On your day off, I suggest you remember what interesting and important things happened during this work week in order to keep abreast of what is happening in the world of gadgets and technology, and also discuss this news with friends.
Below we have collected all the most interesting things over the past six days, what was written about and discussed on the pages of iPhones.ru.
This week this year, some features Apple borrowed from nature so that we could enjoy using iOS, compared hotels of domestic level services, tested Apple Vision Pro, chose the best smartphones at a price of up to 50 thousand rubles, increased the battery life of iPhones using settings , and much more.
Read about this in our digest:
1. How Apple hacked our brains and made iOS look like magic
By imitating nature, Apple has trained us to get high from every contact with the iPhone and, on an unconscious level, to want another dose with even the most banal interaction with software.
We’ll tell you about five psychological triggers that iOS developers used to keep you glued to your favorite gadget. And I show which parts of the brain each of these tricks activates.
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2. Compared 5 hotels and apartments of different national levels. What is the difference?
Based on the results of 2023, the 5 most important level services have been identified on the Russian market: these are Ostrovok.ru, Yandex Travel, MTS Travel, 101 Hotels and Sutochno.ru. If you don’t know some of them, that’s okay. This means that nothing has been booked for a very long time. Isn’t it time to rest?
I decided to look at these services and compare them. At the same time, calculate where it would be more profitable to place an order. As it turns out, it’s not that simple: the highest asking price does not guarantee savings.
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3. How to return goods on Ozone (OZON). Return policy and how much time is available
A reader writes to us:
Among all the marketplaces, OZON has one of the most, if not the most, loyal return policies, and after more than 600 orders I have never had any problems with this procedure.
After another trip, I decided to take at least some useful thing and describe the procedure for returning goods to Ozone.
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4. I’ve been using Apple Vision Pro for exactly one day, here are my impressions. Is it worth buying now?
We unpacked the Apple Vision Pro, had plenty of working windows in front of our eyes, a video about dinosaurs with an immersive effect caused real children’s delight, the battery life turned out to be quite acceptable, so that we could play enough of all the redactions.
However, is this device from the future as beautiful as Western tech bloggers tell us? I spent the whole day in this helmet and briefly tell my impressions. They got mixed.
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5. The best smartphones under 50 thousand rubles in 2024. Top 6 models
Many manufacturers produce lines of smartphones that look similar to flagships, have several features from the top segment, but are cheaper.
On the Android market under 50 thousand rubles you can find many good smartphones suitable for any everyday tasks. We have put together a current selection for this niche, and we found a place in it and one iPhone.
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6. Help. I’m looking for a fitness bracelet and ran into a problem
A reader writes to us:
It seems strange, but these are the facts. The market offers ten options for a wide variety of wearable accessories that can track your health, but among them there is not a single one that is not a copy of a smartwatch.
And I don’t need a smart watch. I need a FITNESS BRACELET. How did this happen? Let’s figure it out.
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7. How the iPhone Keyboard Really Works So You Can Type Quickly
I recently found an ancient artifact, a lost video from Apple itself that revealed two big secrets of the iOS keyboard. It turns out that they are the ones who made the iPhone so convenient for typing.
These two hidden technologies cleverly scan every letter we type, and it finally explains how we can hit tiny buttons so accurately, and why the iPhone hates new and non-standard words until iOS 17 releases.
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8. 10 Important iPhone Tweaks That Increase Battery Life by 30%. try
My old Apple smartphone didn’t even last until the evening of the first day, and playing with the system parameters most often wasn’t particularly challenging. The new one is discharged immediately after lunch on the second day. Or rather, it was discharged.
I tweaked the device settings a little, and now it most often turns on overnight charging only once every two days. At the same time, I didn’t actually turn off any important functions of the device—it’s an always-on screen.
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9. I took a ride in the new Moskvich 6. Is it Chinese or Russian, but I don’t advise anyone to repeat it
A reader writes to us:
Last year in Russia there were problems with the sale of Moskvich cars. The Chinese crossover Moskvich 3, and now the sedan Moskvich 6, were first released under the familiar brand.
I like sedans more than crossovers, so I wanted to see in person what Moskvich did. I drove a copy with a 1.5-liter gasoline engine with 174 hp. and a torque of 250 Nm, I’m sharing my honest impressions.
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10. Various interesting things
📍The blogger melted the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, assessed the amount of titanium and compared it with the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Based on an analysis, blogger Zach Nelson from the JerryRigEverything channel came to the conclusion that the Galaxy S24 Ultra uses Grade 2 titanium (99% titanium). For comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro Max uses Grade 5 titanium (an alloy consisting of 90% titanium, 6% radiant and 4% vanadium).
📍The Ministry of Transport explained in detail who will be to blame for accidents with unmanned vehicles.
According to the plan, the law on highly automated vehicles (VATS) should come into force on September 1, 2025. Also in 2025, unmanned driving on public roads may be allowed in Russia.
📍 Apple has allowed developers to add their app stores to App Store Connect.
With external stores able to be added to App Store Connect, distributions and apps can now be customized for them, and TestFlight can be used to beta test new features.
📍 Web applications on iOS 17.4 work in Russia. Don’t believe fakes.
Amid reports that web applications stopped working for users in Europe with the latest beta of iOS 17.4, many Telegram channels began to write that this also affected Russia, and believe that it is now impossible to use bank web applications. It’s fake. Everything is working as normal.
📍How to prepare for the Chinese New Year in Moscow. I went and filmed it on an iPhone 15 Pro.
The capital was beautifully decorated for this event. Thematic decorations were hung in the center, New Year’s lights and various installations were placed. We walked through the center with the iPhone 15 Pro and showed how beautiful it turned out.
📍Top 5 best slot machines for smartphones from 20 thousand rubles. Powerful and good.
We did not fully take into account all the characteristics of the devices, and this material will not contain a large number of numbers from synthetic tests, carefully developed in camera models and screen brightness measurements.
The main task is to select 5 smartphones in different price segments that can run modern and demanding games. And we got through this part.
📍5 Ways to transfer contacts from iPhone to other gadgets. It’s even possible on Android and Windows
Sometimes you need to share contacts with other owners of iPhone, iPad or other gadgets. There are several ways to do this.
Collect the five simplest and most convenient ones, remember and share.
That’s what this week was like. Enjoy your holiday and see you in the next Sunday digest.
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Source: Iphones RU
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