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iPhone Pre-Orders May Finally, Quietly Begin Taking Hold with China Mobile
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 2:38pm | 288The catalyst that many Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bulls have been waiting for may have already begun. Fortune revealed a screenshot taken from a website of a China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) subsidiary. The image revealed an advertisement for pre-orders of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Apple has been working on...
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Wal-Mart's Best 2013 Black Friday Tech Deals
Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 12:50pm | 668Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is continuing the trend of timed Black Friday sales, with the first beginning on Thursday, November 28 at 6:00 p.m. The second "event" begins at 8:00 p.m., followed by another event at 8:00 a.m. the next morning (Friday, November 29). With three big sales, when should...
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Amazon And Google's Best 2013 Black Friday Tech Deals
Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 12:50pm | 572No one dives deeper into Black Friday than Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The online retail giant is currently hosting a massive Black Friday Deals Week, a period when the company promises to add new deals as frequently as every 10 minutes. There are so many ways to save that one consumer is unlikely to...
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Market Wrap For November 26: Nasdaq Closes Above 4,000 For First Time Since 2000
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 5:44pm | 1627Investors and traders certainly had their plates full Tuesday with a plethora of data releases sending the Dow to new record highs and the Nasdaq index closing above 4,000 after briefly breaching the mark on Monday. The markets gave back modest gains towards the end of the trading session and...
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Slideshow: iPhone 6 Price Hike, Huge PS4 Sales And More From The Third Week Of November
Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 2:00pm | 270Sony (NYSE: SNE) attempted to rule the headlines this weak, thanks entirely to its brand-new console: PlayStation 4. The Japanese tech giant revealed that it had sold one million PlayStation 4 units in just one day in North America -- a new record for the game industry. Sony also earned some...
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China Mobile's iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C Set For December 18?
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 12:21pm | 554China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) could receive Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest smartphones in less than a month. According to The Wall Street Journal, China Mobile will launch a new brand for its mobile services on December 18. The carrier did not say which brand would be offered, nor did it say anything...
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Apple Reduces iPhone 5C Orders By 50% From One Supplier
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 11:36am | 592Yet another sign that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) plastic iPhone is not performing well at retail. According to DigiTimes, Pegatron (the chief manufacturer of the iPhone 5C) has had its orders reduced by more than 50 percent. This is especially significant because Pegatron has reportedly received 70...
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iPad Mini's Retina Display Ranks Below Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" And iPad Air
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 2:07pm | 483Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad Mini with Retina Display may be an attractive tablet, but its color range can't compare to its competitors. According to AnandTech (via AllThingsD), the second-generation iPad Mini has the same color gamut as the first-generation iPad Mini. In his review of the new...
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Is Apple's iPhone 5C The Biggest Flop Of The Year?
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 3:01pm | 486Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is unlikely to release specific sales figures for the iPhone 5C, but a new manufacturing report is very revealing. According to DigiTimes, Hon Hai Precision Industries (OTC: HNHPF) will stop producing the iPhone 5C at its Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, northern China. The...
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iPhone 5S Sales To Rise, iPhone 5C Sales To Plummet
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 12:02pm | 496Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will continue to enjoy healthy iPhone 5S sales in the fourth quarter, but the iPhone 5C is expected to decline. According to market intelligence firm TrendForce, Apple will ship around 46 million smartphones in the December quarter. The iPhone 5S is projected to account for...
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Apple Supplier Peregrine Semiconductor Is In More iPhones, iPads Than Investors Realize
Saturday, November 9, 2013 - 12:22pm | 774Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI), one of the lesser-known suppliers for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iDevices, is fairly diverse. The company supplies antenna switches to companies like Murata (OTC: MRAAY), which builds RF modules that are sold to virtually every smartphone manufacturer in the...
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iPad Popularity Reduces Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX Shipments
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:43pm | 487Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) lower-cost tablets have been unable to thwart the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) empire. According to DigiTimes, the 2013 Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX have fallen below shipment expectations. This might be why Amazon has stopped talking about its market...
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Amazon's iPhone Competitor Delayed Until 2014
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 3:08pm | 543Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) might be ready to take on the iPad Air, but it seems that the company will wait until 2014 to release any additional products. According to AppleInsider, Amazon has teamed up with a "number of Asian compact camera module makers" to supply advanced sensors for a new phone....
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What is Apple's Tim Cook Hinting at for 2014?
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 8:33am | 586After two years on the job as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO, Tim Cook has become a master at ‘dropping hints’ without really saying anything specific. What does it all mean? According to The Verge, it’s all about growth. Perhaps more accurately, it’s about getting ready for the next “shot in the arm...
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Apple Down 2% After Q4 Earnings Beat, 33.8 Million iPhones Sold
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 4:49pm | 540Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are down more than two percent after the company announced its fourth fiscal quarter results. The Mac maker reported a Q4 EPS of $8.26 versus the street estimate of $7.88. Earnings per share were down five percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $37.5...