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Without the iPhone, Sprint continues to bleed
Sprint Nextel this past quarter reported losses of $847 million, or $0.28 a share. At the root of Sprint’s monetary troubles is its inability to attract new subscribers and keep the one’s it has – though during the quarter gone by they did manage to snag more new subscribers than AT&T.
Continue reading...iPhone and iPad propel Softbank to nearly 500% increase in quarterly profits
Friday, July 29, 2011
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Despite early reports that the iPhone wasn’t a hit in Japan, the only iPhone carrier in the region, Softbank, attributed a 5-fold increase in profits over the past quarter to the popularity of the iPhone as well as the iPad. “The solid growth in average per-user revenue and subscribers are behind our stable profits. I […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 rumored to drop during second week of September
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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The China Times reports that Apple plans to launch the iPhone 5 sometime between September 6 and 15th and that initial supplies will total 400 million units. Meanwhile, the report relays that component suppliers are already prepping to ship approximately 400,000 trial production units. A mid-September launch date echoes a number of other rumors we’ve […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos purport to show cheaper version of the iPhone 4
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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The following photos from the Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn purport to show a cheaper version of the iPhone 4 (i.e cheaper parts) Apple may plan to hawk as an option in the low-end to mid-range market. Some other information that you want to transfer to you is that this machine seems to run faster than the iPhone 4, […]
Continue reading...New iPhone 5 case molding suggests new, thinner design
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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One day after iPhone 5 case schematics hit the web comes actual manufactured cases purporting to be molded for Apple’s next-gen iPhone. The mold, first obtained by 9to5Mac, suggests that the next-gen iPhone will feature a larger display, a larger home button, and an overall thinner design. While 9to5Mac claims that the source for these […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 case schematic purports to show new design
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Sourced from a Chinese case manufacturer, the above schematic from MobileFun purports to show a case design for Apple’s next-gen iPhone. The images above suggest that Apple’s upcoming iPhone will have a larger screen accomplished by shrinking the size of the bezel and extending the screen from edge to edge, a rumored feature that has […]
Continue reading...AT&T releases iPhone 5 launch plans internally; Mid-September launch likely
Monday, July 25, 2011
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Echoing statements from Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, Jonathan Geller of Boy Genius Report writes that AT&T has started launching its iPhone 5 launch plans internally. We have been told that AT&T has begun informing employees across the company, and those who work in retail locations, to finish any sort of employee training as soon as […]
Continue reading...Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam expected iPhone 5 this Summer, now anticipates Fall launch
Friday, July 22, 2011
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Hours after Verizon released its June quarter earnings and announced 2.3 million iPhone activations, former Verizon COO and newly minted CEO Lowell McAdam took to CNBC to discuss his company’s earnings results. In the course of the conversation, McAdam made a few references to the next-gen iPhone and when we might see it hit store […]
Continue reading...Verizon activates 2.3 million iPhones during June quarter
Friday, July 22, 2011
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Verizon Wireless this morning announced their Q2 2011 earnings and recorded revenue of $27.5 billion and EPS of $0.57. During the same quarter a year-ago, Verizon reported a loss of $0.42 a share. With respect to the iPhone, Verizon activated 2.3 million devices during the quarter gone by. AT&T, in contrast, reported 3.6 million activations […]
Continue reading...Apple now sells more iPhones than Nokia does smartphones
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Nokia this week released their earnings for the second quarter of 2011 and things aren’t looking too good for the Finnish handset maker. During the quarter gone by, Nokia reported losses of 368 million euros (approximately $521 million), a figure far greater than the losses anticipated by analysts. And the scary thing is that Nokia’s […]
Continue reading...AT&T announces 3.6 million iPhone activations during Q2 of 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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It’s earnings season, and following Apple’s stellar quarterly report from earlier this week comes new financial data from AT&T for our consumption. During Ma Bell’s second fiscal quarter of 2011, the company reported revenue of $31.5 billion, an uptick of 2.2% year over year. iPhone wise, the company activated 3.6 million devices with more than […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 records amazing guitar string vibration [Video]
Friday, July 15, 2011
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An eye popping video from YouTube user justkylevids who put an iPhone inside of his guitar and recorded the string vibrations. He writes: I just happened upon this trick when testing what it was like filming from inside my guitar. Note this effect is due to the rolling shutter, which is non-representative of how strings […]
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Friday, July 29, 2011
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