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Some analysts have claimed that the iPhone XR is doing badly, but others seem to be a bit more upbeat. Even Apple themselves had stated that the iPhone XR was selling well, but stopped short of actually providing any figures. Now according to the latest figures, it has been revealed that the iPhone XR accounted for 39% of iPhone sales in December 2018.

This is actually rather impressive as it suggests that the iPhone XR made up more than a third of all iPhone sales. This isn’t a guarantee that the iPhone XS and XS Max make up the rest as Apple is still selling older iPhone models as well. This also seems to be in line with what we had previously heard.

Previously reports suggested that the iPhone XR was on track to outsell the iPhone XS, and based on these figures it sounds like it has managed to do just that. It’s not surprising that the phone is doing so well. It represents a cheaper version of the iPhone XS where for the most part it comes with the same hardware and features, save for the display and camera.

However for those who can’t justify paying about $300 more just for those features, it is a more compelling option. Some analysts have advised that Apple should further reduce the price of the iPhone XR if they’re hoping to make it sell better, but whether or not Apple will remains to be seen.

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It’s a weird quirk of the current generation of AirPods: they support Siri, but only if you double-tap one of the earbuds first. Unlike with iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and HomePods, you can’t just say “Hey Siri” and babble out your request.

Rumors have been floating around for a while suggesting that a new iteration of AirPods — AirPods 2, the rumor mill is calling them — would bring “Hey Siri” functionality. Now a screen hiding in the latest iOS beta seems to suggest the same.

While it’s not a publicly accessible screen, Guilherme Rambo of 9to5mac managed to trigger the following prompt in the just-released iOS 12.2 beta:

(Image Credit: 9to5Mac)

“Talk to Siri with your AirPods or iPhone by saying ‘Hey Siri’,” it reads.

Its absence from the current generation of AirPods presumably boils down to a matter of battery life. Apple figured out how to make “Hey Siri” work with minimal impact on battery life with the iPhone 6s, then broke down how it all works in a post on its Machine Learning Journal in April of 2018. But to pull off the same trick in a tiny earbud — each having a battery capacity of 93 milliwatt hours, or roughly 1 percent of that of an iPhone — is an entirely new challenge. For the first gen, it was just easier to let the headphones wait for that double-tap, queueing it up as a new selling point whenever Apple figured out how to pull it off.

Rumors have also hinted at other features for the eventual AirPods sequel, from waterproofing to sensors that help track health data. Alas, no sneaky hidden prompts hinting at any of that have been found yet.

Earlier this week, the world was (unfortunately) not so shocked to read an article in the Atlantic detailing new accusations of the sexual abuse and rape of underage children by X-Men director Bryan Singer. These accusations have been circling the director for a long time now. Today, even in light of the most recent…

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Some analysts have claimed that the iPhone XR is doing badly, but others seem to be a bit more upbeat. Even Apple themselves had stated that the iPhone XR was selling well, but stopped short of actually providing any figures. Now according to the latest figures, it has been revealed that the iPhone XR accounted for 39% of iPhone sales in December 2018.

This is actually rather impressive as it suggests that the iPhone XR made up more than a third of all iPhone sales. This isn’t a guarantee that the iPhone XS and XS Max make up the rest as Apple is still selling older iPhone models as well. This also seems to be in line with what we had previously heard.

Previously reports suggested that the iPhone XR was on track to outsell the iPhone XS, and based on these figures it sounds like it has managed to do just that. It’s not surprising that the phone is doing so well. It represents a cheaper version of the iPhone XS where for the most part it comes with the same hardware and features, save for the display and camera.

However for those who can’t justify paying about $300 more just for those features, it is a more compelling option. Some analysts have advised that Apple should further reduce the price of the iPhone XR if they’re hoping to make it sell better, but whether or not Apple will remains to be seen.

Apple’s iPhone XR Claimed 39% Of iPhone Sales In December , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

It’s 2019, and ordinary beer bongs just won’t cut it. Gravity just doesn’t deliver beer fast enough for some people. That’s why we now have the Q-bong pressurized beer bong, a device designed to shoot beer down the throat of its recipient faster than ever.

All you have to do is fill the reservoir with up to 32-ounces of beer, pump the air bulb to your desired beer-pressure, press the trigger valve and get to chugging. Isn’t college fun? Now it’s a little less fun because it’s so convenient to chug all by yourself with no one helping.

Is it called the Q-Bong because some guy in British intelligence who invents gadgets for a living came up with this? I have no idea, but I can tell you that the guy in the video looks like Ryan Reynolds demonstrating this device. And just as I thought, he doesn’t look like he’s having a lot of fun chugging from this thing. Calling it now, this thing kills parties dead. Oh look, there’s so and so over there chugging by himself in the corner from what is essentially a juice box of beer. No one likes that guy.

I like how the video also cuts off right before he chugs. Because he can’t. Because he’s clearly too old for college.

[via Dude I Want That via Geekologie]