Tag: iPhone

Apple stores now stocking iPhone XR but pre-ordering is still smarter

Loknath Das

Today is the day the iPhone XR starts to fill the shelves in Apple stores but you’re still not guaranteed a pickup. Many stores will have the phone stocked but not all. Several of Apple’s online stores still list the XR as unavailable for local pickup. But a deeper dive leads to stores with available iPhone XR stock. If you pre-order the iPhone XR through Apple’s website it will be delivered in 3 to 5 business days. To the disappointment of many hardcore Apple fans, Apple still doesn’t offer an…

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iPhone X Sales ‘Surpass Expectations’ in Apple’s Biggest Ever Quarter

Loknath Das

HIGHLIGHTS Apple’s revenue increased by 13 percent to reach $88.3 billion iPhone X our top-selling iPhone every week since November: CEO Overall iPhone sales were about a million fewer than last year Apple on Thursday said its earnings in the final three months of last year set new records, with sales of its flagship iPhone X topping its expectations. The California-based technology giant reported that profit climbed to $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1.28 lakh crores) on revenue that increased 13 percent to $88.3 billion (roughly Rs. 5.66 lakh crores) during the period. “We’re…

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Apple Supplier Is Said to Plan India Expansion in iPhone Manufacturing Push

Loknath Das

HIGHLIGHTS Apple supplier Wistron is reportedly looking to expand production Wistron executives are said to be looking for about 100 acres of land Wistron may use expanded facilities for other brands as well Apple’s primary iPhone assembler in India is scouting for about 100 acres of land in Bengaluru to expand its facilities for the world’s most valuable company, according to people familiar with the matter said. Wistron executives toured the city last week and have shortlisted a few parcels including one plot close to the airport, said the people, asking not to be…

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UK Loves iPhone SE: Best-Selling Smartphone, Outperforming Even The iPhone 6s And Samsung Galaxy S7

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The iPhone SE was the best-selling smartphone in the UK, outperforming other top-end handsets in the second quarter of this year. Data from global market research firm Kantar Worldpanel show that the iPhone SE became the top-selling mobile phone in the UK in Q2 of 2016 with a market share of 9.2 percent. The iPhone 6s was at the second position with 9.1 percent market share. The high sales of the iPhone SE as well as the iPhone 6s helped iOS grow in the UK during the quarter. “Together they…

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It costs Rs. 10,000 to make an Apple iPhone SE: IHS Report

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A teardown press report by research firm IHS reveals that for Apple, it costs only Rs. 10,563 to manufacture the iPhone SE. Apple priced the 16GB iPhone SE at $399 in the U.S., and has a margin of $230 to tackle logistics, distribution, and other expenses and profits. In India, a price of Rs. 39,000 leaves a margin of Rs. 29,000 to take care of necessary details. Apple aims to expand its presence at lower cost categories with the iPhone SEas it did with the iPhone 5C. On this note, an…

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Could the iPhone 7 come with an edge-to-edge display, like this?

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Apple’s brand new iPhone SE only officially went on sale today, but the iPhone 7 rumors keep rolling in with the latest reported leak suggesting it may have an edge-to-edge display. A photograph of the reported handset has appeared on Chinese social networking site Weiboand shows a potential new design. It suggests there will be larger bezels at the top and bottom of the phone, but the screen will reach both the left and right hand edges of the phone. Don’t get your hopes up The rounded corners of the…

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Productivity App Paper Lands on iPhone

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The popular iPad productivity app Paper is finally making its way to iPhones. Developer FiftyThree on Thursday launched Paper version 3.0, deemed the “biggest update in the app’s history” with support for Apple smartphones and a slew of new features. The app combines all your text notes, lists, photos, and sketches in the same space, letting you capture your ideas in whichever form you like. “You can see and make sense of your ideas by having them laid out like a wall of sticky notes,” FiftyThree said. “This is the…

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Why you should need a case for your valuable iphone

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A mobile phone is an accessory that has become the most common among people of all backgrounds. The spread was rapid and that is progress. Because of this, people continue to change the type of phone you are using. It became virtually impossible to live without the use of a cell phone in the world today. Now that you’ve done with more smartphone pointer Apple, we offer the best covers for iPhone 6s with which to protect your phone and enlarge the beauty as well. There is something for everyone,…

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A bug or a feature? Asking Siri to fully charge your iPhone will dial Emergency services

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Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, is definitely one of the sassier voice assistants around. This was recently proved by Siri’s discovered ability to “burn” users who ask it to divide zero by zero, a fun (and annoying) response discovered by Aaron Paul, the actor who portrayed Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. Needless to say, there are other queries that will make Siri show its funny side. But that’s certainly not all, as it has numerous actually useful features. That said, we don’t know whether one of the most recently discovered ones…

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Apple Provides Workaround for iPhone Messages Bug Until Fix Is Released

Dona Smith

      The recent bug on iOS that caused the Messages app to continuously crash on iPhones when a certain text was received in an incoming message now has an official workaround until Apple releases a fix. To recall, if the phone is locked when the ‘offending’ message is received, the iPhone also supposedly reboots without notice. First reported back on Tuesday, Apple confirmed the existence of what it calls an ‘iMessage issue’ on Wednesday, and said it was working on a fix that it would make available in…

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