As part of the ongoing legal battle between Motorola and Apple, the Wall St. Journal reported recently that Motorola asked Apple to pay 2.25% in royalties for each iPhone and iPad sold – an exorbitant royalty rate that would easily reach into the billions of dollars. What makes the request particularly sickening is that the […]
Continue reading...Friday, February 3, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone 4 and iPad 2 temporarily removed from sale in Germany
The Verge reports: Apple has been forced to remove its 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4 devices from the online German Apple store today, following a dispute with Motorola Mobility … Update: It appears that Apple has successfully convinced a court in Germany to suspend enforcement of this injunction, according to AllThingsD. It’s unclear at […]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 2, 2012
Comments Off on Apple will announce the iPhone 5 at WWDC 2012
Relaying a report from Daiwa Securities in the Commercial Times, Digitimes reports that Apple will unveil its next-gen iPhone at WWDC 2012, scheduled for June 2012. The iPhone 5 will continue to utilize glass to glass (G/G) touch panel technology which will benefit current touch panel suppliers TPK Holding and Wintek, the paper quoted the […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Comments Off on Samsung sold slightly more smartphones in 2011 than Apple
Apple this past quarter shipped a whopping 37 million iPhones, setting a new quarterly record as iPhone sales grew 128% year over year. The achievement was enough for Apple to slightly edge out Samsung with respect to smartphone sales during the recent holiday quarter. A few days ago, Samsung reported shipping 36 million smartphones as […]
Continue reading...Monday, January 30, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone sales in China poised to reach 60 million units a year – Analyst
In the wake of Apple’s stellar earnings announcement last week, shares of APPL have skyrocketed into the $450 range. In doing so, Apple has surpassed Exxon as the most valuable company in the world. What’s scary, though, is that Apple still has plenty of room for grow. Apple’s share of the phone and PC market […]
Continue reading...Monday, January 30, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone 4s significantly more popular than iPhone 4 and 3GS
Following the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple for the first time made one of its older iPhone models – the 3GS – available for free to consumers on contract. With many Android models available at cheap pricepoints, Apple was clearly trying prevent a price umbrella over competing products. Now it’s to be expected that […]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 29, 2012
Comments Off on New York Times publishes detailed look into the dangers associated with iPhone and iPad manufacturing abroad
The New York Times last week published an extensive piece highlighting the human costs associated with manufacturing Apple products, kicking things off with the retelling of an explosion in May 2010 at a Foxconn factory that killed two individuals and injured over a dozen more. Describing the working conditions abroad in China, the Times writes: […]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 26, 2012
Comments Off on AT&T activates 7.6 million iPhones, 80.8% of all smartphone activations
Apple’s not the only company with record breaking iPhone news this week. AT&T earlier today reported their earnings for the December quarter and noted that they actiavted 7.6 million iPhone 4S devices during that period, a figure significantly higher than the 4.2 million iPhone activations Verizon reported recently. The 7.6 million iPhone activations represents an […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen set to begin production – Rumor
The Apple blogosphere is still aflutter with Apple’s outstanding earnings results from the December quarter, but a new iPhone rumor managed to sneak into the news stream today courtesy of Seth Weintraub. Citing a reliable source at Foxconn, Weintraub writes that iPhone 5 production is set to begin and that sample devices are already making […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Comments Off on Contextualizing Apple’s incredible iPhone sales figures
Apple reported yet another blowout quarter this afternoon, thanks in large part to over 37 million in iPhone sales. The figure in and of itself is certainly impressive, but when you contextualize the figure while looking back at Apple’s annual iPhone sales since 2007, we can really see the extent to which Apple’s iPhone is […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone sales top 37 million as Apple records record-breaking quarter
Apple last quarter had a slight misstep when its earnings fell short of analyst expectations for the first time in years. Of course, the delayed release of the iPhone 4S had something to do with revenue coming in below expectations. But during last quarter’s earnings conference call, Apple CEO Tim Cook boldly predicted that December […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Comments Off on Verizon reports 4.3 million in iPhone sales during December quarter
Verizon today released its earnings results from the December quarter and reported a loss of $2.02 billion, or $0.71 a share. During the same quarter a year-ago, the US-based carrier reported a loss of $2.64 billion. Apple wise, Verizon sold an impressive 4.3 million iPhone devices. All told, smartphone sales for the quarter came in […]
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Comments Off on Motorola asked Apple for a 2.25% royalty rate for each iPhone and iPad