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Source Confirms iPhone Trade-In, Internal Debate on Price Points
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 2:42pm | 969Sources close to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail division have confirmed the impending trade-in program, which is to be implemented in Apple retail stores across the United States as soon as Friday, August 30. The trade-in program, which has been rumored over the past couple of months...
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Guess How Much It Costs To Build The Moto X? (GOOG)
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 10:32am | 614Ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011, expectations have been high about just what kind of smartphone the marriage would produce. Now that the world knows about the Moto X, what it does, and how much it will sell for ($579), the next question might be, “What does...
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iPhone 5S, Low-Cost iPhone Could Arrive In China By November 28 (AAPL)
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 12:15pm | 445Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited iPhone 5S (and its cheap companion, the presumably titled iPhone 5C) might be slated for a late November launch in China. According to a CNET translation of a report by China's First Financial Daily, both of the new smartphones will be released in China on...
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Apple's iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C Planned For September Launch? (AAPL)
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 3:54pm | 460Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not yet confirmed when the next iPhone will be released. The company will not say whether or not the high-end model will be accompanied by a low-cost iteration. Nonetheless, there have been claims by analysts that Apple will hold an event on September 10 and release two...
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Apple Cannot Afford To 'Degrade Its Premium Pricing Status' With iPhone 5C (AAPL)
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 3:23pm | 392Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be developing a lower-cost iPhone, but that does not mean the device will be cheap. New rumors claim that the hugely popular iPhone 4S will not be replaced when the iPhone 5S (the unconfirmed name of the next-generation iPhone) and iPhone 5C (the speculated name of the low...
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Apple's iOS 7 Final Beta And Gold Master Are Ready For Launch (AAPL)
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 1:20pm | 463Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only days away from releasing the final beta version of iOS 7. Starting sometime next week, app developers can download the sixth (and nearly finished) version of the new operating system. According to a BGR exclusive, the software could become available as soon as Monday...
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How Many iPhones Will Apple Unveil On September 10? (AAPL)
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 9:26am | 530Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not officially announced that it will hold a media event on September 10, 2013. But AllThingsD's sources -- yes, there's supposed to be more than one -- claim that Apple is expected to hold an event that day. Aside from the unlikely twist that Apple will use the...
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T-Mobile Sold 500,000 iPhones, Could Top Sprint
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 9:12am | 510T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced this morning that it has sold 500,000 iPhones since the product arrived at the carrier less than one month ago. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) began selling the T-Mobile iPhone on Friday, April 12. Sales were so high that it created one of the most successful weekends in...
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Verizon to Clear Out iPhone 5 Inventory with $100 Discount
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 3:01pm | 600Is Verizon (NYSE: VZ) looking to clear out its iPhone 5 inventory? According to Electronista, the mobile carrier plans to take $100 off the price later this month. With an estimated start date of mid-May, the price reduction could occur as soon as next week. Electronista speculated that Verizon...
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Was a Giant-Screen iPhone Really Announced Yesterday?
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 9:22am | 505That wise, modern day scholar we all know as Judge Judy once said, “you can always tell when a teenager is lying because their mouth is open and words are coming out.” That might also be true of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). During the recent Apple conference call, CEO Tim Cook was asked why the...
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Apple's iPhone 5 is 50% Slower Than Samsung's Galaxy S IV
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 11:46am | 564Samsung may have received a few complaints from bloggers and analysts for unveiling a predictable phone last week, but the company had one surprise no one saw coming. The surprise was so secret that the South Korean tech giant did not even bother to mention it during the last press event. Instead...
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329 Million Smartphones to be Sold in China: Can Apple Get a Piece?
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:03am | 548Following a report that China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) would sell as many as 120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013, DigiTimes Research has revealed that smartphone sales in China could reach 329 million units by the end of 2013. China's smartphone market grew substantially in 2012, rising 67 percent....
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41% of Investors Prefer Apple's iPhone to Galaxy S IV, BlackBerry Z10
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 10:44am | 456Samsung may be making progress in the war against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), but it still has a ways to go before it can overtake the iPhone maker. In a poll on Yahoo Finance, investors were asked the following question: "Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S4 smartphone, while BlackBerry has received a...
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5 Reasons Apple May Have Bounced in Late Trading
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 4:16pm | 475At 2:00pm Monday, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was trading down about one percent after being downgraded from “Buy” to “Outperform” at Credit Agricole. The Associated Press reported that Brian White at Topeka Capital Markets said Taiwanese and Chinese suppliers saw a 31 percent decrease in Apple orders...
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Was the Latest Apple Sell-Off Premature?
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 10:47am | 608Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) took a light beating this morning after word leaked that Foxconn had stopped all hiring for the month of February. The manufacturer, which is responsible for producing almost all of Apple's products, said that it would not resume hiring until the end of March....