iphone

Homeowner in discussions with Apple regarding controversial search

Published on: 8th November, 2011

The owner of a home searched for a missing prototype of iPhone, Sergio Calderone, and Apple are in talks, as the owner’s lawyer, David Monroe, said. Monroe has declined to give any details regarding the discussions, but said that San Francisco policemen did not act properly as they did not identify two security workers at [...]

T-Mobile blames iPhone’s 3G incompatibility with its networks

Published on: 8th November, 2011

T-Mobile recently complained about the lack of an iPhone on its network. News about a regional carrier, C Spire, that was receiving the new iPhone 4S, led to questions as why T-Mobile had not picked up the new phone. The carrier reiterated its position that an iPhone would be well received in its line-up, but [...]

Sprint’s device strategy centered on the iPhone

Published on: 8th November, 2011

During the recent Strategy Update event of Sprint in New York, the company outlined that the iPhone was the core of its future device strategy. It reiterated that the absence of an iPhone was the main reason for customers leaving the carrier. Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO, claimed that the iPhone would bring customers back. He [...]

Testing of iOS 5 going back to third–generation iPod touch and iPhone 3GS

Published on: 12th May, 2011

Some sayings of the iOS 5.0 device testing suggest that Apple is about two years back for device support. It is already known to go back to last year’s hardware, but 9to5 has seen some instances of the iPhone 3GS as well as the iPod touch of the third generation. Support would not be guaranteed [...]

Phil Schiller says black iPhone is not thinner than white

Published on: 12th May, 2011

Phil Schiller, Apple’s vice president of worldwide product marketing, recently challenged observations that the white iPhone would be thicker than its black sibling. In a direct message addressed to Ernesto Barron, he contradicted those persons who had said the thickness of the white model would be other than that of the black device and encouraged [...]

Sharp to make LTPS LCDs for next 2012 iPhone models

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

Rumors regarding the involvement of Sharp in a long term business for iPhone displays were renewed a few days ago when some assertions appeared in the Japanese Nikkan paper, saying the company would make displays for 2012 models of the iPhone. The design is supposed to use LTPS (low temperature polysilicon) LCDs with polycrystalline silicon [...]

According to survey, 37 percent of teens in US expect to get iPhones

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Around 37 percent of teenagers in the United States are expecting to get an iPhone during the next six months, as a Piper Jaffray survey shows. Out of the 4,500 recently polled teens, 17 percent declared they already owned an iPhone. Although the number of teens expecting to get an iPhone is not a relevant [...]

Survey shows one third of Chinese 3G buyers prefer iPhone

Published on: 8th April, 2011

According to a recent AlphaWise/Morgan Stanley survey, Apple is managing quite well in the phone industry in China. Among the 2,029 Chinese users of cellphones interviewed in February and March, 88 percent claimed they would buy a smartphone as their next phone. Thirty percent of the group intending to acquire a 3G phone declared they [...]

IDC claims that Android will lead until 2015 and Windows Phone will get past iPhone

Published on: 1st April, 2011

IDC has recently predicted that Android may keep its lead until 2015, but also that the Windows Phone will overtake Apple’s iPhone for second place. Android will most probably take 39.5 percent this year, but increase only slightly to hit 45.4 percent in 2015. Nokia’s Windows Phone switch may end up reversing its condition and [...]

T-Mobile would not offer the iPhone after the deal with AT&T

Published on: 24th March, 2011

T-Mobile quickly denied any immediate plans to offer the iPhone after the takeover by AT&T. the company stressed that it was not expecting the deal to take effect for a year at least and consequently no Apple deal was imminent. The announcement left room for a deal related to the iPhone, but for the moment [...]

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