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Apple files two patents highlighting next-gen connectors for smaller devices
If you take a look at Apple’s patent filings, it becomes abundantly clear that the company is constantly striving for ways to improve and refine its product line, and one characteristic it always has in its focus is slender design. To that end, Patently Apple recently highlighted two new patent filings from Apple which detail […]
Continue reading...Numbers and stats to digest from Apple’s Q2 2012 earnings conference call
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Following Apple earnings announcements, Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer typically field a few questions from analysts. Below are a few numbers that were touched upon yesterday that are worthy of looking at. Macintosh Mac sales grew 7% year over year, and though this was lower than what analysts were hoping for, Apple this past […]
Continue reading...Apple posts Q2 2012 earnings, profits soar 93% on sales of 35 million iPhones and 11.8 million iPads
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Apple a few minutes ago released its earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2012 and recorded $39.2 billion in revenue and net quarterly profit of $11.6 billion. EPS checked in at $12.30 per share. During the same Q2 quarter a year-ago, Apple posted revenue of $24.7 billion along with a net quarterly profit of […]
Continue reading...AT&T announces 4.3 million iPhone activations in Q1 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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AT&T announced today that it sold 5.5 million smartphones during the Q1 of 2012 and that 4.3 million of all smartphone activations were iPhones. Translation – the iPhone accounted for more than 75% of all AT&T smartphone sales. $0.60 diluted EPS compared to $0.57 diluted EPS in the first quarter of 2011 Consolidated revenues of […]
Continue reading...Supply issues with Qualcomm LTE chip points to Fall release for the iPhone 5
Monday, April 23, 2012
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It used to be that we’d speculate on what features Apple’s next-gen iPhone would have, but now the iPhone’s release date is also a question open to speculation. Apple of course routinely released a new iPhone model in the Summer months, but the delayed October launch really changed things up. Since then, many have wondered […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to employ “in-cell” technology resulting in thinner form factor
Friday, April 20, 2012
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Some interesting news on an otherwise slow Friday news day. The Taiwan based Central News Agency is reporting, citing research analyst David Hsieh, that the iPhone 5 will incporate “in-cell” technology which will result in a potentially much thinner device. This story was echoed by a Digitimes report: Apple’s new iPhone, which is expected to […]
Continue reading...Verizon sold 3.2 million iPhones last quarter, accounting for over half of all smartphone sales
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Verizon today released their earnings from the quarter gone by and noted that it activated 3.2 million iPhones. Impressively, that figure accounts for more than half of Verizon’s quarterly smartphone sales which checked in at 6.3 million units. EPS came in at $0.59, a 15.7% increase from the same quarter a year-ago. Check out their […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 with liquidmetal casing on the horizon?
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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The Korean based ETNews is reporting that Apple’s next-gen iPhone, tentatively dubbed the iPhone 5, will utilize “liquid metal” alloys as a means to produce a device that is thinner, lighter, and more importantly, more durable in the face of drops and other damage inducing events. According to industry sources, the next flagship phones of […]
Continue reading...Gene Munster anticipates 30.5 million in iPhone sales, 12 million in iPad sales in Q2 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
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With earnings season getting underway (Google just released their Q1 2012 earnings yesterday), Apple is next on deck and will release their Q2 2012 earnings on April 24, 2012. With that date fast approaching, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has updated his projections for Apple’s quarterly sales figures. Specifically, Munster anticipates Apple will record sales […]
Continue reading...Inventory shortage enables iPhone 4 owners to upgrade to the iPhone 4S
Sunday, April 15, 2012
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There’s an interesting problem with Apple inventory that’s paying dividends to iPhone 4 owners. According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is experiencing unusual shortages of its 16GB iPhone 4 replacement units. As a result, iPhone 4 owners who come in with phone problems and would ordinarily receive an iPhone 4 replacement are now being […]
Continue reading...Foxconn HR head reportedly pegs October 2012 for iPhone 5 launch
Monday, April 9, 2012
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Despite what critics were quick to call a “modest upgrade”, the iPhone 4S burst out of the gate this past October and quickly became Apple’s most popular iPhone ever. But as with all things Apple, the focus isn’t on what they’ve done, but tends to fall on what they’re going to do. That said, and […]
Continue reading...Sprint is ready for a 4G LTE enabled iPhone 5
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has been pretty forthright regarding the challenges Sprint currently faces. Specifically, Hesse has previously stated that the iPhone, or lack thereof, was the top reason for subscriber defection over the past few years. And with AT&T and Verizon already operating with a head start, Sprint had to make a drastic move […]
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
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