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A Loose Theory on the Continuing Cooling of iPad Sales
John Gruber wrote a loose theory on the continuing cooling of iPad sales. The peak years (2013 and 2014) were inflated because it was an untapped market. Steve Jobs was right, there was room for a new device in between a phone and a laptop, and the iPad was and remains an excellent product in…
Apple’s Q1 2017 Results
John Gruber commented on Apple’s Q1 2017 Results. Year-over-year unit sale changes, from Apple’s data summary: iPhone up to 78.3 million from 74.8 million. iPad down to 13.1 million from 16.1 million. Mac up slightly, to 5.4 million from 5.3 million. “Services” are up significantly, percentage-wise, to $7.2 billion in revenue, from $6.1 billion a…
Xiaomi Stops Disclosing Phone Sales Figures
John Gruber wrote about Xiaomi ceasing disclosure of phone sales figures. Which companies other than Apple still release their phone sales numbers? Samsung stopped way back in 2011, and as far as I can tell, never started again. How to avoid criticism of slowing or poor sales? Don’t reveal your sales numbers.
U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple
Reuters reported on U.S. appeals court reviving antitrust lawsuit against Apple. But if the challenge ultimately succeeds, “the obvious solution is to compel Apple to let people shop for applications wherever they want, which would open the market and help lower prices,” Mark C. Rifkin, an attorney with Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz representing…
AirPods Have Captured One Quarter of Wireless Headphone Spending Since Launching
MacRumors reported on AirPods capturing one quarter of wireless headphone spending since launching. In the U.S. last month, an estimated 75% of revenue from headphones sold online came from wireless models, up from 50% in December 2015, according to Slice Intelligence. Apple’s new AirPods led the way, capturing an estimated 26% share of online revenue…
Apple on track to hit $1 trillion in total revenue from iOS by the middle of this year
9to5Mac reported on Apple being on track to hit $1 trillion in total revenue from iOS by the middle of this year. Last year, some analysts made the unlikely claim that Alphabet or Amazon might beat Apple to be the first trillion-dollar company. Asymco’s Horace Dediu, however, is out today with a new report predicting that Apple will…
Apple sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’
BBC News reported on Apple being sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’. The lawsuit alleges that the firm should have introduced a feature that disabled use of the video-chat application while driving. Does that mean drink-driving offenders should blame the alcohol breweries?
Apple pulled the New York Times app in China
ReCode reported on Apple pulling the New York Times app in China. “For some time now the New York Times app has not been permitted to display content to most users in China and we have been informed that the app is in violation of local regulations,” Apple said in a statement. “As a result,…
What I learned about my iPhone after switching to the Google Pixel
Khoi Vinh wrote about what he learned about my iPhone after switching to the Google Pixel. I also discovered something interesting about Google’s much vaunted strength in services: sometimes it’s no better than Apple’s. As an iTunes Match user, I’ve long bemoaned Apple’s inability to make automatic syncing of my music library between devices truly…
Why Samsung’s Harman purchase is not an Apple blunder
Larry Dignan reported on ZDNet about Why Samsung’s Harman purchase will be seen as Apple blunder decades from now. Samsung’s purchase of Harman is strategically sound, worth the $8 billion, and positions Samsung well in the connected car market. Meanwhile, Samsung diversifies from a saturated smartphone market. How is diversification good if Samsung’s whole operations…