A new report suggests that Samsung saw a 2.3% decline in its market share during Q2 2015 compared to the same time frame in 2014. Samsung is the only one among the top 5 smartphone vendors to have a decline in market share compared to last year.
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Sonavation, a security technology firm has just announced that fingerprint sensors can now be embedded under Gorilla Glass thanks to sensors that can now be bonded directly to the display. This could potentially give rise to iPhones that are devoid of home buttons.
Apple is planning to appoint a government affairs officer for Indian operations, as per a latest report from the Economic Times. The main aim of the move is to get a member on board that will play an important role in liaising with the government.
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Apple has released iOS 9 beta 4 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for registered developers. The latest release comes with major additions, such as Home Sharing for Music, redesigned battery icon and so on.
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Apple announced that 47.5 million iPhones were sold in Q3 2015 that ended June 27, 2015. India contributed for Apple’s strong sales as the country recorded a whopping 93% growth in iPhone sales.
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Apple has reported revenue of $49.6 billion with a net profit of $10.7 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q3 2015 that ended June 27, 2015. Revenues were up 33% and earnings per share up 45% year-over-year. Apple sold 47.5 million iPhones, compared to 35.2 million over last year, representing 35% year-over-year growth, 10.9 million iPads, compared to 13.3 million year-over-year and 4.8 million Macs during the quarter, up 9% year-over-year. Continue reading “Apple reports $49.6 billion revenue in FY Q3 2015, 47.5M iPhones and 10.9M iPads sold”
Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 1.9% over the previous quarter to 304M units in the second quarter of 2015, as per a latest report from research firm TrendForce.
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Apple has just released a new TVC (Television Commercial) that is a minute long and directed by Ingram Micro. The advertisement promotes the iPhone 6 and informs the public about it’s availability through EMI schemes as well.
Apple and Samsung are in talks to adopt e-SIM technology, as per a new ET report. Both the companies are in advanced discussions with mobile carriers to help develop and implement e-SIM cards.
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Apple has launched new iPod touch as expected. It has a faster 64-bit Apple A8 chip with the M8 motion co-processor for fitness tracking, compared to A5 chip in the previous generation. It also has a new 8-megapixel iSight camera with ƒ/2.4 aperture, LED flash, 1080p video recording and an improved 1.2MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture and 720p video recording. Continue reading “Apple launches new iPod touch with faster A8 Chip, 8MP iSight camera, starts at Rs. 18900”
Apple has officially launched Apple Pay mobile payment service in the UK following a report earlier this month. The service will be available on iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch users in the UK.
Apple’s App Store policies have come under the US Federal Trade Commission FTC’s scanner according to a latest report from Reuters. The FTC is looking at the matter after meeting with concerned parties.
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While Apple had managed to rake in 65% of the smartphone industry’s operating income last year, this year it seems to have done even better as it has managed to take in 92% of all the profits made in the smartphone industry.
It has been a while since Apple updated their iPod lineup. Many predicted that they could be cancelled especially due to the reduce in demand and the subsequent increase in demand for the iPhone. However a new rumor states that Apple is planning to introduce updated iPods on 14th July.
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Apple has announced that they will be allowing developers to price their iOS apps as low as Rs 10 on the App Store for customers in India. The change is to help developers price their app higher or lower in select markets as part of ‘Alternate Tier’ pricing.
