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Anything The Wall Street Journal reports regarding Apple rumors is usually true, so we’re excited that their latest piece says that the sixth generation iPhone will have a screen that’s “at least” 4 inches diagonal. Considering that the iPhone will turn 5 years old next month, and for all those years it’s stayed at 3.5…
Apple and Samsung have an interesting relationship. They compete against each other in the smartphone space, but when it comes to components, Apple simply can’t make anything without buying screens, processors, and memory chips from Samsung. Now Apple knows this, so they’ve been doing their best to wean themselves off the Samsung tit. According to…
Analyst Shaw Wu issued a note to investors yesterday that says according to his sources, Apple is going to make between 20% and 25% less iPhones in Q2 2011 because the company is preparing their factories for the upcoming sixth generation iPhone. Should we believe Shaw? Absolutely. Apple shipped 35 million iPhones during the first…
Last week, as you’re probably aware, news vastly spread about how Siri on the iPhone 4S not-so-secretly recommended the Nokia Lumia 900 as the best phone using data from Wolfram Alpha. As of yesterday, it appears Siri has flip flopped worse than presidential candidates at GOP debates and now informs users upon request that the…
Since iMessage first came out as a feature in iOS 5, a few people reported having trouble with using it. Specifically, when they send a message, they get a confirmation that it was delivered when in fact it wasn’t. Since the release of Messages beta, a Mac app coming in stable form with OS X…
When it comes to customer satisfaction, Apple dominates and RIM struggles. The 2012 ACSI report was the first time Apple, RIM, HTC, and LG were included in the cell phone manufacturer satisfaction category, making for an interesting inaugural cellular satisfaction report. The 2012 report shows that Apple has amassed a staggering 83% customer satisfaction ranking, becoming…
Apple is now one of the biggest companies in the world by market valuation. Just how big it is, you’ll see in the infographic below prepared by the good folks of Sortable. But before showing you the chart, let me recap key numbers: Apple’s revenue over the past 12 months is more than the GDP…
The WWDC 2012 rumors are cranking out fast now that it’s less than a month away. The latest to hit the Internet revolves around what Apple will do with iCloud. For iCloud’s first birthday, it will likely get a wealth of desirable upgrades. Apple is apparently in the process of taking Photo Stream, a current…
In an uncharacteristic move, Apple has given in to both consumer and regulatory pressure and renamed the 4G version of the iPad. On Apple’s website and in stores, the iPad with a cellular radio is now called the iPad WiFi + Cellular. Apple’s original name for the tablet device, WiFi + 4G, was allegedly confusing to…
It’s been rumored for a couple of years now, but it looks like Apple is finally cutting cords with the competition. 9to5Mac has uncovered that in iOS 6, Apple will ditch Google Maps in favor of a custom-tailored Maps application of its own. Apple is working on a mapping database so it will no longer have…