Is the iPhone 12 still worth buying? (iPhone News #7)

Can you still get the iPhone 12 (from 2020) at home today, or is it better to leave it behind? In addition, three new Macs are on the way and Apple has received a mega fine. Here’s the most important iPhone news from last week.

Review update: the iPhone 12 in 2022 is hardly inferior to the 13

The iPhone 12 (mini) is now over a year old. Apple still sells the device itself and the differences with the iPhone 13 are small. It is therefore not at all strange to ‘still’ buy an iPhone 12.

This is evident from our review update. Editor Bram has extensively tested the iPhone 12 and concludes that the 2020 flagship is still great.

Read our review update of the iPhone 12

ACM fines Apple for unreasonable demands on dating apps

The ACM has again fined Apple 5 million euros, bringing the counter to 20 million. The watchdog already ruled in January that the tech giant must allow dating apps to use alternative payment systems outside the App Store.

Apple seemed to comply with the requirement, but ACM remains dissatisfied with the way in which the company is implementing it. “Apple’s modified terms and conditions for dating app providers are unreasonable and create an unnecessary barrier,” reads a new publication from the regulator.

This is why the ACM is angry with Apple

Apple Watch detects illness before nurses know it

A nurse in Australia shared her special story on TikTok last week. After complaints of fatigue, heavy fluctuations in weight, dry skin and sensitivity to temperature, the sister found it necessary to have a smalle check up to do with a doctor.

At first it looked like a burnout from the increased Covid-19 work, but after the doctor’s visit she turned out to have an inflamed thyroid.

This is how the Apple Watch works as a health meter

Apple registers new Macs: new MacBook 2022 on the way?

Apple has registered three new Macs in the database of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Manufacturers are obliged to do this and in fact reveal which products are coming.

Unfortunately, we don’t know exactly which Macs will be released, as the descriptions are vague. The preliminary main suspects are a new MacBook Pro, Mac mini or an iMac Pro (with a 27-inch screen).

Read more about the new Macs

These 6 iPhone Tips Blow You Away (And Hardly Anyone Knows)

Forget the storms Dudley and Eunice: The biggest chance of getting blown away is after reading these six iPhone tips. So brace yourself, because the tricks will be racing through your head for a while.

on iPhoned we share the best iPhone tips every week. This time, you’ll discover that your iPhone has a secret Buienradar, learn that it doubles as a spirit level, see how you celebrate Carnival in a FaceTime call, and more.

These are this week’s best iPhone tips

Can you already remove the corona apps, or not?

Although our country is opening further and further after the lengthy corona crisis, there are still some questions. Is the CoronaMelder app still effective with the omikron variant or can you remove it?

And what will happen to the CoronaCheck app now that cultural life will revolve around the 1G policy? In this article we will sort out all these questions for you.

Why you should / shouldn’t remove the corona apps

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