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Did Apple's iPhone 5C UK Price Drop Confirm It Flopped?
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 3:13pm | 410The iPhone 5C has been plagued by negative reports since the day it arrived last September. Only one carrier -- Virgin Mobile, a pay-as-you-go provider -- seemed to benefit from its release. Now Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released a cheaper version of the iPhone 5C in select markets. The new model...
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Will Apple Set a New iPad Sales Record in Q1 2014?
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 4:42pm | 614There has been a lot of hype surrounding Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) newest tablet, the iPad Air, and what it will do for the company's bottom line. First and foremost, the device appears to be selling very well, with multiple reports stating sales have improved over the previous iteration. One...
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iPad Air Is Cheaper, More Profitable Than iPad 3
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 12:28pm | 456Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad is cheaper to manufacture than the third-generation iPad -- but retails for the same starting price of $499. According to AllThingsD, which has received the first look at IHS' (NYSE: IHS) teardown of the iPad Air, Apple is spending $274 to produce the...
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iPad Air: Hands-On with the Best iPad Yet
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 3:58pm | 497Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest tablet is lighter, thinner and faster -- and retails for the same price as last year's model. Starting at $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $629 for the same unit with cellular service, the iPad Air is easily the most irresistible full-size tablet released in 2013...
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iPad Air Launch Draws Modest Crowd At Apple Store
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 12:54pm | 827Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad arrived in stores this morning, delivering modest crowds to at least one Apple Store. Roughly 25 people were in line at the Somerset Collection in Troy, Michigan, where one of the state's premier Apple Store is located. Most of the customers looked...
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Official iPad Mini And iPad 4 Price Cuts Coming From Apple
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 11:51am | 575Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly planning to reduce the MSRP of its fourth-generation iPad and first-generation iPad Mini. According to DigiTimes, seven-inch tablets that are priced above $299 (in other words, all of the current iPad Mini units) will be reduced. The same goes for 10-inch tablets...
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iPad 5 Rumor Roundup
Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 6:15pm | 590Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad is less than two weeks away from its expected unveiling. The highly anticipated tablet is believed to contain a number of improvements over the previous iteration. But aside from the promise that it will be lighter and thinner, what can consumers...
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Leaked iPad 5 Video Draws 450,000 Viewers (AAPL)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 11:24am | 417More than 450,000 people have viewed a five-and-a-half-minute video that claims to reveal key parts from the fifth-generation iPad. The video, which has appeared on MacRumors and PCMag, compares the body of the fourth-generation iPad with that of the iPad 5. Assuming the contents are accurate, the...
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Is Apple's iPhone 5C The First iPhone For Kids? (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 2:14pm | 445Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has received a lot of attention for developing the iPhone 5C, the company's first "new" iPhone that will retail for less than $600. Designed as a replacement for last year's iPhone 5, the iPhone 5C replaces the familiar metallic body with a variety of plastic cases. Hoping to...
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iPad 5's Secret Weapon Comes From Apple's iPad Mini
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 2:06pm | 433Investors and consumers alike are beginning to wonder how Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will improve upon the fourth-generation iPad. Without any groundbreaking features or an exclusive app (like Siri for the iPhone 4S) to persuade buyers, the iPad 4 was not as alluring as the first-generation iPad Mini...
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Apple's iPad And Mac Dominated PC Sales In Q2 2013 (AAPL)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 3:51pm | 480Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rarely comes close to attaining the most sales in the PC market. That's because the Mac, which achieved record sales in 2011 and 2012, rarely sells more than five million units per quarter. In 2013, Mac sales began to decline, creating some concern among market watchers. To...
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Are 90% of Apple's Customers Shifting to the iPad Mini?
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 1:29pm | 535Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) knew that there would be some cannibalization when it released the iPad Mini, but few could have predicted it would lead to a 90 percent drop in interest for the full-size iPad. According to Apple's official sales data, all versions of the iPad collectively sold 22.9 million...
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Apple May be Unable to Maintain iPad Market Share
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:57pm | 440Citi analysts Glen Yeung, Walter H Pritchard and Jim Suva think that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reached the end of the line for tablet growth. "Apple has again lost tablet market share (despite the introduction of the Mini), holding a still dominant 38.8%, but down from its 56.8% 2Q12 peak," they...
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Did the iPad Mini Just Kill Off the iPad 4?
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 1:16pm | 626Sales of the iPad 4 were not expected to be harmed by the smaller, sleeker and cheaper iPad Mini. As the king of touch screen devices, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was thought to be the one company that could overcome any risk of cannibalization. According to Reuters, that may not be the case. The...
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Tablet Roundup: iPad Mini, Surface, Nexus 10 and More
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 7:53pm | 1017There are more tablets hitting store shelves this year than ever before. From Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited iPad Mini to Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) first 10-inch tablet, these powerful touch screen devices are expected to overtake the laptop market by 2016. Surely there will be additional...