Tag: Apple
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Samsung, Apple maintain top spots in smartphone market
Samsung and Apple maintained their leadership in the smartphone market in early 2017 while Chinese-based Huawei’s strong growth cemented its number three position, a market tracker said Thursday. Research firm IDC said overall smartphone shipments grew 4.3 percent in the first quarter, slightly better than its prior forecast, to 347 million units. “The first quarter…
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Apple iPhone 7 posts $78.4bn revenue
Strong sales of Apple’s iPhone 7 have helped the California-based company post record 78.4 billion dollars revenue in the fiscal first quarter ending in December, the company said on Wednesday. The company also recorded a 3.3 per cent increase year-on-year, following the sale of 78.3 million Smartphone worldwide. “We sold more iPhones than ever before…
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Nokia makes smartphone comeback starting in China with Nokia 6
Nokia is making a cameo comeback with smartphones unveiling Nokia 6 running on Google’s Android OS at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 on Sunday. If you are a cell phone user of a certain age, you likely have a soft spot for the Nokia brand. In the late 1990s and most of the aughts,…
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iPhone @10: The best is yet to come says Cook
Apple is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the iPhone, which has revolutionized how smartphones are made and used, but the man at the helm of affairs at one of the world foremost tech firm, Tim Cook, believes the best is yet to come. “iPhone is an essential part of our customers’ lives, and today…
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Apple to open retail outlet in South Korea, starts hiring already
Apple Inc has announced plans to open a retail outlet in South Korea, its first in the country that homes its archrival, Samsung Electronics. “We’re excited about opening our first Apple Store in Korea, one of the world’s economic centres and a leader in telecommunication and technology, with a vibrant K-culture,” Apple said in a…
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Apple makes biggest sales ever on App Store New Year’s Day
Apple on Thursday announced that the New Year’s Day 2017 was the biggest day ever for the App Store, with nearly $240 million in purchases worldwide on that day alone. That hints at robust sales of Apple devices during the crucial October to December quarter, ahead of Apple’s earnings call later this month. The Cupertino…
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8 Apple products coming in 2017
It was a big year for Apple in 2016, with the launch of several eye-catching tech gadgets, including the launch of beloved iPhone 7. Especially, while the iPhone 7 took a bold step to dump the headphone port, the MacBook Pro, released in 2016 October is the first laptop with a touch-sensitive strip above the…
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LOOKING AHEAD: Smartphones to launch 2017
2017 is upon us, bringing with it a flurry of new top-end smartphones to get excited about. The tenth anniversary of the original iPhone means Apple may have something special in store for us this year, while Samsung will probably come out all guns blazing in order to soundly recover from the Galaxy Note 7…
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WhatsApp stops working on older Android, iPhone, Windows Phone 7 models
Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp has stopped working in older smartphones. Anyone using a smartphone running Android 2.2 Froyo or older versions of Android, apart from an iPhone 3GS or iOS 6 and lower versions of iOS, will find that WhatsApp has stopped working on their smartphones. Notably, the market share of these devices is…
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Apple set to reduce iPhone production by 10% in Q1 2017
According to a new report from Nikkei, Apple will reduce the production of iPhones by about 10% in the first quarter of 2017. The news comes after Flurry Analytics showed that Apple still maintains a lead in holiday activations. This isn’t the first time Apple has cut back on iPhone production as a similar event…