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qwwera said: It helps Android numbers with carriers giving away free Android junk tablets with the addition of a line of service. Or that most of the sales of Android tablets are ultra low budget junk. it makes Android numbers artificially h…
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Android fans once claimed that the Apple Watch launch would be good because it would raise awareness of the existence of smartwatches, leading to increases in sales of Android Wear. Hasn't happened. Didn't happen for Samsung's terrible Tizen watches…
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2old4fun said: stageofhistory said: qwwera said: Good to see you guys start doing videos. Good job! Keep it up. I'm actually in two minds about videos on AI - They are great, but it makes harder for me to browse the Apple ne…
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"The finish, driven by the firm's decision to sell both Android and Windows devices, was up 31.7 percent compared to last year." Samsung and Lenovo now sell Windows 10 tablets too. In fact, the more expensive Samsung and Lenovo tablets, such as t…
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radarthekat said: The damn things just last too long. I'm on only my second iPad, the first being the iPad 3rd gen (I'd waited for the Retina display). That was April 2012. I replaced it with the Air 2 in early 2015. I use my i.pad, with …
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Grimzahn said: IDC has a history. I am recognizing their numbers as untrustworthy and a waste of time. I am surprised seeing AI taking the time to report about them. So when IDC reported declining sales of Windows and Android (especially…
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cornchip said: I'm sure it will look to the pundits as though the sky is falling even though in reality it's basically the only time ever Apple has had a majority market share on anything. Unless you count Apple Watch I guess. Apple hasn…
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applesauce007 said: Imagination should have sold to Apple when they held talks. I wish people would stop saying this. Apple never at any point decided to buy Imagination on any terms, so they never made an offer for Imagination to accept …
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anton zuykov said: lkrupp said: We’re always hearing about how Apple is too dependent on the iPhone and needs to diversify. I never really thought about the fact that there are companies out there who’s very existence is tied to Apple …
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chasm said: It's also worth noting that if you deduct the difference in channel reduction from the year-ago quarter and this one, Apple actually sold slightly MORE iPhones this quarter than a year ago. The 50.8M figure only represents shipmen…
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People are holding off on buying the iterative update because they are waiting on the major redesign. Happens all the time - and not just with the iPhone or even just with Apple - so no news or shock here. It is only an issue for those who felt that…
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lkrupp said: AppleInsider said: People shopping for a smartphone in July, for instance, might consider holding off if a significant iPhone update is predicted for September. Hints of a modest update can prompt people to wait even longe…
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cali said: jungmark said: The analysts have said the watch and the AirPods are failures. how can this be? Apple bought Beats when the trend was dying remember? funny I see more Beats than ever now. No. Apple bought Beats when …
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jungmark said: The analysts have said the watch and the AirPods are failures. how can this be? The analysts also claimed that Android was a failure because Google was not making any money on hardware (or software licenses, services, app …
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fallenjt said: But still doomed? Name a single person who has said that Apple is doomed since 2009. Provide a name or a link.
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Soli said: mike1 said: So, isn't this what everybody wants? Increase in revenue and EPS with less reliance (albeit slight) on iPhone? Sounds like great news for those that claim Apple can only survive because of the iPhone, which w…
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chasm said: Best news from my perspective: Mac sales up to 4.2 million (200,000 more than last year, with revenue up 14 percent). This totally bucks the overall PC trend. Except that it doesn't. The top 3 Windows PC makers - Lenovo, Dell, …
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@Herbivore and @Macxpress: Sigh. Why is Google doing this? Because unlike the Apple-only zealots - which are very few in number - the vast majority of tech users are multi-platform. So while Android phone sales are great, Android tablet and especia…
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SpamSandwich said: ronn said: How nice of them to give an entire week's notice. Does this change affect you? I would surmise that as much as, oh, I don't know, Apple versus Microsoft/Samsung/Google/Android/Amazon/Dell/Lenovo et…
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"But doing so would be a huge blow to the ease of use and intuitiveness of the current home button Touch ID design. And that seems out of whack with Apple's philosophy." Ummm ... headphone jack anyone? Also, before now the LCD screen and the 4' d…