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News on the margin week 11-18 April


Apple announces results for the second fiscal quarter, Q2-2019

Apple officially announced its business results for the second fiscal quarter of 2019, i.e. the months “January-February-March” and the numbers came as follows:

◉ Apple's revenue from selling products decreased to $ 46.56 billion, compared to $ 51.28 billion in the same quarter, a decrease of 9.2%.

◉ Apple’s revenue growth from the services sector reached 11.45 billion dollars, compared to 9.85 billion dollars in the same quarter, a growth of 16.2%

◉ China witnessed the largest decline in revenue, as Apple achieved sales of $ 10.21 billion, compared to $ 13.02 billion in the same quarter.

◉ Apple's sales rose in the Americas to reach 25.59 billion compared to 24.84 billion, as well as increased in Japan to reach 5.53 billion compared to 5.46 billion.

◉ The iPhone achieved a huge decline in revenue, reaching $31.05 billion, compared to $37.55 billion in the same quarter, a decline of $6.5 billion.

◉ For the first time in years, the iPad achieved growth, as its revenues reached 4.87 billion, compared to 4 billion dollars in the same quarter.

◉ The accessories sector, which includes the watch and headphones, achieved a 30% growth.


Qualcomm expects revenue of $4.5-4.7 billion fees from Apple

Qualcomm has officially revealed the amount it is expected to receive as a loyalty fee from Apple in exchange for Apple's use of the company's technology and the settlement between them. The company said it expected the figure to be between $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion. This announcement came during the company's statement regarding the expectations of business results during the third quarter of Q3-2019, in which the company said that it expects revenues from 9.2 billion to 10.2 billion, and this means huge growth ranging between 65%-83%, which is an unprecedented growth rate and implies that there is a huge new customer Contract large quantities of Qualcomm.


Huawei overtakes Apple in sales in the first quarter of 2019

The IDC Statistical Center revealed its estimates for companies' sales of devices during the actual first quarter of 2019. The center said that Samsung continued to lead despite a sales decline of 8.1%, with total sales of 71.9 million. In the second place, the change occurred, as Huawei gained this position from Apple after increasing its sales by 50.3% to reach 59.1 million devices. Apple fell to third place with 36.4 million devices sold, a decline of 30.2%. And Xiaomi faced a 10.2% drop in sales, despite maintaining its fourth position.


Apple is negotiating with Intel to buy its chip segment

We all know that Intel announced the surrender and shutdown of its chip development sector after it failed to supply chips to Apple and forced the latter to conclude an agreement with Qualcomm. The Wall Street Journal said in a recent report that Apple informed Intel of its desire to acquire this closed sector, which is a strange decision. It is reported that the sale of this sector will be very beneficial after Intel spent more than one billion dollars on it without realizing any return.


iFixit deletes its report on the Samsung phone after ordering it

The famous device dismantling site iFixit announced that it has deleted its report on the dismantling of the Samsung foldable device, at the request of Samsung to manage the site. The phone had faced a scandal before its release, as it malfunctioned with those who tested it; Then the iFixit report came to say that this phone is probably the most difficult phone in history to repair and criticized some of the complicated things that Samsung did internally to make the repair process difficult. The Korean company responded to the matter by postponing the launch indefinitely and requested to delete the iFixit report and it appears that Samsung is currently making internal changes to the device before launching it again.


Apple explains why it's deleting competing apps for screen time

◉ Apple published a clarification statement on the circulating news that it wants to support the Screen Time feature by killing and deleting competing applications, which violates the freedom to compete in the Store. Apple said in its official statement that it believes in the right of parents to monitor their children's use of devices, but it has discovered that some applications use a technology called MDM, which, while effective, allows a third party such as the developer to be aware of highly sensitive information such as location, accurate usage, email accounts and camera access. and other powers. So Apple developed Screen Time to protect the privacy of families and provide the same benefits to them. It has deleted these malicious apps for the privacy of its users.

◉ In another context, some developers whose apps Apple has deleted from the store said that they agree to this decision to delete, but they ask that Apple open the API for the Screen Time service so that they can use it in their applications instead of the rejected MDM technology.


Foxconn is working on MLED screens for Apple

A report revealed by Foxconn, the owner of Sharp, is currently expanding the development and modernization of the company's capabilities to manufacture Micro LED screens, or what is known as MLED, in order to win a future contract to supply this type of screen to Apple. The report said that there are 3 sectors in Foxconn working on this type of screen (other than Sharp, which will often be the front to use its fame). It is reported that there are several reports that said that Apple itself is developing MLED screens in its own research laboratory in California, but it faces several manufacturing obstacles because this type is more complex than OLED screens, but it is more luminous and less energy consuming.


Electra Team Releases Chimera for the XS/XR Jailbreak

Electra team has announced the release of the first version of its new jailbreak tool called Chimera. The tool can jailbreak iPhone Xs/Xr and Apple TV devices running iOS 12 through iOS 12.1.2. The jailbreak is where the Cydia Impactor tool is used to put the tool on the phone and then open the application of the tool that was installed, the jailbreak will be done in minutes. You can visit the tool's website from this link To find out more and download.


Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple announced that the iPad 2, which was released in 2011, has become a “neglected” product, meaning that Apple does not provide it with any support in hardware and repair.

◉ Facebook announced its next plan, which includes launching a standalone Messenger app for Windows and Mac and redesigning the site and applications.

◉ Apple announced the retirement of the Aperture app for Mac and said that it did not work in future versions of the system.

◉ Samsung announced a new type of TV screen called Sero, which is characterized by the ability to manage it to suit the display of mobile content.

◉ Spotify has announced that it has reached 100 million paid users worldwide.

◉ Apple has sent the fourth beta version of its iOS 12.3, Mac 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3 and 5.2.1 watch to developers.

◉ A report said that the next version of the iPhone XR will come with a dual camera.

◉ Rubén Caballero quits his job at Apple. Robin was working in the job responsible for supplying 5G chips to the company and communicating with the supplier companies, but it seems that he lost his job after contracting with Qualcomm.

◉ A number of rumors occur that Apple will add an 18W fast charger with the upcoming iPhone, and it will also have a C To Lightning cable, thus providing Apple more than $50 to its customers.

◉ Apple announced the discovery of a manufacturing defect in the “charger head” for some devices sold between 2003 and 2010 and announced a replacement program for these chargers.


This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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