“Oscar”, analogue of Apple Pay, smartphones lose customers and iOS zero-day fix – Wylsacom

We continue to collect the most popular texts of the week, published on our website.

Smartphones

Demand for smartphones is declining all over the world. First, we wrote about the third generation iPhone SE – a great example of the fall in popularity. Many believe that the matter is in its appearance:

However, the decline in demand for the iPhone SE is only a marker of a larger decline. It also applies to more relevant devices:

Vendors have complicated the process of buying smartphones for Russian distributors:

In China, they showed another top-end gaming smartphone:

These are the “firmware” Apple will release next fall:

Services

Russian banks want to make a working analogue of Apple Pay. It will work with the help of QR codes and a system of fast payments. But the promise to launch by April 1 was postponed for three months:

In the Russian Federation, due to sanctions, “gray” imports can be made official:

Blocked Instagram is becoming less and less popular in Russia. Therefore, enthusiasts have made an excellent analog, which perfectly suits the mood of many:

Other texts

Apple fixed major vulnerabilities in recent updates:

Apple fixes zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS 15.4.1 and macOS 12.3.1

Kostya Baranov

1 April 2022

Let’s end this digest with a list of Oscar winners:

Oscars 2022: Apple took the main award

Ilya Kichaev

28 March 2022