reporting a 27B-parameter Qwen model running on the iPhone 18 Neural Engine at 15–70 tokens per second using 1.5-bit quantization.
440 points by mjorgers | 187 comments
Thunderbird blog post giving a first look at the in-development native Thunderbird email app for iPhone/iOS.
396 points by simplyalec | 46 comments
Carrier-explode is a site that archives and decodes carrier settings (APNs, VoLTE, Wi-Fi Calling, 5G) from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, with comparisons and an API.
224 points by speckx | 182 comments
404 Media article reporting a leaked video claiming police can bypass the iPhone's automatic inactivity reboot to access locked phones, reportedly using GrayKey.
12 points by tkdb | 25 comments
Ask HN post hypothesizing that cellular carriers are degrading voice call quality, citing silent missed calls on Verizon and T-Mobile iPhones.
736 points by MC995 | 540 comments
TechRadar news article reporting user frustration over persistent promotional 'ads' Apple has added to iOS.
345 points by herbertl | 112 comments
Apple Developer page offering downloadable dimensional drawings and technical specifications for Apple devices to help accessory makers.
1446 points by thecosmicfrog | 2484 comments
Apple product page announcing the iPhone Duo, a foldable iPhone, with pre-orders starting 10.16 and availability on 10.23.
394 points by meetpateltech | 444 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, featuring a variable-aperture camera, improved battery life, the A20 Pro chip, and Siri AI.
514 points by zackb | 206 comments
Blog post introducing Tether, a Linux app the author built to use iMessage, SMS, and iPhone notifications from a Linux desktop after leaving macOS.
342 points by PotatoNinja | 218 comments
WIRED Gear article explaining how Apple's Assistive Access accessibility feature can turn an iPhone into a simplified dumb phone for kids.
505 points by nozzlegear | 249 comments
A blog post by Marcin Wichary on the Unsung blog comparing image-rotation buttons on iPhone and Nothing Phone to illustrate universal UI button design challenges.
744 points by neilfrndes | 232 comments
The Verge review by Thomas Ricker of Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues feature, describing how the on-screen dots eased his car sickness while reading as a passenger.
516 points by _-x-_ | 178 comments
Tell HN discussion where a user reports the Headspace app silently installing itself daily on their iPhone despite automatic downloads being off.
847 points by cdrnsf | 183 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Apple fixed an iPhone bug police used to extract deleted chat messages from devices.
542 points by 01-_- | 278 comments
9to5Mac article reporting that the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by using stored notification data.
689 points by anemll | 314 comments
An X post from @anemll showing a 400B-parameter MoE language model running locally on an iPhone at about 0.6 tokens per second via a Flash-MoE app.
323 points by medhir | 278 comments
Blog post arguing that smartphones like the iPhone are full computers, citing the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo, and criticizing restrictions on running other software and operating systems.
502 points by colinprince | 527 comments
Substack essay by David Oks arguing that ATMs did not eliminate bank teller jobs but smartphone mobile banking did, exploring how automation replaces labor.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2025/12/11/6632e4a4-c90b-4278-84cd-b0b27192fc49.jpg)
581 points by walterbell | 382 comments
A YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi arguing that the iOS keyboard is broken and causes typos on iPhones.
815 points by abraham | 492 comments
Google Keyword blog post announcing that Quick Share now works with Apple's AirDrop for cross-platform file transfer, rolling out first to the Pixel 10 family.
487 points by soheilpro | 1189 comments
Apple Newsroom announcement of iPhone Pocket, a 3D-knitted wearable iPhone carrier made in collaboration with ISSEY MIYAKE.
336 points by dabinat | 475 comments
A MacRumors forum thread where a user describes the difficulty of teaching seniors to set up and use iPhones and argues Apple should simplify it for the elderly.
859 points by excerionsforte | 1774 comments
Apple Newsroom press release from September 9, 2025 announcing the iPhone Air, a thin and light new iPhone model with new camera features and all-day battery life.
617 points by joshmanders | 361 comments
Blog post by Stepan Parunashvili describing how he used Apple Configurator to turn his iPhone into a dumb phone, with observations and a how-to guide.
422 points by hemant6488 | 177 comments
A blog post describing how the author repurposed an old iPhone 8 into a solar-powered OCR server using Apple's Vision framework and an EcoFlow River 2 Pro.
467 points by sashk | 111 comments
A blog post describing an iOS vulnerability where a legacy Darwin notifications API could be abused with a single line of code to brick an iPhone.
425 points by dm | 706 comments
Apple Newsroom press release from February 19, 2025 announcing the iPhone 16e with the A18 chip, Apple Intelligence, and a 48MP camera.
603 points by openchampagne | 832 comments
Apple Newsroom press release from February 4, 2025 introducing Apple Invites, a new iPhone app for creating and sharing event invitations.
![Screenshot of nokia-apple-iphone-was-launched-presentation.tiiny.site: Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2025/1/16/8522e7c2-fce5-4ead-8f2f-64e131f9f36f.jpg)
437 points by late | 465 comments
Link meant to host a PDF of Nokia's 2007 internal presentation reacting to the iPhone launch; the page shows an Aalto University repository search error.
1750 points by walz | 278 comments
Riley Walz's project showcasing about 5 million unedited YouTube videos with default IMG_XXXX filenames uploaded from iPhones between 2009 and 2012, shown in random order.
2166 points by bewal416 | 311 comments
Blog essay about the 2009–2012 iPhone "Send to YouTube" feature, which uploaded videos with default titles like IMG_0416.
1431 points by farslan | 335 comments
Fatih Arslan's blog post describing how he designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock, shown as an orange printed stand.
1016 points by terramex | 1131 comments
Apple Newsroom press release from June 10, 2024 introducing Apple Intelligence, a personal generative AI system built into iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
369 points by neaden | 192 comments
Gothamist article in which a reporter recounts the scam texts phone thieves sent trying to trick them into unlocking a stolen phone.
824 points by louis-paul | 349 comments
Lux's blog post announcing Kino, a pro video camera app for iPhone with manual controls and film-style color grades.
2455 points by jcfrei | 2371 comments
New York Times article reporting that the U.S. Justice Department sued Apple, accusing it of illegally maintaining a monopoly over the iPhone.
324 points by jdkee | 41 comments
Fabien Sanglard's article recounting how the iPhone Dev Team jailbroke and unlocked the original iPhone in the summer of 2007.
462 points by wannacboatmovie | 331 comments
A post on X by Seanathan Bates reporting that he found an iPhone, still working and in airplane mode, that fell from Alaska Airlines flight 1282.
880 points by guyinblackshirt | 513 comments
Product landing page for Clicks, a keyboard case that adds a BlackBerry-style physical QWERTY keyboard to the iPhone.
386 points by airstrike | 222 comments
Ars Technica article on Operation Triangulation, a four-year campaign that backdoored iPhones of Kaspersky employees using an exploit abusing a secret hardware feature.
422 points by ruik | 354 comments
Kaspersky Securelist research post analyzing the Operation Triangulation iPhone attack chain and the undocumented hardware feature exploited via CVE-2023-38606.
461 points by indrora | 328 comments
AppleInsider article explaining how an iPhone photo of a bride-to-be in a mirror showed different poses in each reflection due to Apple's computational photography stitching.
718 points by dm | 629 comments
9to5Mac news article reporting Apple's announcement that RCS messaging support will come to the iPhone in 2024.
417 points by Lwrless | 232 comments
Product page for Blackmagic Camera, a free iPhone app offering professional cinema camera controls for video recording.
385 points by fraXis | 261 comments
iFixit article by Kyle Wiens announcing it is retroactively lowering iPhone repairability scores because Apple's systematic parts pairing undermines design improvements.
725 points by mikece | 1826 comments
Apple Newsroom press release from September 12, 2023 announcing iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus with Dynamic Island, a 48MP camera, and USB-C.
1375 points by ericzawo | 766 comments
Citizen Lab report on BLASTPASS, an NSO Group zero-click, zero-day iPhone exploit chain found in the wild, prompting Apple security updates.
917 points by jandeboevrie | 1054 comments
Blog post by Remy van Elst about running Linux on a 24-year-old HP Jornada 720 handheld and arguing users should control their devices, unlike with iPhones.
354 points by Vedor | 732 comments
TechRadar news article reporting the EU warned Apple against restricting USB-C charging functionality on new iPhones.
321 points by mikece | 493 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Apple's iOS 17 will lay groundwork for sideloading apps on iPhones outside the App Store.
873 points by newZWhoDis | 321 comments
A Tell HN post reporting that iOS 16.4 lets cellular carriers add managed WiFi networks that users cannot remove or stop from auto-joining.