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Apple announces first fiscal quarter results
Apple announced the business results for the first fiscal quarter of 2016, which were as follows:
- Total revenue of $ 75.9 billion.
- 74.8 million iPhones were sold (that's an average of 34 iPhones per hour).
- 16 million iPads have been sold.
- 5.3 million Mac computers sold.
Business results were disastrous for Apple, as the company's stock collapsed 6.5%, as the statement included expectations for the next fiscal quarter in which Apple explicitly mentioned an expectation of lower revenues and profits.
* We will devote a detailed article next week to discuss business results *
IPad Air 3 will come with flash
A new rumor about the iPad Air 3, which is expected to be presented by Apple at a conference this spring with the small iPhone, and the meaning of this rumor is that the iPad camera will come for the first time equipped with a flash like the iPhone. The source of the rumor is a French newspaper that came to the layout and design of the upcoming iPad, as shown in the picture above.
More March conference rumors
It has become almost certain that Apple will hold a conference in March to reveal new versions of its products, and now the news talks about the following:
IPhone 5se: It is expected that Apple will update the traditional iPhone 5s and provide a copy of it with the same size and metal frame, but with clear improvements in performance by adding an iPhone 6 processor and increasing the memory to 2 GB "rumors say it will be 1.2 GB" and improvements in the camera to become like the iPhone 6, but Apple will not add 5D Touch. The name 5SE is expected to come as it is an improved version of the current XNUMXS.
IPad Air 3: As we mentioned in the previous news, Apple will provide the iPad Air 3, which will come with the fastest processor in Apple that surpasses the one in the 6s, as Apple will improve the screen and camera by adding the flash, as well as adding the four speakers such as the iPad Pro.
IOS version 9.3: It is expected that the launch of the final version of iOS 9.3 will be after the Apple conference, in which Apple will announce the update and its advantages, specifically in the field of education, and there may be exclusive advantages of the iPad Air 3.
Clock frames: Apple is expected to release more watch frames, as well as additional color options for the existing frames.
Learn about iOS and Android classes worldwide
A statistical report on the spread of operating systems in different countries indicated that in the largest market in the world, China, the percentage of Android reached 71.4%, followed by iOS with a share of 27.1%, then Windows Phone 1.2%, while BlackBerry examined it did not exceed 1 in a thousand to appear. In the US market, the share of Android was 59.1%, followed by Apple 39.1%, Windows 1.6%, and Blackberry 0.1%. It is reported that the country with the highest share of iOS was Japan, with a share of 60.2%. As for Android, its percentage was highest in Spain, at 83%.
The surprise was that Apple became the No. 1 company in China with a share of 27%, followed by Huawei with a share of 24%, then Xiaomi with a share of 17%, and Samsung fell to fourth place in China.
Rumor: iPhone 7 Plus will come with an advanced camera
Two weeks ago, we talked about Apple's patenting of an imaging system that works with 2 cameras and enables the user to obtain optical zoom, which is an important feature for any professional photographer. And in a report this week by the famous KGI Center that Apple will provide the feature exclusively for the iPhone 7 Plus and it will enable you to zoom 2-3 times without any quality reduction.
One billion active devices for Apple
In our article on our expectations for Apple in 2016, we mentioned that the company will announce in the middle of the year that the number of iOS devices sold in the company's history has reached one billion devices. But it seems that Apple wanted to accelerate the matter. In the press conference to announce the results of the fiscal quarter, the company announced the existence of one billion Apple devices, and this number includes iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Mac devices of various versions, and Apple TV and its watch. Nice digital trick from Apple to speed up the billionth number.
Apple fixes the crash of Safari
This week, a lot of users encountered a problem with their Safari browser, as it was crashing for no logical reason when clicking on the "write website" tab. Soon, specialists have concluded that the problem is caused by a bug in the Apple servers and is resolved by stopping the Safari suggestions from the settings. After the problem spread, Apple sent an explanation to the reporters that it had fixed the problem and that the collapse problem would not happen again.
Japan Display Corporation will manufacture OLED and buy Sharp
Japan Monitors Corporation (Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi), which is one of Apple's main suppliers in the field of screens for the iPhone, announced that it has begun building and modernizing its factories for producing OLED screens from the year after the next 2018 and this news comes in conjunction with other news that Apple wants OLED screens For its upcoming devices and a differentiation between LG and Samsung's offerings, but it seems that the Japanese giant does not want to lose its primary customer, Apple, so it began to develop its factories to support this type, as well as reports indicated that it will buy the Japanese company Sharp to expand production.
Fire in the iPhone factory in Foxconn
A large fire broke out at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China, and the fire stopped the assembly of Apple devices and evacuated many of the company's headquarters until the fire was controlled, which the company made clear that it did not cause the production lines to be stopped, and the assembly process of the devices continues after the fire is extinguished.
Google paid Apple $ 2014 billion in XNUMX
It is known that Google is the main competitor to Apple in the world of smart devices. But it seems that she is also paying the money to Apple, as the famous Bloomberg newspaper published a report that Google had paid Apple $ 1 billion in exchange for keeping its search engine in iOS devices. The report shows that Apple, which had previously attacked Google several times, that it infringed on privacy and that it recorded what visitors were looking for, was making profits from the search engine it attacked.
Miscellaneous news
- Apple launched the second public beta of iOS 9.3.
- Apple has started selling a revamped version of its fourth-generation TV for as little as $ 20.
- Leaked news from Apple suppliers indicated that the second generation of the watch is coming at the end of the year.
- Apple TV got support for cloud images in the second TV 9.2 beta.
This is not all the news that is on the sidelines, but we have come to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with every stray and incoming, there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties. Know that technology is there to make life easier for you and help you in it, and if you rob your life and get preoccupied with it, then there is no need for it.
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