Apple reports first quarterly revenue drop in 13 years, 51.2 million iPhones sold in FY Q2 2016

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Apple has reported revenue of $50.6 billion with a net profit of $10.5 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q2 2016 that ended March 26, 2015. Revenues were down 13% year-over-year and quarterly profit fell 22.5% as revenue declined for the first time since 2003. Sales were down across all the categories. Apple sold 51.2 million iPhones in the quarter compared to 61.2 million in the year-ago quarter, a decline of 16%. Continue reading “Apple reports first quarterly revenue drop in 13 years, 51.2 million iPhones sold in FY Q2 2016”

Apple iPhone 7 could be waterproof and feature force touch home button

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Apple iPhone 7 is said to be waterproof and dust resistant, according to a latest report from Taiwanese website Digitimes. Moreover, the phone is also expected to add a force touch home button. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 7 could be waterproof and feature force touch home button”

Xiaomi working on ‘Rifle’ processors, Nokia to acquire Withings and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

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Next Gen Apple Watch said to support cellular connectivity

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Apple is apparently working on making the next generation Apple Watch more powerful. A new report from the WSJ states that the next Apple Watch will have cellular connectivity. Continue reading “Next Gen Apple Watch said to support cellular connectivity”

Apple could give iPhone 7s a miss, launch iPhone 8 instead

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A new report is speculating that Apple might give iPhone 7s a miss this year and instead jump straight to iPhone 8. The latest report comes from Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz. Continue reading “Apple could give iPhone 7s a miss, launch iPhone 8 instead”

FBI paid more than $1.3 million to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone

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Last month, FBI gained access to the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone and withdrew case against Apple. Now the FBI Director James Comey has revealed how much the agency had paid to hack the iPhone.

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Apple iPhone SE Review

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Apple announced something really different last month when it launched the iPhone SE along with smaller iPad Pro 9.7. We saw a smaller iPhone being unveiled for the first time and it has already hit Indian shores. This is, in fact, the fastest launch of an iPhone in India if you consider the global announcement and the market availability here.

The first thing you notice about the iPhone SE is how small and light it is. In a rapidly changing mobile phone market we have quickly forgotten that phones with 4-inch screens did exist and were quite popular for a long time before phablets started emerging. I totally love my iPhone 6s Plus and Galaxy S7 Edge and was obviously wondering how would I move to such a small screen phone. How did it work out ? Let us find out in our iPhone SE Review. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE Review”

Apple reportedly hires former Tesla engineering VP Chris Porritt

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Apple has hired Chris Porritt, the former vice president of engineering at Tesla to work on “special products, according to a report from Electrek. Porritt had left Tesla in September last year.

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Apple updates Macbook with new processors, releases Rose Gold variant, starts at Rs. 106900

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Apple just released rose gold variant of last year’s 12-inch Retina Macbook that joins the gold, silver and space gray variants. It has also upgraded it with faster sixth-generation dual-core Intel Core M processors, 25% faster graphics performance with Intel HD Graphics 515, faster flash storage and an additional hour of battery life. Continue reading “Apple updates Macbook with new processors, releases Rose Gold variant, starts at Rs. 106900”

Apple schedules WWDC 2016 for June 13 in San Francisco

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Apple just announced that it’s 27th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for this year happens from June 13th till June 17th. This time it is holding the event at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium instead of Moscone West. The company would reveal about the future of iOS and OS X at the event, including iOS 10, OS X 10.12 and also new watchOS and tvOS update. This year’s invite is simple with colorful letters that look like coding lines. Continue reading “Apple schedules WWDC 2016 for June 13 in San Francisco”

Dixon Technologies gears up to start local production of Gionee smartphones in India

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In a bid to bolster its ‘Make in India’ initiative even further, Gionee has appointed Dixon Technologies to locally start production of 3G and 4G smartphones.
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Apple said to release iPhone with glass back and AMOLED display in 2017

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Apple is said to give the iPhone design a major overhaul according to a new report by KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo. The company is said to chuck the aluminium casing for next year’s iPhone.

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Apple said to be working on bringing key changes to App Store

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Apple is working on bringing important changes to the App Store and has assembled a team of 100 engineers for the same, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on bringing key changes to App Store”

Apple debuts iPhone SE corporate leasing offer for Rs. 999 per month for 2 years

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Apple launched the 4-inch iPhone SE in India last week which starts at Rs.39,000. Now, the company is introducing a new offer to lure Indian customers, especially corporate users to buy its newly launched iPhone SE. Continue reading “Apple debuts iPhone SE corporate leasing offer for Rs. 999 per month for 2 years”

Apple gets relief from HC orders over not using the term ‘SplitView’ in India

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The Delhi High Court had ordered Apple not to use the name ‘SplitView’ in any of its products or services in India. However, it turns out that Apple has got some relief from Delhi HC’s orders.

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