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This probably isn’t the first time you’ve read about this rumor somewhere on the Internet, but it’s back again. Analyst Glen Yeung of Citigroup is suggesting that Apple is under pressure right now to produce a cheaper iPad mini and sell it at around $200. He blames this primarily on two factors. The first is…
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Foxconn is looking to produce its own branded accessories for Apple products such as the iPad and iPhone. Foxconn, a component manufacturing company that supplies companies such as Apple and Samsung with components for its devices has seen a decrease in its revenue, with a 19…
According to MacRumors, AT&T is expected to improve its GoPhone prepaid wireless brand tomorrow, rolling out LTE and HSPA+ data network access and official support for the iPhone. GoPhone customers who have been using the service with an iPhone or compatible 4G device will now be able access data service on their devices. GoPhone will…
It’s no secret that with Apple’s legendary designer Jony Ive now reigning as the head of software design for iOS, changes were coming in iOS 7. Indeed, we already know that the entire UI of the OS is getting an overhaul to ditch the skeuomorphic elements in favor of a uniform, flat design. Now we…
Best Buy is giving customers a few sweet Memorial Day Deals, offering price cuts on iPhones and a few higher end Android handsets. Best Buy is cutting the price of its iPhones by $50, in a promotion that begins this Sunday, May 26th and extends for four weeks. The retailer is offering the iPhone 4,…
Apple has released a new advertisement for its iPhone 5, which focuses not on apps, playing games or sharing photos, but rather the feature that got Apple into the iPhone business in the first place; music. The simple and quite elegant commercial focuses on the solo act of jamming out, reminding us of a time…
Apple confirmed to AllThingsD today that Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote presentation will be held on June 10th, the first day of WWDC this year. What can you expect to take away from this keynote? iOS 7 will almost certainly get its big unveiling, for one. The updated OS should feature a new, “flatter” design for the…
Apple has been mum about any new product developments over the last few months, but the company is certainly not rolling over to the likes of Samsung in its ongoing patent infringement battle. Interestingly, Apple is now claiming that Samsung is violating Siri patents, via an amendment in its current court case. Apple is claiming that Samsung…
The American Customer Satisfaction Index scores for cell phones are in for 2013 and a new trend has taken place this year. Same as always and not totally surprising, Apple remains in the lead with the highest customer satisfaction rating thanks to the iPhone. However, the gap is tightening as competition like Samsung and Motorola…
Apple is the target of a Senate hearing investigating offshore tax practices with the company’s CEO readying to testify at the Senate Permanent Subcommittee. The iPhone maker has been under fire for its tax practices lately after avoiding to pay as much as $9.2 billion in taxes by performing some financial (though perfectly legal) mumbo-jumbo.…