According to security researchers, it’s a good idea to turn off your iPhone for five minutes a day. We’ll see if that’s true and show you some more important Apple and iPhone news from the week.
Read on after the announcement.
Why you should turn off your iPhone for 5 minutes a day
Do you always leave your iPhone on? So stop that! Experts recommend turning off your iPhone for five minutes every day. This simple ritual can make your device much safer, and we’ll tell you why.
But that’s not all. Turning off your iPhone regularly can also speed up your device. By restarting daily, background tasks get a fresh start, so your iPhone can respond a little easier. While iPhones are already quite secure, why not play it safe?
-> Increase the security of your iPhone
End of Maestro: what it means for your debit card and Apple Pay
The end of Maestro is near: from July 1, 2023, all debit cards with Maestro will gradually disappear, and will be replaced by a kind of debit card.
But what are the implications for your current debit card and Apple Pay? We explain this to you in the article below. Even though the transition is gradual, there are a few things you need to pay attention to!
-> Learn more about the end of Maestro
These 15 Apple products are coming by early 2024
Apple plans to launch 15 (fifteen!) new products by early 2024. Or so says the usually reliable Mark Gurman in his newsletter.
That’s quite a list, so you have a few fresh months ahead of you. Do you want to know what products are coming? We’ve listed them in a handy list.
-> These 15 products are coming
Leaked iPhone 15 case says a lot about the next iPhone
Thanks to various rumors, we already knew a lot about the iPhone 15. But based on a few photos showing an iPhone 15 cover, we learn even more about the next Apple smartphone.
What will change in the design of the iPhone 15? We’ll walk you through all the design changes we’ve noticed in the case.
-> This reveals the case
iCloud is getting more expensive, but there’s good news too
If you have an iPhone, you probably also use iCloud. The cloud storage service ensures, among other things, that your important files are backed up on your device and that you can view your photos on any device.
It’s no doubt a useful feature, but Apple has made iCloud much more expensive. The company raised its prices by up to 25%. However, this does not apply to all countries. Are we safe in the Netherlands?
-> Will iCloud become more expensive with us?
iPhone 13 Pro vs. iPhone 15 Pro – this is why you should upgrade this year
Got an iPhone 13 Pro and wondering if you should buy a new iPhone this year? Carefree! You can read if you should upgrade this time around in our iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 15 Pro article!
We tell you what will be the biggest upgrades for your next iPhone if you come from the iPhone 13 Pro.
-> Read our comparison
iOS 17 copied these functions from Android
The latest version of iOS has quite a few new features. Some of them are completely new, but there are also some that seem to come from Android. In this list, we show you all the iOS 17 features that Apple copied from Android.
-> Discover the copied functions
Set Spotify as an alarm clock on your iPhone (that’s how you do it)
If you want to set a nice song to wake you up, it’s very simple on your iPhone. At least if you have music on your iPhone or if you have Apple Music.
Don’t have Apple Music but have Spotify? Then we have bad news, as standard it is not possible to set the music service as an alarm clock. Still, there is a way to set Spotify as an alarm clock on your iPhone. We explain how to do it.
-> Here’s how to use Spotify as an alarm clock