China’s smartphone market suffered its worst decline ever in the March quarter–an 8 percent YoY drop in unit sales–but Apple still managed to achieve 32 percent growth, directly attributed to “strong performance of its iPhone X.”
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Bloomberg is taking full advantage of Apple’s quiet period in the week before its earnings release to issues a series of reports suggesting data points that could possibly be used to support its narrative that demand is somehow “weak” for the most profitable, attention-getting smartphone in the world–even as other vendors scramble to copy its looks and features.
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Qualcomm in an earnings conference call on Wednesday showed rare willingness to modify its patent licensing policies, a core segment of its business that sparked a court battle with Apple and government investigations into potentially anticompetitive practices.
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Samsung Electronics reported positive quarterly profits on Wednesday, its fourth consecutive period of massive record gains, but warned of slow growth due to weaker than expected demand for smartphone OLED panels like those supplied to Apple for iPhone X.
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Recent rumors suggest Apple is planning to remove longtime partner Qualcomm from its iPhone supply chain in favor of industry rival Intel, but according to a new report the switch will not be completed in full this year.
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Ahead of Apple’s official AirPlay 2 launch, Sonos this week provided additional details as to which speaker models will gain initial support the forthcoming wireless protocol.
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Libratone TRACK+ wireless headphones make a bold statement with a smooth, modern design and an audio profile to match, with an adaptive noise cancellation feature so good, that makes it hard to live without.
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In what is being described as “a good meeting” by White House staff, President Donald Trump on Wednesday invited Apple CEO Tim Cook to talk trade in a closed-door confab.
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Video streaming on the Apple TV rocketed higher during the March quarter, with viewing hours up 709 percent year-over-year, according to newly published research data.
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Concert-finding app Bandsintown has officially launched native Apple Music streaming, made possible through the use of Apple’s MusicKit framework.
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