Cites lackluster debut of Samsung S4, expected ‘iPhone 5S’ After watching the sometimes-awkward public debut of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone, research analysts Yankee Group are predicting that while the model will do well in the US, it won’t stop the slow gains in Apple’s North American marketshare. Calling the device “just another iteration on the [...]
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Analyst: Apple likely to gain US share on Samsung this year
Posted by Gary on March 20, 2013
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Reports: iPad least repairable, least likely to need repair
Posted by Gary on March 2, 2013
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Repair firm compares various tablets, finds most not easily fixable Repair and how-to guide site iFixit has compiled their teardown and repair-guide results on the top tablets into one comprehensive report, and ranks Apple’s iPad lineup (with the exception of the original iPad) very poorly for repairability, though it is Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet that [...]
‘Fake’ projects for Apple hires likely false, sources say
Posted by Gary on February 16, 2013
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Dispels rumored Apple security measure Apple isn’t assigning “fake” projects to new hires at the company, say Apple workers in contact with Ars Technica. Last year, Inside Apple author Adam Lashinsky spoke with an ex-Apple employee during a Q&A session; the person claimed that the fake projects are assigned to people during a probationary period. [...]
Verizon’s ‘higher mix’ of holiday iPhone activations likely topped 5.3M
Posted by Gary on January 10, 2013
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Verizon announced on Wednesday that it activated 9.8 million smartphones in the 2012 holiday season, with a “higher mix of Apple smartphones,” suggesting the carrier accounted for more than 5.3 million iPhone sales in the quarter.The figures from Verizon were revealed in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Like rival AT&T, [...]
Analysts: Apple likely sold 18 million iPads in fiscal Q4
Posted by Gary on October 19, 2012
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Indie analysts more optimistic than Wall Street In a follow-up to a previous article about iPhone sales, Fortune’s Philip Elmer-Dewitt has released results of a consensus roundup of 61 analysts both from Wall Street brokerages and independent firms that shows a wide rate of estimates for what Apple will report as its fiscal fourth-quarter (which [...]
Apple’s Lightning Cable Contains TI Chip ‘Likely’ to Have Security Features
Posted by Gary on October 16, 2012
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Apple’s new Lightning connector introduced on the iPhone 5 has generated a significant amount of interest, both from a usage standpoint as the company abandons its nearly decade-old 30-pin dock connector and from a technical perspective. On the technical side, the new Lightning connector uses adaptive technology to enable it to perform a variety of [...]
Apple ‘likely’ to unveil ‘iPad mini’ at event on Oct. 23 – report
Posted by Gary on October 12, 2012
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Apple is now expected to hold a briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 23, to unveil its smaller 7.85-inch iPad, with a product launch expected to follow soon after.John Paczkowski of All Things D reported on Friday that Apple is “likely” to hold the event on Oct. 23. That’s two days before the company is set to [...]
Apple A6 teardown shows custom, likely expensive CPU layout
Posted by Gary on September 26, 2012
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Chip engineered for maximum efficiency A teardown of the A6 processor inside the iPhone 5 suggests that Apple went to extraordinary efforts for processing speed, notes iFixit. The repair outfit has confirmed some basic details, such as the presence of 1GB of RAM, and a dual-core CPU matched by a triple-core GPU. Unusual, though, is [...]