The new element in Apple's iOS 16 will simplify it for iPhone clients to recognize spam messages and accommodating ones.
As indicated by Mashable, the mechanical behemoth further developed the SMS channels by adding 12 extra channels for spam correspondences. This update was made explicitly for Indian iPhone proprietors.
There will be 12 sub-classifications, as per a review, including admonitions for credit or charge cards, bill installment, funds, taxpayer supported organizations, network suppliers, medical services, and online orders. There will likewise be the as of now set up ones, including Transactions and Promotions.
Also, clients will actually want to effectively and immediately add film or train passes to their Apple Wallet records or schedules from their correspondences.
This new programming redesign from Apple supposedly carries out to the overall population in September and incorporates a large number of capacities.....READ MORE
Apple Inc's. iPod, a momentous gadget that overturned the music and hardware businesses over twenty years prior, is no more.
The organization reported Tuesday that it would cease the iPod Touch, the last leftover of a product offering that previously went marked down in October 2001. The touch-screen model, which sent off in 2007, will stay on special until provisions run out.
Macintosh delivered many forms of the iPod throughout the long term, yet the item was step by step obscured by its different gadgets, particularly the iPhone. That drove the organization to start gradually transitioning away from models in 2014. At that point, the organization quit making the iPod exemplary, a form with a tick haggle screen that was generally like the first variant.
In 2017, Apple quit making its littlest music players, the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle.
The iPod Touch - - famous as a less expensive option in contrast to the iPhone - - hung on a couple of additional years. The gadget was last refreshed in 2019 and cost $199. Contrast that and the least expensive iPhone in Apple's portfolio: the SE, which costs $429.
In any case, with such countless alternate ways of getting music, Apple no longer considers the item to be vital....KNOW MORE
Macintosh Inc is facilitating a virtual function on November 10 where the American innovation monster is relied upon to disclose another line-up of Apple Silicon-controlled Mac note pads and PCs. Officially called 'One More Thing', the function will be facilitated essentially from the Apple Park. It will livestream at 11:30 pm (IST) through the committed Apple Events smaller than usual site. The function will likewise livestream on Apple's YouTube channel. You can likewise tune in here at 11:30 pm to watch the function's livestream on video implanted beneath.
Macintosh's change to Apple Silicon
In the wake of moving to Intel contributes 2006, Apple is currently equipping to move to ARM-based Apple Silicon for its Mac PCs. At the organization's overall designers meeting 2020, Apple saw a Mac fueled by Apple A12Z Bionic chip. The early look uncovered that Mac on ARM chips is prepared to supplant the Intel fueled Macs.
During the featured discussion, Apple exhibited a working model running on Apple Silicon. It appeared to have all its local applications improved.
Apple One More Thing function: What to anticipate
At the Apple's 'One More Thing' function, the organization is relied upon to dispatch in any event one Mac arrangement scratch pad, and might be a work area as well. As indicated by a news report in Bloomberg, Apple is allegedly inclining the creation of another 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and will show in any event the two 13-inch workstations on Tuesday. The processors in the new workstations will be founded on the A14 Bionic found in the iPhone 12 arrangement and the new iPad Air, the report added.
India pricing: The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max will be available in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage variants, priced Rs 119,900 and Rs 129,900 onwards, respectively. Both the smartphones will be available on Apple Store Online and through Apple Authorised Resellers in India.
Specifications and features: Like the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are 5G network ready smartphones. The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max boast flat-edge design with surgical-grade stainless steel band and precision-milled matte glass on the back. The glass on the front is protected by ‘Ceramic Shield’, which is touted to enhance the glass strength and improve its drop performance by up to 4 times over the glass used on previous generation iPhones.
The iPhone 12 Pro and the Pro Max sports a 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display with systemwide colour management for color accuracy. Moreover, the OLED display on both the modes feature nearly 3.5 million pixels and boasts up to 1200 nits of peak brightness levels.
Front Camera: 12-megapixel Rear Camera: 12-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 12-megapixel
BRUSSELS/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple's conflict with EU rivalry controllers reaches a critical stage on Wednesday as Europe's second-most elevated court rules on whether it needs to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in Irish back charges, a key piece of the EU's crackdown against darling assessment bargains.
In its request four years prior, the European Commission said Apple profited by illicit state help by means of two Irish duty decisions that falsely decreased its taxation rate for more than two decades - to as low as 0.005% in 2014.
Destruction for European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager could debilitate or defer pending bodies of evidence against Ikea's and Nike's arrangements with the Netherlands, just as Huhtamaki's concurrence with Luxembourg.
Vestager, who has made the assessment crackdown a highlight of her time in office, saw a similar court a year ago upset her interest for Starbucks to pay as much as 30 million euros in Dutch back charges. For another situation, the court likewise tossed out her decision against a Belgian duty plot for 39 multinationals.
The Apple question is seen by certain experts as a predicament for Ireland, which has advanced against the Commission's structure close by the iPhone creator.
While 14 billion euros - including interest - would go far to stopping the coronavirus-formed opening in the state's accounts, Dublin is trying to ensure a low expense system that has pulled in 250,000 worldwide businesses.
In the event that Ireland's intrigue succeeds, the administration will be scorned by resistance groups for not taking the money, which could cover at any rate half of a spending shortfall estimate to inflatable to as much as 10% of GDP this year.
Should Ireland lose, the administration will be chastised by similar legislators for propelling the intrigue. A decision for the Commission could likewise bring up issues about the utilization of Ireland's expense code at a touchy time, when new worldwide guidelines for burdening advanced monsters are being discussed.
Destruction could likewise hurt Ireland's capacity to draw in venture, despite the fact that the special rush embraced after the Commission's 2016 choice seems to have worked. The numbers utilized by multinationals like Apple, Facebook and Google have developed by 25%, representing one out of ten Irish laborers.
For Apple, destruction would be a blow, yet reasonable given its money possessions beat $190 billion toward the finish of its financial second quarter.
Apple has discharged the open Beta variant of iOS 14 that would be formally accessible in the fall with the new iPhone 12 arrangement.
The open beta form, which has just made waves among the designers for uncovering that tech organizations like TikTok and LinkedIn were duplicating content from Apple client's clipboards, is commonly loaded with bugs which the organization fixes before the last discharge.
The most conspicuous change in iOS 14 is an overhauled screen.
In iOS 14, Apple clients can nail gadgets with refreshing data to the home screen, including schedule and guides smaller than normal projects. Clients can drag a gadget onto the iPhone home screen, where it will remain.
Clients can make a Smart Stack of gadgets, which utilizes on-gadget insight to surface the correct gadget dependent on schedule, area, and movement, said Apple.
Toward the finish of the Home Screen pages is the App Library, another space that consequently sorts out the entirety of a client's applications into one basic, simple to-explore see, and wisely surfaces applications that might be useful at the time.
With Picture-in-Picture support, iPhone clients would now be able to watch a video or accept a FaceTime call while utilizing another application.
New Memoji choices in Messages are much increasingly comprehensive and various with extra haircuts, headwear, face covers, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
In iOS 14, Apple Maps makes it simpler than at any other time to explore and investigate with new cycling bearings, electric vehicle steering, and curated Guides.
On-gadget mode in iOS 14 permits clients to encounter the highlights of the application disconnected for private voice and text interpretation.
In the new working framework for iPhones, Siri extends its information, helps discover answers from over the web, and would now be able to send sound messages. Console transcription runs on gadget when directing messages, notes, email, and then some.
With iOS 14, approaching FaceTime and calls and Siri collaborations take on an all-new conservative structure that empowers clients to remain with regards to what they are doing.
iPhone clients will currently have the option to stick discussions to the head of their messages list.
Mac on Monday launched its overall designers meeting (WWDC) with a keynote discourse where the innovation goliath saw its up and coming working framework and programming highlights for iPhones, iPads, Watch, TV, Airpods and Macs. In a significant move, the organization likewise reported its arrangement to move its Mac PCs to ARM-based Apple Silicon from Intel processors. From iOS 14 to iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur and watchOS 7, the Apple WWDC 2020 keynote occasion had a rich combination of declarations. Here are the key declarations from the WWDC 2020 keynote meeting:
The Mac's change to Apple Silicon
This is a significant declaration that may set the future bearing for Apple Mac PCs. In the wake of moving to Intel contributes 2006, the organization is currently prepared to control its Mac PCs with its own ARM-based chips. In the keynote address, Apple reviewed a Mac controlled by Apple A12Z Bionic chip. The early look uncovers that Mac on ARM chips is prepared to supplant the Intel fueled Macs. Apple has upgraded all its local applications, including Motion and Final Cut Pro X. The organization has likewise been working with Microsoft and Adobe, and their key programming like Microsoft Office efficiency applications and Adobe Creative applications have just been upgraded to take a shot at Macs fueled by ARM chips. The transition to Apple Silicon will begin with new Macs to be discharged not long from now, and the whole progress will take two years.
The worldwide market for renovated cell phones declined 1 percent (year-on-year) in 2019, arriving at a little more than 137 million units, as indicated by another report. A similar market in India, be that as it may, grew a solid 9 percent a year ago.
The worldwide market developed to some degree in the final quarter as Apple redesigns stayed solid however a 1 percent expansion during the second 50% of the year couldn't balance the decrease in the main half, said most recent exploration from Counterpoint's 'Restored Smartphone Tracker'.
"This is the first run through over the most recent four years that the repaired advertise has declined for the entire year. The pattern is for the most part connected with the downturn in new cell phone deals in key locales like the US, China and Europe," said Jeff Fieldhack, Research Director at Counterpoint Research.
Regardless of a decrease in the general market, there were a few development markets like India, Latin America and Africa.
Varun Mishra, Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research said that the refurb environment in these economies is still at an incipient stage.
"As far as cell phones, these business sectors remain underpenetrated. Numerous clients are searching for moderate gadgets to come on the web. The change from include telephones to cell phones and the desire of premium gadgets at a moderate value guide proceed toward fuel development in these business sectors," Mishra said in an announcement.
There is additionally the progressing change of the refurb portion from the chaotic segment to composed in nations like India which is opening chances.
Apple and Samsung kept on commanding the optional market in 2019.
Macintosh has discreetly raised the cost by twofold for updating the RAM on its entrance level 13-inch MacBook Pro. In US, clients will presently need to pay $200 to get a RAM move up to 16GB RAM from 8GB RAM that comes standard with the MacBook Pro. Beforehand, such RAM overhaul used to cost $100.
In the European Union nations the value climb is from 125 euros to 250 euros, and in the UK it has moved to 200 pounds from 100 pounds. There are no such value climb reports originating from India, yet the modification in RAM update cost may before long be found in India, as well.
Not long ago, Apple refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard that accompanies physical Escape key, alongside Touch Bar and Touch ID alongside multiplying the standard stockpiling for upgraded execution.
The new setup is controlled by Intel tenth era Core processors with up to 80 percent quicker designs execution contrasted with past models. The new MacBook Pro additionally accompanies a 16GB RAM as standard on select setups. It is additionally a quicker RAM of 3733MHz working recurrence speed.
Beginning at Rs 1,22,990, the MacBook Pro will be accessible at Apple Authorized Resellers in India soon.
American innovation goliath Apple is probably going to push its September 'iPhone 12' dispatch to November due to coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the coordinations, gracefully chain and assembling universally. As indicated by a report by a venture banking organization Cowen, Apple's second-quarter creation is relied upon to be 35 million units, down 5 percent from the primary quarter and down 13 percent from a similar period a year ago. The expert said that the creation gracefully fasten has come back to typical yield rates, however downstream interest stays questionable. It predicts that Apple's iPhone shipments in the subsequent quarter will arrive at 30 million.
Jon Prosser, a dependable Apple insider, prior said that the organization is right now reflecting on the circumstance, and considering to push the 2020 cell phone dispatch in October to stop a hole between the occasion and handsets arriving at store racks.
Prosser, who accurately announced the discharge date of the iPhone SE, said that there is additionally the likelihood that a later iPhone 12 dispatch occasion could permit more columnists and investigators to go to face to face. He included, the October declaration will give the Cupertino-based tech goliath time to revive more stores in various markets that are shut down because of lockdown. Apple has so far revived 256 out of its more than 500 retail locations.
As indicated by Posser, a 5.4-inch and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 models will be accessible with 128GB or 256GB of capacity and that 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro models will have 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacity alternatives.
Apple Inc shipped roughly 2.5 million iPhones to China in March, a slight rebound after one of its worst months in the country ever, according to government data published on Friday.
Smartphone companies are hoping for a strong recovery in demand in China, where the deadly coronavirus is now subsiding, just as it spreads across the world and looks set to trigger a global recession.
Mobile phone shipments in China in March totalled 21 million units, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government think-tank.
That was a more than three-fold increase from February, yet still down roughly 20% compared with March 2019.
Chinese retailers largely resumed operations by early March, with brick-and-mortar outlets re-opening and e-commerce logistics getting back in gear after the virus and tough containment measures brought much of the economy to a standstill in the first two months.
Apple shipped roughly 500,000 phones in China in February, according to the CAICT.
Many smartphone makers are now hoping that sales in China can cushion declines in overseas markets in coming months.
In its quarterly earnings call, the then-CFO of Xiaomi Corp said that the Chinese market had recovered to roughly 80% of its normal levels.
"The (Chinese) market has entered a full recovery stage, and… has already recovered to 80 to 90% of the normal level," Chief Financial Officer Shou Zi Chew said on an earnings call.
He said sales in China fell in the first quarter due to the economic impact of the virus, but did not say by how much.
Chew said he expected demand for smartphones to be resilient globally even though the virus was spreading to other countries. The company will take a hit in global sales during March and April, he said, but expects to see signs of recovery in May.
"If we take reference from China's experience, I think smartphone demand is resilient," said Chew. "I think it will rebound quickly."
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Apple Inc cautioned on Monday it was probably not going to meet a business target set only three weeks back in the midst of lost creation and debilitating interest in China from the coronavirus episode.
The ailment has killed 1,770 in China and stricken about 70,500 individuals, with a great many others bound to their homes and processing plants delayed to revive after the Chinese New Year occasion break was stretched out because of the infection.
Assembling offices in China that produce Apple's iPhone and different gadgets have started to revive, yet they are increase more gradually than anticipated, Apple said. That will mean less iPhones accessible available to be purchased the world over, making Apple one of the biggest Western firms to be harmed by the flare-up.
A portion of its retail locations in the nation stay shut or are working at diminished hours, which will hurt deals this quarter. China represented 15% of Apple's income, or $13.6 billion, last quarter, and provided 18% of income in the year-back quarter. In late January, Apple had gauge $63 billion to $67 billion in income for the quarter finishing off with March. It didn't offer another income gauge nor give a benefit figure on Monday.
"The extent of this effect on miss its income direction halfway through February is obviously more terrible than dreaded," Wedbush investigator Daniel Ives wrote in a note. Apple's stock is relied upon to confront an automatic response on Tuesday, when Wall Street revives after the Presidents Day occasion, Ives said.
Experts have evaluated that the infection may cut interest for cell phones considerably in the main quarter in China, the world's greatest market for the gadgets....Read More
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Japan
Display Inc., the struggling supplier of mobile screens to Apple
Inc., says it has about a year before it needs to decide on whether
to take a plunge on next-generation organic light-emitting diode
displays.
While
OLED panels are slimmer, more energy-efficient and offer higher
contrast, JDI’s liquid crystal displays will retain a price
advantage that keeps them competitive in smartphones through 2021,
the company’s new Chief Executive Officer Minoru Kikuoka said in an
interview. He anticipates a more decisive shift to the new technology
may occur in that time period, declining to elaborate on plans of
specific customers.
When
Apple launched its first OLED iPhone in 2017, it was seen as the
beginning of the end for the LCD’s long reign. For Japan Display,
which relies on Apple for a large portion of its revenue, that
spelled trouble because the company was falling behind in the
development of the new screens. But the iPhone X, which used an OLED
display from Samsung Electronics Co., didn’t sell as well as
anticipated, and Apple followed up a year later with an LCD-based
addition to its lineup with the iPhone XR -- giving the Japanese
company some breathing room.
With
the smartphone market plateauing and fancier screens failing to
ratchet up demand from users already content with their existing
devices, value for money has once again risen in importance for
people considering a new purchase, according to the CEO.
“We
are seeing consumers put more emphasis on affordability when it comes
to their smartphone preferences,” Kikuoka said. “The industry is
now gaining a new appreciation for the kind of price competitiveness
offered by the LCDs.”Apple’s 2019 phone lineup includes one LCD
model -- the iPhone 11, which Apple launched at a starting price $50
lower than its predecessor -- and the company plans to add a second
one in the first half of next year to replace the aging iPhone
8....Read
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Home-grown
e-commerce platform Flipkart is hosting a five-day festive season
sale in which it is offering discounts, deals, exchange offers, bank
offers, zero-interest equated monthly instalment schemes, etc, on a
wide range of products, including smartphones. Named the Flipkart Big
Diwali sale, the festive-season sale started on October 21 and will
continue until October 25.
In
the sale, the e-commerce platform is offering up to 10 per cent
instant discount on SBI cards and credit-card EMI transactions.
Additionally, Flipkart is also offering a 10 per cent off on select
mobile phones on all debit and credit card transactions.
Here
is a look at some of the best deals on smartphones: iPhone
7 (32GB)
Though
three generations old now, the iPhone 7 is still a decent choice for
someone who wishes to get into the Apple product ecosystem. This
smartphone is currently available at a discounted price of Rs 26,999,
nine per cent lower than its prevailing retail price of Rs 29,900.
Flipkart is also offering no-interest EMI, exchange offer, and Rs
1,000 off on all prepaid orders. Additionally, the e-commerce giant
is offering six months of free YouTube Premium access with this
phone. iPhone
7 Realme
XT (4GB/64GB)
The
Realme XT is a midrange smartphone with 64-megapixel sensor-based
quad-camera set-up on the back. The phone is currently available at
Rs 15,999. Flipkart is also offering no-interest EMI, exchange offer,
and bank offers on this phone. Additionally, the e-commerce giant is
offering six months of free YouTube Premium access with this
phone...READ
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News
IPhone
maker Apple and South Korean electronics giant Samsung should work
with Indian companies to ensure this country becomes a hub of export
for electronics, said Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for this sector
and for information technology.
He
suggested Apple expand its manufacturing base in India and use the
country as an export hub.At a long meeting with top executives from
the industry, Prasad heard them on various issues and said his
ministry and NITI Aayog would in the next two to three months work
with them on incentives for the sector.
"Apple
has started manufacturing phones in India, including components
and...have started making iPhones for export...But, this is just the
tip of the iceberg. I want a robust presence of Apple in India, a
super-robust presence of Samsung in India, and other global
companies," he said.
According
to Apple, eight of its global suppliers have set up units in India.
These being Sunwoda Electronic, Winstron Corporation, CCL Design
(Suzhou) Co, Flex, Foxconn, Salcomp and Shenzhen YUTO Packaging
Technology. Currently, Apple manufactures iPhones 6S and 7 from
India.
Among
companies represented at the meeting were Vivo, Oppo, Qualcomm,
Xiaomi, Dell, HP, Bosch, Cisco, Flextronics, Foxconn, Nokia, LG,
Panasonic, Intel, Wistron and Sterlite Technologies. The electronics
industry body, Manufacturers Association of Information Technology
was also present. It recommended production-linked export incentives,
leveraging India’s geo-political influence and free trade agreement
influence with countries to accept Indian standards as sufficient to
access other markets. Also, identification of sub-sectors where India
should lead the development of standards, such as 5G, medical
electronics, cyber security and data communications...Read
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Technology
giant Apple today unveiled the iPhone 11, a new version of the Apple
Watch and iPad, announced the first all-original video subscription
service and a new gaming service at its flagship fall event in
California.
The
Tim Cook-led company launched the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro
Max, a new pro line for iPhone at the widely-watched event in
Cupertino.
The
phones come in four finishes including a new midnight green, and will
be available for pre-order beginning September 13 and in stores
beginning September 20.
The
iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max will be available in 64GB, 256GB
and 512GB models starting at USD 999 and USD 1,099, respectively.
"iPhone
11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are the most powerful and advanced
smartphones we have ever made. They are packed with sophisticated
technology that pros can count on to get their work done, and for
anyone who wants the very best device made, even if they are not a
pro," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of
Worldwide Marketing.
"iPhone
11 Pro has the first triple-camera system in iPhone and is far and
away the best camera we've ever made, it provides our customers with
great range of creative control and advanced photo and video editing
features in iOS 13. The Super Retina XDR is the brightest and most
advanced display in iPhone and the A13 Bionic chip sets a new bar for
smartphone performance and power efficiency," Schiller said.
iOS
13 will be available on September 19 as a free software update for
iPhone 6s and later.Additional software features will be available on
September 30 with iOS 13.1, announced Apple...Read
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With
over 1.4 billion active installed base of devices globally and
millions in India - iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, Macs, iPod touch and
more - Apple has finally flexed its muscles to take on content
streaming giants like Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime and Disney with
aggressive pricing, free offers and all-original stories.
The
announcement of a much cheaper Apple TV+ subscription than expected
(Rs 99 a month in India and $4.99 in the US and other countries)
immediately saw shares of Netflix, Disney and Roku tumbling down as
Apple, which has nearly $210 billion cash at its disposal, has sensed
the mammoth streaming opportunity that lies ahead and is going to
open its coffers for creating more originals, even in regional
languages.
Indians
today spend 30 per cent of their phone time and over 70 per cent of
mobile data on entertainment and movies are their preferred choice on
smart TV and larger screens.An over-the-top (OTT) viewer in India is
spending approximately 70 minutes a day on video streaming platforms,
with a consumption frequency of 12.5 times a week, an Eros Now-KPMG
report said last week.
When
we look at the data consumption, In India, the Internet video traffic
is projected to reach 13.5 Exabytes (EB) per month by 2022 -- up from
1.5 EB a month in 2017 -- with video contributing 77 per cent of all
Internet traffic by 2022.The opportunities are enormous and Apple TV+
with its large installed device base is smiling at its rivals who
lack the vantage point of being in your home in the form of an iphone
or iPad.
"Apple
built on their integrated ecosystem advantage by announcing
low-monthly pricing for Apple Arcade and Apple TV+, and a free year
of Apple TV for a buyer of an Apple device," said Frank Gillett,
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester....Read
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With
several international airlines banning some older models of Apple's
flagship laptop MacBook Pro in both check-in or hand luggage,
including in India, fears of battery fire have returned to haunt
users of the device.
In
June, Apple announced a voluntary recall of its faulty 15-inch
MacBook Pro laptops.
According
to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), there's a chance
that the devices sold between September 2015 and February 2017 could
overheat and potentially cause fires.
Seeing
this, India is pondering if it should ask the airlines to restrict
the affected MacBook Pro models. “The DGCA is examining the issue
and if need be, will do the needful,” said a senior official.
Singapore
Airlines (SIA), a major operator to India, on Sunday said on its
website: "Customers are to refrain from bringing the affected
(MacBook Pro) models either as hand-carry or in checked baggage until
the battery has been verified as safe or replaced by the
manufacturer. Please visit Apple’s MacB ook Pro Battery Recall
Program page to get more information on whether your product is
affected, as well as on the available battery replacement options."
Thai is also not allowing 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks sold between
September 2015 and February 2017 on the aircraft either as carry-on
or checked luggage.
The
iPhone-maker reportedly said it had received 26 reports of the
laptop's battery overheating, with as many as five consumers
reporting minor burns and one suffering from smoke inhalation.Nearly
432,000 potentially affected MacBook Pro units were sold in the US
and 26,000 in Canada.Apple issued a similar replacement programme
last year for the latest 13-inch Pros over issues related to battery
expansion...Read
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American
technology behemoth Apple is likely to launch three models of its
iPhone smartphones with 5G network support next year, according to
the company’s analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The analyst earlier in his
statement said that Apple might add 5G network support to at least
two models of the three new iPhones planned in 2020. However, the
company’s recent acquisition of chip-maker Intel’s smartphone
modem business and revived relations with Qualcomm has fast tracked
this process. The analyst believes that the company now have the
resources to build 5G-ready iPhone in time to compete with its
competitors, especially Android original equipment manufacturers –
according to a news report in the Apple-centric technology news
platform Macrumors.
The
news report also states that Apple might use Qualcomm’s 5G chip in
its first generation 5G phones, despite the fact that it now has
access to Intel's smartphone modem chip business. This is because
Apple will take time, until 2021, to build its own modem chips using
Intel technology. Additionally, according to Kuo's earlier statement,
the iPhone 2020-series might feature 5.4-inch to 6.7-inch screens.
All three smartphones are expected to boast OLED panels.
Meanwhile,
Apple is currently working on 2019 iPhones which are expected to
launch sometime in September. The upcoming iPhone 2019-series is
expected to get three models of different screen sizes, like the
current generation iPhone. Codenamed the N104, D42 and D43, the
upcoming iPhones are reported to be successor to the iPhone XR,
iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, respectively.
According
to a recent news report in the 9to5mac, the upcoming iPhone models
would come with a lightning port. All three 2019 iPhone models are
also reported to be powered by A13 processor, details of which are
still not known. Touted to be named the iPhone 11 series...Read
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American
technology company Apple has announced the acquisition of chip-maker
Intel's smartphone modem business for $1 billion.
Approximately
2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual
property, equipment and leases, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker said
in a statement late Thursday.
The
transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019.
"This
agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G
network while retaining critical intellectual property and modem
technology that our team has created," said Intel CEO Bob Swan.
"We're
looking forward to putting our full effort into 5G where it most
closely aligns with the needs of our global customer base, including
network operators, telecommunications equipment manufacturers and
cloud service providers," he added.
Apple
will hold over 17,000 wireless technology patents, ranging from
protocols for cellular standards to modem architecture and modem
operation.
Intel
will retain the ability to develop modems for non-smartphone
applications, such as PCs, internet-of-things devices and autonomous
vehicles.
Johny
Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies said
that Apple is excited to have excellent engineers join its growing
cellular technologies group."They, together with our significant
acquisition of innovative IP, will help expedite our development on
future products and allow Apple to further differentiate moving
forward," he added...Read
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