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Apple's revenue fell for the first time in 15 years
Apple announced the results of the fourth and final fiscal quarter of 2016, and the results came as expected, that the company suffers for the first time in 15 years, a decline in revenues, as it achieved total revenues of $ 215.639 billion, a decrease of 7.7% from the previous fiscal year. The decline included net profits by 19% to $ 9 billion. Of course, the secret of the decline is the decline in sales of her iPhone, whose sales fell in the last quarter by 5%.
We will create an analytical and detailed article on Apple's revenue and review it within days
Apple leaks the image of its next computer within hours
Apple accidentally “or intentionally no one knows” leaked an image of its new computer, which is expected to be unveiled at its conference this evening. The device is rumored to come with a bar at the top of the keyboard called the Magic Toolbar, which is a touch screen. And the image leaked by one of the sites showed that this tape has a built-in fingerprint sensor and can be used to make purchases over the Internet. The device appears at the top and we are expecting to see it this evening.
Microsoft challenges the Apple iMac with its new device
Microsoft announced its entry into a new world, which is office equipment, where it launched a version of the Surface family called Studio. The device comes with a design that reminds you of an iMac. Its technical specifications are a 28-inch 4500 * 300 pixel touch screen, which is perhaps the highest in touch screens. Storage capacity ranging from 1 terra to 2 terra, i5 and i7 processors of the sixth generation, memory from 8 GB to 32 GB, and 2 and 4 GB graphics card. . The device comes with the new stylus that Microsoft revealed and stated that it features support for 1024 different pressure sensitivity degrees. And of course it comes with keyboard and mouse. As for the price, it starts from $ 2999 and reaches $ 4199, and the i5 version will start shipping on December 15, and the i7 devices will be at the beginning of next year. Watch the official trailer to get to know him better.
And the development of her computer Surface laptop
At the same conference, Microsoft launched an advanced version of its computer, the computer, the transformer Surface. The new version came with higher specifications, especially in the field of graphics. It starts from 256 GB storage to 1 TB, 8 and 16 GB memory. Of course, the computer supports the possibility of separating the screen to turn into a 13.5-inch tablet "larger than the iPad Pro big" The screen comes 3000 * 2000 pixels and of course supports touch, a Microsoft pen and a battery of up to 16 hours of video footage. 7th generation Intel i2399 internal processor. Its price starts at $ 3299 and goes up to $ XNUMX for the higher version. Watch the official teaser video:
Xiaomi designs the fictional iPhone 8 and starts selling it
Xiaomi is a company we talked about 4 years ago and it is considered Apple China. So Apple releases any device imitated by Xiaomi, whether the device is a phone or even a PC. Now, 6 years after the founding of Xiaomi (founded in 2010), the company announced - implicitly - that it has reached a new stage, which is that it will not imitate current Apple products, but rather precede it in providing future phones. It is rumored that the iPhone 8 will come with a screen to the edges, a glass-ceramic design, and many modifications. But Xiaomi preceded it and launched the Mi Max phone.
The phone comes with a screen to the edges from the top, left and right, and the screen button has been integrated into it and the front camera has been moved to the bottom. This brings the screen-to-size ratio to 91.3%, which is the highest in the world. 6.4-inch screen, Snapdragon 821 processor, up to 6GB memory, 256GB storage and QC 3.0 charging technology. As for the price, it is $ 590 for the higher version (6 GB memory and 256 GB capacity). The phone is not fictional and will hit the market next month.
Report: Apple will provide 3 copies of the iPhone 8 next year
A report by Nikkei indicated that Apple will show next year the iPhone 8 directly, not the 7s, and the device will come in three different sizes, which are the current 5.5 inches and 4.7 inches and with them the size of 5 inches, which makes the report strange as it is logical if Apple will offer a third phone to be Small as the size of the SE and not the size between the two current sizes. The report explained that the next phone will be the tenth feast of the iPhone, so Apple wants to make the biggest change in the history of the device, especially in the design that will be glass from the front and back, i.e. like 4 / 4s, but with a modern design of course.
Obama makes fun of Samsung and his burnt out phone
US President Barack Obama mocked the Samsung Note 7 in one of his meetings. Obama was talking about some American domestic laws and the existence of problems in some of them. And he decided to give an example and stated that when a company introduces a smart phone and it shows some problems, they fix this problem and here he commented on my objection - unless the phone burns and withdraws it - but the companies do not reduce the blocking of smart phones because of a problem. Watch the video:
Apple designs the iMassage app for Android
We know that Apple will never release an iMage version for Android as we explained in Previous articles. But, surprisingly, last week, leaks indicated that the company had already designed a version for Android "Mockup" and its purpose was to imagine what the application would look like on it. Reports stated that the design was very detailed, meaning not just general images, but comprehensive images of all screens, buttons and icons. In the end, no decision was made to convert the design into actual implementation. The report explained this matter that the Apple Music service on Android does not generate revenues for the company and have little benefits for it, so it turned away from presenting any of its applications on the Google platform.
Nintendo unveils its switch
Nintendo unveiled its latest gaming console, a device that mixes the home and personal gaming platform. The device comes with an idea that resembles a personal computer that can be turned into a tablet. It is a personal gaming platform with controllers and when you arrive home you connect it to a home accessory to play on your TV screen. Watch the official video:
Samsung's share falls to the lowest level in two years
A report by IDC revealed that Samsung's market share fell to the lowest level in nearly two years. Where the company acquired in the third quarter of this year (July - September) to 72.5 million devices with a share of 20%. The same quarter last year was 83.8 million devices, with a share of 23.3%, thus bringing the decline to 13.5% in sales. The report indicated that Apple also fell by 5.3% with the number of 45.5 million devices and a 12.5% share. In contrast, the next horse with the strength of Huawei, its sales increased by 23% to reach 33.6 million devices and a share of 9.3%, followed by OPPO, which achieved the highest growth of 121.6% to reach a share of 7%, then Vivo with growth 102.5% and 5.8% share. Will we see Huawei beating Apple next year? Or Samsung continues to back down to keep the competition at the top.
And Apple is collapsing in the smart watch market
The IDC report revealed that Apple Watch sales collapsed 71.6%, leaving the company selling 1.1 million hours only last quarter, but it maintained the lead and a 41.3% market share, while surprisingly, a huge advance for Garmin, with a growth rate of 324.2%, to reach second place with sales of 600 thousand devices, then Samsung in the third with sales 400 thousand devices, then Lenovo, 100 thousand devices, and the same number is Pebble. The report added that smart watch sales fell 51.6% last quarter.
IPhone 7 with Qualcomm modem is 30% better than Intel's sister
It seems that Apple is facing a new problem, as it was reported that the company has expanded the purchase of "modem" chips in the iPhone 7 and relied on Inta and Qualcomm. The surprise was that the devices with the Qualcomm chip were more than 30% higher than the iPhone 7 with modems from Intel. This is, of course, unacceptable because the two devices at the same price are supposed to offer the same performance. But Apple appears to be repeating the same problem Samsung and TSMC processors.
The iPhone crushes the Google Pixel phone in the speed challenge
After the Google Pixel device reached buyers' hands, challenge tests began to spread online. The most famous of these tests was with the iPhone 7. These tests were based on opening a number of applications in both devices with "the same applications" and calculating the speed of each of them. Initially, the Google phone showed good performance in opening regular applications, but when moving to super applications such as Photoshop or games, here there appeared a clear advantage for the iPhone. In the first round, the iPhone achieved a time of 1 minute 24 seconds compared to 1 minute and 47 seconds for a Google phone. Then in the second round, which is the re-opening of applications that are supposed to be in memory, here the iPhone crushed its competitor from Google, where it achieved the number 1 minute and 56 seconds approximately, compared to 3 minutes and 6 seconds for the Google phone, where the latter reopened some applications although it includes memory 4 GB versus 3 in the iPhone 7 Plus. Watch the test video "Watching from 1 minute to 35 seconds is recommended to skip ads and ads."
This is another test video in which the iPhone also outperforms, and this time 7 Plus against the regular pixel, not XL "to be equal between the number of pixels" and again the iPhone was superior to the speed in graphics and games. Google seems to have a big problem in this area.
AT&T devours Time Warner for $ 85 billion
We spoke months ago that Eddie Keough had been He suggested to Tim Cook Purchase of Time Warner, but the idea did not go out of the way of suggestions and normal discussion to implementation. And this week, US telecom giant AT&T announced a new deal for it after it bought Yahoo, and this time the acquisition of Time Warner in a deal worth 85.4 billion. With this, the company will transfer its various sectors, such as HBO, DC "Bat Matt movies", Harry Potter, CNN and TNT channels, and their various broadcast rights to the American company At & T.
It is reported that the deal will be reviewed by the US Department of Justice to ensure compliance with US laws and various rights. Several bodies, such as the FCC, will also review the deal, and it is expected that these reviews will last for about a year.
Apple store theft in 96 seconds
A group of thieves stole 19 iPhones, valued at $ 13, from one of the company's stores. Reports stated that 7 thieves entered one of the malls where the Apple store is located during the official working time, then snatched the security cables. They stole the devices and quickly fled, and this process took only 96 seconds from the time they entered until they left and stole the devices. And Apple explained that the thefts are all for iPhone devices and sent pictures of the thieves from surveillance cameras to the police.
Miscellaneous news
- Apple announced a delay in the launch of its wireless AirPods without announcing the new date.
- A report revealed that Apple has dozens of engineers working on developing the Car OS in private Canadian laboratories.
- Google has updated its Maps app to support the ability to buy food from restaurants directly from within the app.
- Apple has closed its online store in preparation for the new products it unveils this evening.
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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