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IPhone XR tops North American phone sales
A report by the Canalys Center revealed that Apple sold 14.6 million iPhones during the first quarter of 2019, and the iPhone XR topped sales with 4.5 million devices, and received a 13% share. As for Samsung devices, the S10 + came with a 6% share and its younger brother S10e with a 6% share, and the number of devices sold was 2 million each. The report showed that Apple acquired in general a 40% share of the devices sold, and surprisingly, this was thanks to strong sales of old devices such as 7 and 6s, as well as the hardware exchange program that Apple introduced in North America. It is reported that the total estimated sales achieved in this quarter were 36.4 million sets.
Lenovo unveils its first foldable computer
Lenovo released a teaser video for a laptop called ThinkPad X1. The computer is a full screen without a keyboard, but the screen is of course not traditional, it is a type of OLED with 2K quality, and Lenovo said it comes in cooperation with LG and it can be completely folded to become like any traditional personal computer. The device will be available in the market next year 2020 without a price or a specific date, and no technical specifications for the computer have been revealed except for the screen and the following teaser:
Intel confirms Apple's interest in its modem sector
Previously, several news mentioned that Apple wants to buy the "modem" segment, which Intel announced its closure and its exit from the field after the Apple Qualcomm deal. This week, Intel officially announced that there are already companies negotiating with it to buy this sector, but it did not name these companies, although it had made it clear that their primary interest was 5G chips, especially that they “Intel” had gone a long way in this field. It is reported that several reports said that Apple intends to manufacture the SIM itself, but it will not see the light of day until 2025.
HP launches a dual-screen computer to rival Mac
It seems that the touch bar feature in Apple will be exposed to an explicit and huge threat from HP, which unveiled its new OMEN X 2S device, which as shown in the pictures includes an additional screen above the keyboard. The computer that targets the gaming sector seems to have provided the Mac Touch Bar, but in a much more sophisticated way, it includes a 6-inch FHD 1080p screen. As for the specifications, the device can, as usual, allocate its hardware up to the ninth generation i9 and can support RTX 2080 graphics card, storage capacity of up to 2TB SSD and memory up to 32 GB. As for the price, it starts from $ 2100 (starts and not with previous specifications) and is expected to be available in the market next month.
Trump's taxes could raise the price of the iPhone by 14%
A report by CNBC revealed that the taxes and fees that Trump is threatening to impose on imports from China may lead to an increase in the price of the iPhone by 14% in the US market. The report said that the iPhone XS, which is priced at $ 999, will reach $ 1142 with the new fees. The US President had threatened to impose customs duties on all imports from China, regardless of its company, which could cause an increase in prices. It is reported that Apple always considers the US price to be the benchmark and reference for global pricing. If it imposes taxes, it will raise the price of the phone globally and kill sales, or remember its previous promise to re-pricing globally, a promise that was not fulfilled as usual.
The US Supreme Court allows Apple to be sued for monopoly
Some iPhone users have sued Apple on charges of monopoly and that it prevents the provision of applications except through the software store, which makes them pay excessive amounts. Apple protested this accusation and said that iPhone users are not direct customers of the company, as it acts as a mediator between the developer and the customer. Indeed, Apple persuaded the local court of Apple's opinion, but users complained against the ruling, and in fact it was overturned from another court, prompting Apple to resort to the Supreme Court to prevent its prosecution in this type of case, but the Supreme Court ruling came as shocking to Apple, confirming the veto and that users have the right to sue the company for monopolizing the provision of applications.
For its part, Apple said it would not accept and will continue the case in the primary court to prove that the software store has no suspicion of monopoly.
Apple is updating the operating system for its various devices
In conjunction with Apple's launch of iOS 12.3 -this linkApple has updated the systems of the rest of the devices, and the updates are as follows:
◉ With the introduction of the WatchOS 5.2.1 update, it came to support the ECG feature in 5 new countries, namely, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Poland and Slovakia. With this feature, it is almost available in most of Europe, including Eastern. The update came to support arrhythmia notifications in the same countries, as well as several general improvements and fixes.
◉ Update 10.14.5 for Mac, which came in addition to fixes and improvements, with the addition of AirPlay 2 support, the ability to follow magazines in Apple News +, and audio improvements for Mac 2018.
◉ TVOS 12.3 update to support the new Apple TV application in more than 100 countries (including Arab countries).
Apple updates beta versions of its systems
Apple released new trial versions of its upcoming systems, and it came as follows:
◉ The first trial version of iOS 12.4 came with many fixes and improvements, as well as to add the Apple Cards support feature.
◉ The first trial version of watchOS 5.3 came to fix many problems and crashes and improve the performance of the watch.
◉ The first trial version of tvOS 12.4, and no changes and new features were revealed.
◉ The first beta version of Mac Mojave 10.14.6 and no new features and changes were revealed.
Miscellaneous news
◉ Apple has officially announced that the Apple Pay system will support NFC Tags to facilitate the payment process.
◉ Reports indicate that the Hulu network has been managed and controlled by Disney.
◉ Samsung announced that it has sent an update this week for all its devices, version 2019, and some devices, version 2018, to support AirPlay 2 and the Apple TV application.
◉ Reports indicated that TSMC began manufacturing the basic next iPhone A13 processor after 4 months to the market.
◉ Apple has begun sending the Apple Card to some of its employees in America.
◉ Amazon announced that Alexa now supports Apple Music in Australia on all Amazon devices such as Echo, Sonos, and Fire TV.
◉ Reports revealed that Apple will soon offer Apple Pay in 15 additional countries in Europe. The reports are based on the announcement by Monese Financial that it will soon offer Apple Pay service in the countries in which it operates.
◉ Reports revealed that Apple took pictures of the theater with a huge "rainbow" inside Apple's headquarters, which is for a celebration held by Apple on the 17th "tomorrow Friday" to mark the opening of the headquarters.
◉ A large number of films produced by Warner Bros. Suddenly, the quality available on iTunes has decreased to HD 720p instead of the 4K 2160p quality that was previously available. Apple has not commented on this matter yet.
◉ An image reported by several websites of the colors expected for the iPhone XR version 2019, which will be released at the end of this year.
◉ Apple has added the payment service Apple Pay as part of the payment methods in the App Store, iTunes, music and the cloud in some countries.
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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