In the past decade, Apple has grown huge. Its fiscal 2019 revenues were six times the size of revenues in fiscal 2009….
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Apple gains as Cleveland Research sees iPhone, wearables strength
Cleveland Research says their checks of Apple suppliers show strong demand for iPhones and wearables…
TIME Magazine’s Best Gadgets of the Decade: iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods
Over the last 10 years, thousands of products have been released, and while some are definitely “cooler” than others, their impact on the past decade, and the decade to come, is by no means identical…
IDC: Worldwide wearables market to top 300 million units in 2019 and nearly 500 million units in 2023
Continued end-user demand, proliferation of devices, and declining average selling prices will propel the worldwide wearables market in the years to come…
The ‘Apple Tax’ died years ago
From the Mac to the iPod to iPhone and iPad to AirPods: Apple products are better designed, with symbiotic, custom, complimentary hardware and software…
IDC: Apple dominates worldwide wearables market, posts 195.5% YOY growth
Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), a year-over-year increase of 94.6%…
The Guardian reviews Apple’s AirPods Pro: ‘A triumph’
The size and performance of AirPods Pro are made possible by Apple’s innovative system-in-package (SiP) design, featuring the H1 chip that powers everything from sound to Siri…
Apple to sell 3 million AirPods during four-day Thanksgiving weekend – analyst
Apple is estimated to sell about three million pairs of AirPods and AirPods Pro over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend sales period…
Apple’s AirPods fire up Luxshare, one of Asia’s top stocks
Luxshare is making big gains from producing Apple’s hot-selling AirPods as Cupertino’s wearables business is expected to become a growth driver…
Apple reportedly considering bundling AirPods with new iPhone models in 2020
Smartphone vendors including Apple are looking to bundle their new models with TWS earbuds next year…
Analyst: Apple’s new AirPods to be ‘clear star’ of Black Friday amid surging demand
Ives estimated Apple was on track to sell more than 65 million AirPods units this year and could potentially hit 90 million unit sales in 2020…
Apple doubles AirPods Pro production from 1 million to 2 million units per month amid strong demand
Apple has asked little-known Luxshare-ICT to double production of AirPods Pro earphones at its Chinese facilities to 2 million units a month…
Consumer survey shows Apple in catbird seat this holiday shopping season
Among the half (49%) of the U.S. population that plans to shop during Black Friday Week (Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday), 82% of those shoppers plan to buy tech devices and accessories…
Apple’s AirPods are becoming a platform
If AirPods were magical, AirPods Pro are supernatural…
U.S. teens love Apple AirPods, and they’re putting them on their holiday wish lists more than ever
Apple is one of the top brands among U.S. teens when surveyed by Piper Jaffray about the items that topped their holiday wish lists….
Apple’s stock will rise on sales of Apple Watch and AirPods, analyst says
Evercore analyst Amit Daryanani sees Apple’s AirPods, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watches contributing mightily to Cupertino’s revenue stream…
Replacing a pair of AirPods Pro costs $178 vs. $29 with AppleCare+
If your AirPods or Charging Case get damaged accidentally, you can replace each damaged item for an out-of-warranty fee…
Apple’s forthcoming ‘AirPods Pro’ to come in colors, including Midnight Green
“AirPods Pro” will come in as many as eight colors, including White, Black, and a new Midnight Green finish to match iPhone 11 Pro models…
Apple AirPods, scorned initially, but now among the most successful CE product ever
Apple doesn’t break out sales of AirPods, but a widely cited estimate suggests that it shipped…
Apple’s AirPods are the preferred brand for true wireless earphones in the U.S.
Greater democratization of wireless technology and reduction in prices will help wireless hearables become mainstream in the next two-three years…
TuneIn and Apple to bring global slate of radio stations to Apple Music and all Siri-enabled devices
TuneIn today teamed up with Apple to offer listeners access to TuneIn’s more than 100,000 global radio stations on all Siri-enabled devices and Apple Music…
iPhone 11’s U1 chip will far beyond just locating Apple Tags
By embracing ultra-wideband location tech, Apple has a chance to reshape experiences far beyond AirAdrop and locating Apple Tags…
With their custom U1 chip, Apple has a chance to reshape experiences way beyond AirDrop
For the first time, the iPhone 11 and iPhone Pro will include what Apple’s calling a U1 chip…
The biggest announcement at Apple’s ‘By Innovation Only’ was the Apple U1 chip
I feel rather strongly the Apple U1 Chip, over time will be seen as one of the most important aspect of the September 10th, 2019 Apple Event…
Gene Munster: It’s unlikely Apple wearables will be tariffed without an offset
On September 1st U.S. collections of a 15% tariff will begin on $125 billion of targeted goods (smartwatches, bluetooth headphones, flat-panel televisions…
Apple iPhone faces 15% U.S. tariff starting December 15th
The Trump administration on Wednesday made official its extra 5% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports and set collection dates of Sept. 1 and Dec. 15. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin collecting a 15% tariff…
Like AirPods, but with noise canceling: The surprising Ausounds headphones
Remember all those rumors last year about next-generation AirPods that might feature active noise canceling?
Apple close to unveiling new MacBook Pro, ‘Pro’ iPhones, iPad Pro, iPad, HomePod, AirPods, Apple Watch
Apple has already had a busy year with the launch of the Apple Card, the reveal of the all new Mac Pro and an ultra-high-end display for creative pros, the Apple TV+ streaming service, the Apple Arcade games subscription service, and new versions of its iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems, but things are about to get much, much busier…
Apple’s AirPods assembler’s sales surge 79%, with more growth expected
The company, regarded as a bellwether for China’s consumer hardware industry, is expected to become an increasingly important supplier of components for wearable devices like the Apple Watch…
UK House of Commons Transport Committee: Hands-free phone ban for drivers ‘should be considered’
Drivers in the United Kingdom could be banned from using hands-free mobile phones…
Rapid growth of Apple wearables means they will surpass both Mac and iPad in revenue
At the current pace, wearables will surpass both the iPad and Mac near the end of 2020 to become the third largest product category…
Apple is the undisputed leader in wearables and they are pulling away from the competition
The behemoth that is iPhone obliterated everything else for so long that as its long shadow recedes a bit and settles into stasis, Apple’s diverse underlying businesses are slowly illuminated…
How Apple reinvents itself to keep growing
Last week, Apple’s Q3 2019 financial results caused a bit of a hubbub because iPhone revenue was…
Apple’s AirPods business is bigger than you think
Apple’s AirPods business alone would rank No. 384 in the Fortune 500, just ahead of Foot Locker, Motorola, and chipmaker AMD…
Google and Amazon follow Apple’s lead on voice assistant grading policies
Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
3 things Apple CEO Tim Cook wants investors to know
When Apple reported its fiscal third-quarter earnings results on Tuesday, investors were in for a pleasant surprise…
Apple Watch and AirPods now make more money than iPad
Apple’s wearables division, including Apple Watch and AirPods, is now bigger than the company’s iPad business…
Tim Cook promises ‘major launches’ of ‘several new products’ in 2019: What’s coming?
The second half of 2019 is shaping up to be a launch-fest of new products and services!
Apple accelerates plans to diversify production beyond China
Apple is about to start trial production of its popular AirPod wireless earphones in Vietnam as it accelerates plans to diversify beyond China…
Apple’s MFi program adds support for Power over Ethernet, Lightning-to-USB-C audio adapters
Apple has added support for some additional accessories to its growing MFi program, including LAN cable adapters…
AirPods 3 waterproof, more expensive, fall release
These AirPods [are] expected to have some design enhancements and will be waterproof with higher price points…
Waterproof AirPods 3 to launch late 2019 — analyst
AirPod 3 is coming, according to the analysts at Wedbush – and iPhone sales may be stronger than some people have claimed…
