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Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.
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Happy New Year from AWT

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy New Year wishes from the gang at <em>Apple World Today</em>. We’re taking the day off, but will be back in the full swing of things on Tuesday, Jan. 2. And we hope your 2019 gets off to a fantastic start.</p>

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Apple Daily Report: Apple’s interested in Sony’s 3D sensors for smartphones (and more news)

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sony, the biggest maker of camera chips used in smartphones, is boosting production of next-generation 3D sensors after getting interest from customers including Apple, reports <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/sony-boosts-3d-camera-output-after-interest-from-phone-makers#gs.jKAfoDo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>.  The chips will power front- and rear-facing 3D cameras of models from several smartphone makers in 2019, the article adds.</p>

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Apple sued for using a Hebrew voice in Siri without permission

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Israeli radio broadcaster and voice artist Galit Gura-Eini, the voice of Waze’s first female navigation directions in Hebrew, is suing Apple for using her voice for Siri without permission, according to <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3753038,00.html)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CTech</em></a>. </p>

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Metropolis offers great protection for the iPad Pro — but doesn’t accommodate the Smart Keyboard Folio

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Urban Armor Gear (UAG) has launched its new Metropolis Series Case for the new iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9-inch models at a price of $59.95 and $89.95, respectively. I tested <a href="https://urbanarmorgear.com/products/metropolis-series-ipad-pro-12-9-inch-3rd-gen-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the latter</a> and found it to be very rugged — but with one major “gotcha” for folks like me.</p>

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Apple Daily Report: ‘Batterygate’ iPhone battery replacement program ends Dec. 31 (and more news)

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s $29 replacement battery replacement for those with an iPhone 6 or later ends Dec. 31, so act now if this applies to you. This involves the “Batterygate” brouhaha, a class action that alleged that Apple's iOS software updates for the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7, and 7 Plus were provided to iPhone users under the pretense that the software updates were necessary to deliver enhanced security and performance. </p>

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The iPhone 7 tops Declutter’s list of the most traded-in, sold items of 2018

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Declutter has released their “<a href="https://www.decluttr.com/blog/2018/12/20/2018s-most-unwanted-what-did-americans-sell-most-this-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Most Unwanted List</span></a>” which is compiled of the top 10 most traded-in/sold items of 2018. </p>

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Apple reportedly will start assembling top-end iPhones in India soon

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of its manufacturing partner Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese company will have made the product in the country, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-india-exclusive/exclusive-foxconn-to-begin-assembling-top-end-apple-iphones-in-india-in-2019-source-idUSKCN1OQ0M6?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em>,</a> quoting an unnamed “source familiar with the matter. The article doesn’t specify which “top-end” models that entails, however.</p>

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Keep that expensive iPhone clean while traveling with the PhoneSoap Go

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Last month my <em>Apple World Today </em>compadre, Steve Sande, <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/11/14/phonesoap-wireless-wirelessly-charge-and-sanitize-your-iphone-at-the-same-time?rq=PhoneSoap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviewed </a>the PhoneSoap Wireless, a $99.95 device that not only wirelessly charges your iPhone, but sanitizes it with a strong blast of ultraviolet C (UV-C) light at the same time. He loved it, but longed for a wireless version.</p>

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Patent trollin’: Apple sued over its Apple Pay technology

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple has been sued by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fintiv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fintiv</a>, a Texas company that is apparently a “patent troll.” The company claims Apple Pay infringes upon an acquired Korean patent they own.</p>

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