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One-Week iOS 7 Adoption Rate Fastest Ever
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 2:23pm | 571The speed with which the public adopts a new operating system measures many things, including confidence in the company backing the OS. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) clearly sees the unprecedented rate at which iOS 7 was adopted by users in its first week as extremely good news. According to app...
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Apple's iPhone 5S Draws Record-Breaking Crowds, No iPhone 5C Buyers
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 11:40am | 1082Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) drew massive crowds to its store at the Somerset Collection in Troy, Michigan for the launch of its latest iPhone. Stanley Hawkins, the first man in line, was so determined to get a gold iPhone 5S that he arrived at 1:00 p.m. Thursday. "I am very tired," he said with a laugh...
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Microsoft Might Pay $350 For Your Apple iPhone Or iPad
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 2:28pm | 470How much are used Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices worth to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)? The Windows maker has launched a new buyback program with the help of Clover Wireless, a company that specializes in private label trade-ins, buy-backs and repair services for carriers, retailers and OEMs (original...
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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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Apple's 64-Bit iPhone 5S Processor Delivers An 'Order Of Magnitude' Difference (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 10:24am | 459Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has received an excessive amount of hype for adding a fingerprint scanner to its next-generation iPhone. While that might be a game-changing element that allows the company to become the champion of mobile commerce, it may not prove to be the most groundbreaking feature Apple...
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Guess Which Constitutional Amendment Apple May Have Just Rendered Moot?
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 9:21am | 538If you guessed “Fifth,” you would be correct. Here’s how Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have weakened the protection against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. According to Wired, while the Fifth Amendment protects you from having to give up things you know (such as the password...
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T-Mobile Drops iPhone 5C Price Before September 20 Release (AAPL, TMUS)
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 10:13am | 452T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) will sell the iPhone 5C at a discount when it goes on sale this Friday, September 20. According to The Wall Street Journal, the carrier will offer the 16GB iPhone 5C for $528 through its financing plan -- $21 less than the MSRP. Last week Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) announced that...
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Apple's iPhone 5C Could Boost European Sales (AAPL)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 12:46pm | 553With so much talk about China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) and its absence during Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) press conference this week, investors may be overlooking the new markets the iPhone is about to reach. Most notably, Apple secured a deal with NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), the largest carrier in Japan. The...
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Wal-Mart Drops iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S Prices Ahead Of Launch (AAPL, WMT)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:13am | 473Hoping to gain an edge over the competition, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has reduced the price of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming iPhones. Available for pre-order this Friday, the iPhone 5C officially retails for $99 with a two-year contract. Wal-Mart will sell the 16GB model for $79. The retail giant...
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Apple's Unannounced China Mobile Deal Has Disappointed Wall Street (AAPL, CHL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 2:26pm | 538Investors were all but certain that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had finally secured a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). When the company's iPhone event came and went without a peep about China Mobile, Wall Street began to wonder: were the rumors false? On its surface, this did not make much sense. All...
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iPhone 5 Trade-Ins To Soar On September 20 (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 1:07pm | 530Several customers are about to dump their one-year-old iPhone. Mark Bowles, the founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) ecoATM, said that his kiosks typically enjoy an increase in old iPhone trade-ins whenever a new one is released. This includes everything from the...
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Apple's Newly Announced $99 iPhone 5C, $199 iPhone 5S Coming September 20 (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 3:13pm | 921Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled two highly-anticipated smartphones today -- the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. Both are due on September 20 and are pretty much identical to what the rumors suggested. The former is a low-cost iPhone that starts at $99 (with a two-year contract) for the 16GB model, and...
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Apple iPhone Event Preview: What We Know, What We Don't And What We Hope Will Come True (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 11:45am | 1098Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only hours away from unveiling…something. No one knows for sure what will be introduced today. The whole world seems to be convinced that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant will unveil the next-generation iPhone. If history repeats itself (doesn't it always?),...
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Did China Mobile Just Secure Apple's iPhone 5C?
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 3:27pm | 455Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) might be headed to China Mobile. In addition to China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), Apple is largely expected to sign a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). That latter deal was thought to be held up by the iPhone's high subsidies. More often than not,...
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Apple May Be Working On a Hybrid iPhad (AAPL)
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 9:56am | 581Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is known for innovation. When it comes to smartphone screen size, however, not so much. While competitors like Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) offer smartphones in a variety of sizes, Apple has kept the iPhone screen size in narrow focus with the largest, the iPhone 5, a mere 4-...