iPad & iPhone User I183 2022

ISSUE 183

iPHONE SE (2022)
VS PIXEL 6A

DOES GOOGLE’S NEWEST MID-RANGE PHONE TOP APPLE’S?

PLUS:

HOW MUCH FASTER
WILL THE A16 CHIP
IN THE iPHONE 14
PRO ACTUALLY BE?

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NEWS NEWS ANALYSIS

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NEWS

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NEWS

iPadOS 16 will reportedly
arrive in October, a month
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NEWS

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NEWS

The Apple Watch Series

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NEWS

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Apple’s next big move

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a single month’s worth of

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OLNH 0LQJ &KL .XR VD\ WKDW $SSOH KDV WKDW IURP DQ\ UHDO ZRUOG * QHWZRUN
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in which it operates, and with a price of the iPhone SE are really holding
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