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Comparing opening weekend sales across iPhone models
Apple’s 5 million iPhone 5s sold this past weekend represents a new launch record for Apple, and is impressively more than double the opening weekend sales for the iPhone 4. Of course, it helps that the iPhone is now available on more carriers than ever before, not to mention the fact that Apple’s international rollout […]
Continue reading...The most thorough and detailed EarPods review you’ll ever read
25. September 2012
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In case you haven’t heard, Apple has finally (thank god!) updated its wretched, and yet iconic, white headphones that have shipped with every iPhone and iPod since the beginning of time. Apple touts the new headphones, which it has dubbed “EarPods” as having much better sound quality and being much more comfortable to wear. So […]
Continue reading...More testing confirms the speedy nature of the iPhone 5
25. September 2012
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PC Mag deems it the fastest smartphone in the land. With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones. Most high-end phones nowadays run on one of two architectures: ARM’s Cortex-A9, which is used by Nvidia, Texas Instruments and others, and Qualcomm’s Krait. But the A6, asAnandTech discovered, […]
Continue reading...NBA point guard Iman Shumpert dunks an iPhone 5 [Video]
24. September 2012
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Who’s to say how legit this is, but here’s what Gizmodo is claiming is video footage of NBA and New York Knicks Point Guard Iman Shumpert dunking (yes, dunking) the brand new iPhone 5. Seems like an absurd waste of money, of course, but when you’re a millionaire I guess you can do stuff like […]
Continue reading...Apple pushing to hire Mapping experts from Google to shore up holes in iOS Maps
24. September 2012
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In spite of user complaints about Apple’s new Maps application, Tim Cook and co. managed to sell upwards of 5 million iPhone 5s this past weekend. Pretty good considering some folks thought the company was toast following the resignation and subsequent passing of Steve Jobs. But despite the impressive sales figures, the fact remains that […]
Continue reading...Why Apple’s weekend iPhone 5 sales figure should be higher
24. September 2012
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Apple’s announcement that they had sold 5 million iPhone 5’s this past weekend is certainly impressive, but is well below the 6-8million estimate some analysts were initially anticipating. And even though initial iPhone 5 sales are 25% higher than iPhone 4S sales were, shares of Apple have tumbled in early Monday morning trading. Now that […]
Continue reading...Photo of Apple’s Maps Development Team
24. September 2012
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Too funny. Perhaps the man in [the] black [turtleneck] was Steve Jobs all along. via Reddit
Continue reading...Apple shares slip downwards in spite of strong iPhone 5 sales weekend
24. September 2012
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Only Apple. Only Apple can sell 5 million units of a new product in just 3 days and have its share price go down by 10 points. In the wake of Apple’s iPhone 5 weekend sales figures, shares of Apple are down nearly 10 points to $690.56. Never mind the fact that Apple’s iPhone 5 […]
Continue reading...Gene Munster says lines for the iPhone 5 are 83% longer than they were for the iPhone 4S
24. September 2012
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In the first 24 hours that pre-orders were open, Apple processed an astounding 2 million iPhone 5 orders. In doing so, the iPhone 5 positioned itself to be the most successful iPhone launch yet, and some analysts are anticipating launch weekend sales to fall in the 8 million to 10 million range. Not too shabby […]
Continue reading...Jimmy Kimmel’s iPhone 5/iPhone 4S prank [Video]
24. September 2012
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Missed this on the first go-around, but worth sharing in case you might have missed it as well. It’s Jimmy Kimmel handing people iPhone 4S’ and telling them it’s an iPhone 5. And oh boy, does the power of suggestion ever rear its interesting head as people proudly proclaim that the iPhone 4S is lighter, […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 5 million iPhone 5s on launch weekend
24. September 2012
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Apple issued a press release boasting that it sold over 5 million iPhone 5 devices over the weekend. Further, Apple’s press release also mentioned that over 100 million iOS devices were updated with iOS 6, the latest iteration of Apple’s mobile operating system. “Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and we are working hard […]
Continue reading...Apple asks Court for $707 million more in damages from Samsung
23. September 2012
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Not simply content with their $1.05 billion judgement against Samsung this past Summer, Apple continues to press on the legal gas as it recently filed a motion with the Court seeking an additional $707 million in damages from Samsung. Samsung, meanwhile, responded in kind by asking for an entirely new trial altogether. In a motion […]
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25. September 2012
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