Apple iOS 12.1.4 Strips Out iPhone FaceTime Functionality

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Picked up by the ever-alert MacRumors, iOS 12.1.4 has quietly stripped out the ability for FaceTime calls to be turned into Group FaceTime calls. In a tweet to one frustrated user, @AppleSupport confirmed that Group FaceTime calls now "need to be started with at least two additional users in the FaceTime app". But yes, installing iOS 12.1.4 on the iPhones and iPads is still essential. ___Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+More On ForbesApple iOS 12.1.4 Has A Great Secret FeatureApple iOS 12.1.4 Release: Should You Upgrade? Apple iOS 12.1.4 Fails To Fix Cellular, WiFi ProblemsApple iOS 12.1.3 Continues iPhone Cellular Data ProblemsApple iOS 12.1.3 Cuts Off WiFi -- Again

Apple Discusses Making iPhone Price Cuts

Apple prices iPhones in dollars so as the currency has climbed, so have iPhone prices internationally resulting in untenable sticker shock. "When you look at foreign currencies and then particularly those markets that weakened over the last year those [iPhone price] increases were obviously more," Cook explained. The downside for the U.S., of course, is iPhone discounts seem far less likely. That said, America is already the cheapest place in the world to buy an iPhone. ___Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+More On ForbesApple Slashes iPhone XR Price For CarriersApple Patents Controversial iPhone Camera ChangeFirst iPhone XI Design Leak Highlights Triple Rear CameraiPhone 11 Leak Reveals 2nd Apple PrototypeApple Supplier Announces Potentially Revolutionary iPhone Tech

Apple 'Confirms' iPhone 7, iPhone 8 Hardware Changes

as declared in While we had an inkling it was coming, Apple has now confirmed two iPhone releases earlier than anyone anticipated…In an official statement to Reuters, Apple has announced modified versions of the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are now selling in Germany. And it seems likely these upgraded models (which have arrived two weeks ahead of their leaked schedule) will ultimately go on sale elsewhere too. Apple states the models will swap Intel modems for Qualcomm ones, with the latter shown to deliver far superior cellular data performance. Furthermore, with the German court ruling having the potential to set precedent elsewhere, these changes may be forced upon Apple in other countries as well. Ironically, with flash sales of the iPhone SE demonstrating Apple customers' appetite for smaller devices, the German court ruling may now lead to a rush of buyers for the Qualcomm-equipped iPhone 8 and iPhone 7.