A wider ban imposed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on China state employees from using Apple’s iPhones is seeking…
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Wedbush: China’s government worker iPhone ban is way overblown
Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives, like Citi analysts, believes the market is overreacting to the news that China has in recent weeks…
Citi: The market may have have overreacted to China’s state employee iPhone curbs
China has in recent weeks widened existing curbs (extent unknown) on the use of iPhones by state employees, The Wall Street Journal…
Apple stock suffers worst stock decline in a month on CCP iPhone ban
The Chinese Communist Party have barred government staff in China from using Apple’s iPhone and other foreign-branded devices at work…
China CCP bans Apple iPhone use for government officials at work
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned officials at central government agencies in China from using Apple iPhones and other…
Apple’s USB-C iPhone 15 will destroy the Lightning ecosystem
How much space in landfills is required? We’ll find out soon as four iPhone 15 models dumping Lightning for USB-C ports begin to arrive…
Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than Android users
Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than those who settle for wannabe iPhones loaded with Android…
Apple iPhone dominates Global Top 10 Most Shipped Smartphones list
The iPhone 14 Pro Max is the most shipped smartphone worldwide in the first half of this year, with Apple shipping a total of 26.5 million…
In Apple’s latest iPhone ad, ‘Invincibles,’ dogs get to play again via prosthetics
Apple’s latest ad, “Invincibles,” aims to strike an emotional chord by following the journey of a tripod dog (a canine with only three legs)…
U.S. wireless carriers lose billions in reversal of COVID lockdowns demand surge
Wireless carriers have lost billions in revenue as smartphone demand dwindles in a reversal of the boom spurred by COVID lockdowns…
Apple iPhone poised to take No.1 in annual global smartphone shipments for first time ever
2023 shipments are forecast to decline 6% to 1.15 billion units, the lowest in a decade. Apple’s iPhone is the best-positioned OEM…
Apple is No.1 in product placements in film and TV
Apple is the brand with the most product placements on both film and TV; the MacBook is the most placed product of any brand…
Apple returns ‘End Call’ button back to center in latest iOS beta
In prior beta versions of iOS 17, Apple had moved the “End Call” button away from the center of the screen to the lower right-hand corner…
‘Love Notes to Newton’ movie now free (watch here)
“Love Notes to Newton” is a film about the beloved pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer and what it meant…
Apple to begin payments to iPhone users in $500 million ‘Batterygate’ iPhone throttling settlement
Apple will soon begin paying $65 to owners of older iPhone in class-action lawsuit over iPhone throttling, otherwise know as “Batterygate.”
Samsung’s boring phone, tablet, and watch updates bode well for Apple
Samsung’s boring updates to its iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch wannabes bodes well for Apple’s real iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches…
Some iOS 17 features won’t be available upon initial release
iOS 17 will be released in September with a variety of new features, including upgrades to Messages, major improvements to autocorrect…
Apple iPhone dominates with 55% share of U.S. smartphone market
U.S. smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. Apple iPhone dominates…
Apple iPhone grew 6.1% in China as overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% in Q2
Apple’s iPhone grew 6.1% in China even as the overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% YoY in the second quarter of 2023…
NXP Semi hints Apple’s iPhone might keep defying China smartphone slump
NXP CEO Kurt Sievers said that China’s smartphone market is still struggling, but that chip orders from one major non-Android customer…
Apple’s new 8-minute action film features ‘The Underdogs’ in ‘Swiped Mac’
Apple’s “The Underdogs” are back in action in a new 8-minute video released by the company this week. This time The Underdogs are on…
Apple’s new ‘StandBy’ feature for iPhone will be used by hundreds of millions
Apple’s iOS 17 introduces StandBy, giving users a full-screen experience with glanceable information designed to be viewed from…
India surges to become Apple’s 5th largest iPhone market
India surpassed France and Germany to become Apple’s fifth largest iPhone market in the second quarter, according to Counterpoint Research…
Original 4GB iPhone sells at auction for nearly $200,000
An original factory-sealed 4G iPhone has sold at auction for $190,372.80. The sale, held by auctioneers LCG Auctions…
Forget foldable, Apple is exploring rollable displays
Foldable displays can be found in some niche phones currently, but they have issues. Perhaps that why Apple is exploring rollable displays…
Apple’s UK sales hit record £1.5 billion on strong iPhone sales
Apple’s UK sales have hit a record £1.5 billion, driven by strong demand for its top-of-the-line iPhones. Apple’s UK retail arm…
Apple releases macOS Sonoma, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10 public betas
Apple first revealed iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, and watchOS 10 at WWDC23. Developer betas of these operating systems have been…
Apple iPhone posts 8% YoY increase in China’s smartphone market during 618 period
Apple continued to excel in China’s smartphone market, exhibiting an 8% YoY increase without facing any significant competition…
Among many successes this year, Apple’s security and privacy engineers thwarted Pegasus
Apple security and privacy engineers thwarted Pegasus. It was just one of their successes this year. Apple engineers are finding…
Apple assembler Foxconn Q2 sales slip 14%, forecasts strong Q3
Foxconn, a major assembler for Apple, reported a 13.8% year-on-year drop in second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, but said it…
London court dismisses Apple appeal in 4G patent dispute with Optis
Apple has been found guilty of infringing two telecommunications patents used in its iPhones and iPads by London’s Court of Appeal…
What does your iPhone color say about you?
A psychologist and color theorist says owners of red iPhones are attention-seekers while those who choose black iPhones are self-assured…
California hiker saved thanks to Emergency SOS via satellite on her iPhone 14
A woman hiking in Trail Canyon Falls in the Angelos National Forest in California has been saved via Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite…
China smartphone shipments return to double-digit growth in May
In a positive sign for China’s struggling mobile device industry, the country’s smartphone shipments saw a sharp increase in May…
How to force restart your iPhone
You wouldn’t believe how many people we meet who do not know how to force restart their iPhone. They often ask questions like…
What’s new in iOS 17 beta 2
Apple on Wednesday released the second beta of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 for developers to test. As with all new betas for major…
Apple automatically assigns Apple ID owners their very own passkey in macOS Sonoma, iOS 17, and iPadOS 17
Apple will start automatically assigning passkeys to Apple ID owners with the release of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma. Passkeys are…
New movie ‘BlackBerry’ explores how Research In Motion lost the signal
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, the thing people used before Steve Jobs gave the world the seminal iPhone, gets the “Social Network”…
Google’s derivative Android is inexorably bleeding customers to real iPhones
Last month CIRP analyzed how many Android settlers were upgrading to iPhone and found it to be at a 5-year high. Now, in a new report…
Apple is ‘working with EU’ on third-party app stores for iPhone, iPad, etc.
Apple is “working with the EU” to comply with EU’s DMA which Apple to allow access to third-party app stores for iPhones, iPads, etc…
Apple’s iPhone has propelled smartphones into one of India’s top five exports
Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended…
Apple denies Russia’s iPhone surveillance claims
Apple on Thursday denied claims made by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that it cooperated with the U.S. National Security Agency…
