iPhuture writes: Apple didn't exactly stun the world with the iPhone 4S, but it is an improvement over the iPhone 0 - however we must admit we were shocked to see that there was no NFC, we wonder if this could be a decision Apple will live to regret.
Apple ultimately decided to resolve these six-year-old court proceedings and agreed to pay $15 to each impacted iPhone 4s holder.
The Verge: All devices from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone X are impacted.
Fair play to them. On the ethical hacker side of things I would use the hack as leverage against Apple to continue to support their equipment. As they just dropped support for their iPad mini2’s etc. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with them, they work perfectly fine but are now blocked from receiving security updates etc. So the consumer is forced to purchase a new product that does the exact same thing.
Apple is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from disgruntled iPhone 4s owners. The suit, filed by Chaim Lerman and more than 100 others, alleges Apple's iOS 9 update severely degraded the smartphone's performance both in terms of third-party apps and core functionality.
I dont think it would be a huge deal breaker yet. The service still has to catch on, but I believe it's possible among the more tech savvy kinds to maybe avoid it, given that they are level headed and not part of the mac cult.