According to research firm IDC, a slowdown in smartphone shipments began showing up as early as late February, though companies insist that the March quarter was fine, albeit on a low base.
Leading Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz supported the FBI on the issue.
With 4G coverage spreading, Indian consumers will likely be more open to investing in smartphones
iPad 2 will make its entry into India on April 29, just a month after the older version was launched here.
Artificial intelligence and augmented reality will reinforce the importance of the iPhone, says Tim Cook.
Technology giant Apple on said the sales of its new iPhones are on pace to beat last year's record of 10 million units during the first weekend.
This time, Apple will be more aggressive in India and has already signed over 100 partners.
Fears of Chinese economic troubles and slowing iPhone demand vaporized more than $100 billion of the company's value since mid-July, reducing its market capitalization to $630 billion.
The Orwellian surveillance State is here. And here to stay, asserts Virendra Kapoor.
The move by the two Silicon Valley companies came the day when Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account due to "risk of further incitement of violence".
Apple Inc is preparing for the largest initial production run for its next iPhones by the end of the year.
The lawsuit was filed in 2016 by a whistleblower alleging that the iPhone maker Apple and Indian IT company Infosys conspired to bring two Indian nationals for training on B-1 visa instead of more expensive H1-B visa.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, launched earlier this month in the US, are slated to hit the Indian market from October 7.
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
It might give Apple a boost in the fast-growing Indian, Middle East and African markets but also risks cutting its average phone prices and profit margins
It can take apart one iPhone 6 every 11 seconds to recover aluminum, copper, tin, tungsten, cobalt, gold and silver parts
Wistron, which earlier pegged the losses at Rs 437 crore, later notified the Taiwan stock exchange that the total losses were around Rs 50 crore.
Taiwan-headquartered Wistron Corporation has said that it had suffered a loss worth Rs 437.40 crore in the violence in its facility unleashed by a section of workers over salary issues at its plant in Kolar district in Karnataka.
The first half of the year (H1-2020) was marked by sluggish growth with demand down 26 per cent YoY, while the second half saw recovery. H2-2020 recovered with 19 per cent YoY growth, reports Shivani Shinde.
'Overall, compared to the previous episode, we are in a better shape because the vaccine is already out there and vaccination drives are proceeding'
Demand is expected to grow as most customers await a drop in prices.
With screens of 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, the two new models would be Apple's largest iPhones.
Cook further said that Apple would like to place retail stores in India and is working with the government to seek approval to do that.
The latest upgrades may leave some investors and consumers underwhelmed.
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Analysts expect the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to sell well in China, where many people prefer phones with larger screens.
Apple Inc said it sold a record 10 million iPhones in the first weekend after its new, larger phone models went on sale in 10 countries on Friday.
Apple Inc said it received a record four million first-day pre-orders of its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, meaning many customers will have to wait until October for their new phones.
Apple has done everything engineeringly possible to minimize the downsides of having a big phone.
The company is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models.
Apple is expected to introduce its first new product since the iPad in 2010, a smartwatch, later on Tuesday.
Shares of the company rose more than 1 percent to $99.44 in heavy trading.
Tech giant Apple is expected to unveil a larger screen version of its popular iPhone along with its first smartwatch on September 9 in its hometown in Cupertino, California.
Analysts tracking Apple said the India results were glimpses of what the company could achieve in emerging markets with a right pricing strategy for its products and local manufacturing.
Apple said it sold 51.2 million iPhones in its second fiscal quarter, down from 61.2 million in the same quarter a year ago but above analysts' estimates of about 50 million devices.
Apple Inc has asked suppliers to manufacture between 70 million and 80 million of its two forthcoming large-screen iPhones by the end of the year, its largest initial production run of iPhones, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Foxconn has said it is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020
The iPhone SE will replace Apple's ageing iPhone 5s model.
It features new advanced camera systems, comes with more power and performance, more battery life, immersive stereo speakers and is the first water and dust resistant iPhone
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