Activating an Apple iPhone and downloading apps from the App Store could take some time today
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"And so this is Christmas," sang the late John Lennon in his 1971 holiday tune Happy Xmas (War is over). Ok, Yoko sang too. Anyway, the point is that today is December 25th and around the world people are unwrapping gifts. Some of these will be new smartphones, and if history repeats itself, many will be Apple iPhone models. According to Forbes, the handset gifted the most during the week before Christmas last year was the iPhone, which was responsible for 44% of activations during that time period. Samsung and Huawei were second and third with 26% and 5% of activations, respectively.
We don't want to be the Grinch, but there is something else that iPhone users might have to deal with besides Apple's busy servers. If you just received an iPhone for Christmas, do not update the device to iOS 12.1.2. Otherwise, you might find yourself unable to receive cellular data. We wouldn't be surprised to see Apple release iOS 12.1.3 later this week to exterminate this (hum)bug.
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