SINGAPORE – The long-anticipated Apple iPhone X was launched in Singapore’s Apple store on Friday (Nov 3). As the doors opened at 8am, the horde of fans who had lined up overnight outside the Orchard Road store rushed in. The Apple team began a countdown …
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Apple to report earnings after the bell
Apple also has a blossoming services business. That division includes content, AppleCare, and Apple Pay, but the App Store is the “jewel” of the services segment, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves wrote earlier this year. Apple has invested heavily in …
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Still exciting: Dozens line up outside Palo Alto Apple store for iPhone X
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KTVU) – Dozens of people camped outside the Palo Alto Apple Store Thursday night to be some of the first to get their hands on the new iPhone X when it goes on sale Friday morning. Apple expects its latest product to bring a big boost …
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Grammarly’s new iPhone keyboard app will help fix your terrible grammar
Grammarly is bringing its AI-powered grammar help to the one place where you likely need it the most: your iPhone. The startup, which specializes in assisting the grammatically challenged, is launching a mobile version of its service in the form of an …
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Apple CEO Cook breathes new life into old iPhones
On the contrary, more phones – whatever the price – help boost the services business, which includes Apple Music and the App Store. Services brought in $8.5 billion in revenue in the quarter compared with analyst estimates of $7.5 billion, though that …
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300+ iPhone X Units Stolen from San Francisco Apple Store
While eager customers from across the world are impatiently queuing up outside of Apple stores to get their hands on the device, three “husky” men broke into a UPS truck parked outside the Apple Store in San Francisco and stole 313 iPhone X units kept …
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Apple blows past Wall Street expectations as the iPhone 8 becomes a surprise best-seller
“The first sales started in Australia, and I’m told we had several hundred people waiting at the store in Sydney, and I’m getting similar reports from across that region.” With a little reading between the lines, Apple’s fiscal fourth-quarter performance …
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iPhone X Review: Apple’s future iPhone X Review: Apple’s future
dating all the way back to the release of the iPhone 6. In a word, the iPhone X is stunning. The smartphone adopts the familiar ‘surfboard’ design of previous iPhones, though with additional visual flair thanks to a subtle aluminum line that runs along …
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The iPhone 6S Plus was released in September 2015 with a stunning screen, a long battery life and a fantastic camera. It also has pressure-sensitive 3D Touch. Storage: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. Camera: 12-megapixel camera with improved low-light …
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How the iPhone X could make Apple a $1 trillion company
Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget and chief tech correspondent Steve Kovach discuss Apple’s new iPhone X. Kovach got the phone before its release, and says he loves it, citing the functionality and screen presentation, and praising the Face ID feature.
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Apple Watch sales up 50 percent for third consecutive quarter
Apple reported quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday and said sales of the Apple Watch continue to grow at a rapid pace. Apple didn’t break out Apple Watch sales, but the company said that sales of the wearable grew more than 50 percent year-over …
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Apple has a hidden business that’s bigger than some airlines (AAPL)
Apple considers “wearables” to be its Apple Watch, Beats headphones, and AirPods earbuds. Apple is known as the iPhone company, because that iconic product drives over half of its sales. But Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped hints on Thursday that the company has …
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Notes: The Apple Watch 3 Has Me Back on the Kool-Aid
When the original Apple Watch launched in the spring of 2015 I was obsessed with the promise of a wearable to end all wearables. After all, Apple did it with the iPhone—a device that changed the world for businesses and consumers alike and set a course …
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Apple Watch watchOS 4.1 Is Here With 1 Brilliant Benefit: Should You Upgrade?
Really, this couldn’t be simpler. On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app and from the My Watch tab choose Settings, then General, then Software Update. The iPhone will check your Watch’s software and update to the 4.1 version. Alternatively, if you …
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Apple Watch Series 3 review: now with cellular, it’s still the smartwatch to beat
The Apple Watch Series 3 follows up last year’s Series 2 by adding cellular connectivity to an already-successful recipe. But how successful? Nobody really knows. Apple is notoriously secretive, but even by its standards it is remaining tight-lipped …
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Apple says wearables up 75 percent year-over-year in Q4, Watch up 50 percent vs. Q3
Apple’s wearables business —including Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beats products —was up 75 percent year-over-year during the September quarter, helping to make it the size of a Fortune 400 company, CEO Tim Cook said during Thursday’s results call.
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A big number Wall Street will look for in Apple’s earnings: $85 billion
Of particular interest are sales of the new Apple Watch. Apple has never disclosed specific numbers on the wearables — but at least one analyst estimates that the product has gained major momentum this year. “While Apple Watch sales still represents low …
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