If a third-party repair shop replaces your home button and you’re running iOS 9, Apple automatically bricks your phone. Once your iPhone is bricked, there’s no way to unbrick it.

The latest scare for Apple users paints the iPhone maker as a greedy company set on getting every last dollar from you. And while that depiction may have its merits, it’s not supported by the latest ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Apple made one big change to the iPhone X. In an effort to make the phone's screen span edge-to-edge, Apple has eliminated the home button that ...

Our devices are an important part of daily life, so a shattered smartphone screen or a broken headphone jack needs to be fixed—the quicker and cheaper the better. But if you have an iPhone and don’t ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11669171 B2) for “devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing a Home button replacement” on iPhones and iPads. Obviously, some electronic ...

It may sound impossible to imagine an iPhone without a home button. But in some ways, Apple has been preparing users for this eventuality for years. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...