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Apple’s iPhone owns half of China’s high-end smartphone market

Apple’s iPhone owns half of China’s high-end smartphone market

Strong sales of Apple’s iPhone 13 series propelled the company to take 46 percent of China’s market for smartphones that cost more than US$400. iPhone 13 Pro in Alpine Green Iris Deng for the South China Morning Post: Strong iPhone 13 sales helped Apple take 46 per cent of China’s premium smartphone segment for the second quarter, according to a report from Counterpoint Research released on…

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Apple iPhone takes 75% of the global mobile phone market profit

Apple iPhone takes 75% of the global mobile phone market profit

In the second quarter of 2021, Apple’s iPhone captured 75% of the global mobile phone market profit and 40% of the revenue while holding a relatively moderate 13% to global mobile phone shipments, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple’s 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro and flagship 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max offer storage up to 1TB Counterpoint Research: Apple has been the biggest profit and revenue…

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Sent from my iPhone: How a humblebrag became a key piece of net etiquette

Sent from my iPhone: How a humblebrag became a key piece of net etiquette

“Is there a more divisive valediction than the default ‘Sent From My iPhone’ sign-off?” Lara Williams writes for The Guardian. “When the iPhone first appeared, users were roundly condemned for their thinly veiled humblebrag among the mounting popularity of Apple products.”

“The message was clear: having an iPhone was so much more than having something on which you could make calls and…

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone chief tweets from his Apple iPhone

Microsoft’s Windows Phone chief tweets from his Apple iPhone

“Funny things happen when you’re no longer championing the least popular phone platform out there: you stop using it,” Owen Williams reports for TNW.

“Joe Belfiore is technically the Corporate Vice President, Operating Systems Group at Microsoft, but he took a year off starting in October 2015 for a worldwide trip,” Williams reports. “Belfiore, who is currently in Kyoto, has been…

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Beleaguered Samsung's mobile woes rooted in hardware legacy, little understanding of software

Beleaguered Samsung’s mobile woes rooted in hardware legacy, little understanding of software

“Efforts to revive its once stellar smartphone fortunes may be doomed if Samsung Electronics cannot overcome its dominant engineering culture, according to serving and former executives and those who have dealt with the company. This culture, they say, has stymied many previous efforts to develop software and service platforms to support the smartphone business. In the past year several such…

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South Korea to probe Apple contracts with iPhone repair providers

South Korea to probe Apple contracts with iPhone repair providers

“South Korean regulators will investigate Apple Inc.’s relationships with local phone repair companies to determine whether they violate consumers’ rights,” Jungah Lee reports for Bloomberg.

“The Fair Trade Commission will examine contracts between the iPhone maker’s Korean unit and the eight repair outfits to determine if they include unfair practices, according to a commission…

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Samsung woos investors with promises of future innovations that Apple already ships

Samsung woos investors with promises of future innovations that Apple already ships

“Last week the Samsung’s 2015 Investors Forum allowed executives from the South Korean company to show off the technology it will be using in the next-generation mobile devices and smartphones,” Ewan Spence writes for Forbes. “Anyone following the smartphone and mobile world that Samsung is working on will look at these ideas and see echoes of innovations from other mobile companies, especially…

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