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Phil Schiller dishes on how much Apple spends on marketing each and every year
Last week saw a number of Apple executives take the stand in the Apple-Samsung trial which has now been ongoing for a week. One notable appearance came from Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP of worldwide marketing. It’s no secret that Apple is world renowned for its advertising efforts, having had a hand in a number […]
Continue reading...The formerly secret history of the iPhone, as told by Scott Forstall
Monday, August 6, 2012
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The Apple/Samsung litigation has proven to be an Apple enthusiast’s dream. iPhone prototypes, iPad prototypes, and a plethora of fascinating information regarding Apple’s design process and previously undisclosed internal workings of the notoriously secretive company. This past Friday was no different when Scott Forstall – Apple’s Senior VP of iOS Software – took the stand to […]
Continue reading...Sharp to begin shipping iPhone 5 screens soon
Friday, August 3, 2012
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Reuters reports that Sharp will soon start shipping iPhone 5 screens for Apple’s next-gen smartphone. “Shipments will start in August,” Sharp’s new president Takashi Okuda recently explained at a press briefing. Apple is planning a major product launch on Sept 12, stoking speculation that the world’s most valuable technology company will announce the sale of […]
Continue reading...Video comparison of the iPhone 4S screen vs the iPhone 5
Friday, August 3, 2012
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Check it out, folks. MacRumors adds: ETrade Supply has also taken a close look at the home button region of the front panel, showing that the hole for the home button is 0.3 mm smaller in diameter than the hole on the iPhone 4S, while the margin between the bottom of the panel and the […]
Continue reading...Apple special event for the iPhone 5 to be held on September 12
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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Following up on our report on the aesthetics of the iPhone 5 comes more confirmation that a launch is scheduled for mid-late September, to be preceded by an unveiling on September 12. News of the September 12 Apple special media event was first noted by iMore and since confirmed by All Things D: Apple hasn’t […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos of the iPhone 5 emerge; September 21 launch date rumored
Monday, July 30, 2012
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As we inch closer and closer towards the iPhone 5 release/announcement, we’re starting to see a lot more credible images of purported iPhone parts and the like. Most recently, the Japanese site iLab posted a number of photos of what they claim is the final production model of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 5. The photos […]
Continue reading...Samsung claims iPhone isn’t original creation, rather result of copying Sony
Sunday, July 29, 2012
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In Samsung’s trial brief, the Korean based electronics giant accuses Apple’s iPhone of effectively borrowing heavily from a Sony device. In other words, Samsung argues, the iPhone is anything but an original creation. As the story goes, this 2006 Businessweek interview set the course for Apple’s original iPhone design. All Things D relays a telling quote from […]
Continue reading...Thousands lineup for Summer jobs at Foxconn plant in Chengdu
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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MicGadget reports that Foxconn has opened up jobs at its plant in Chengdu for the Summer and that thousands of people lined up in hopes of landing one. And as you can tell from the photo above, the rain couldn’t keep them away.
Continue reading...iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Store notes of interest from Apple’s earnings conference call
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Below are some notes of interest from Apple’s recent earnings conference call: Year over year Mac growth was relatively low at 2%, but still higher than 1% for the broader PC market.. Apple recorded all time quarterly highs for iPad sales and new Q3 2012 records for iPhone and Mac sales. Apple sold 26 million […]
Continue reading...Study finds unprecedented consumer interest in the iPhone 5
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Apple will release its earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2012 tomorrow, and per usual, analysts are scrambling to update their projections for Apple’s earnings and sales figures for the quarter. While Apple has an impressively consistent track record when it comes to beating Wall Street earnings estimates, some analysts recently lowered their projections […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to launch on September 21 – Rumor
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Take this with a grain of salt, but the French language blog App4Phone claims to have received an inside tip from a prominent source “that specializes in the manufacture of accessories” alleging that Apple’s next-gen iPhone, perhaps to be called the iPhone 5, will be released on September 21. Supposedly, the September 21 launch date […]
Continue reading...More confirmation that the iPhone 5 will feature a smaller 19-pin dock connector
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Corroborating a report that first surfaced this past March, Reuters is reporting this morning that Apple’s iPhone 5 will utilize a smaller dock connector. So instead of the 30-pin connector we’ve all grown to know and love, the iPhone 5 will implement a noticeably smaller 19-pin connector “to make room for the earphone moving to […]
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Monday, August 6, 2012
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