Switzerland is the first supporter of the Corona system, Apple Google, Huawei beats the iPad in China, the iPhone 11, the best-selling in the world, and Samsung launches a bank card and other news on the sidelines ...

News on the sidelines week 21-28 May


IPhone 11, the best-selling phone in the world

The Omdia Research Center revealed its analysis of phone sales around the world in the first quarter of this year. The center said that the iPhone 11 was able to outperform all devices and achieved 19.5 million selling devices, thus defeating the number of his former brother XR, who previously won the same title a year ago, but with sales at the time of 13.6 million. The list of the top 10 best-selling phones includes 4 iPhones in centers 1, 5, 6 and 8 with a total of 32.2 million sales, 4 Samsung phones in centers 2, 7, 9 and 10 with a total of 17.6 million, and 2 Xiaomi phones in centers 3 and 4, with a total of 12.7 million.


Huawei defeats the iPad in China

An IDC report on the tablet market in China revealed that the first quarter of this year was severely affected by the corona and sales fell 30%, and Huawei was the only one that achieved a positive growth of 4.3%, giving it the lead in the tablet market for the first time, with a share of 40.2%, while Apple retreated. In second place with a share of 31.5%, followed by Xiaomi with a share of 5.5%, Microsoft with 3.2%, and Lenovo with 1.7%. It is noteworthy that the iPad is dominating the main market in sales since its release until now, but it was defeated in China last quarter.


Switzerland's first activation of the Apple-Google system

Switzerland has launched an app that supports the Apple and Google alert feature - see this link- Thus, Switzerland is the first country to provide an application of this new system. The application is called SwissCovid and it is still in the beta phase, as it is intended in the first phase for members of the Swiss army, doctors and public officials and will be available in mid-June to all people in Switzerland. It is noteworthy that Google and Apple had announced that more than 22 countries are currently developing applications to support the system and that the number of countries is constantly increasing.


Apple supports maintenance centers to avoid the impact of corona

A leaked internal memo revealed that Apple intends to support approved maintenance centers around the world in order to reduce the cost resulting from the Corona regulations. The memo clarified that there are costs incurred by maintenance centers, such as protective uniforms, cleaning equipment, and others. Apple will help the centers in these expenses and support them. The support will not be direct "cash". Rather, Apple will increase the returns that they get for the maintenance process.


Court ruling: The FBI has no right to look at your locked phone

A US judge announced that the FBI had broken the law by taking a screen shot of an accused person without prior permission. The FBI had previously arrested a defendant in May 2019, and they looked at his lock screen and found useful information for them in the case, so they took a picture of it. The judge said that searching even the lock screen of an accused person is a breach of privacy and cannot be carried out without prior judicial approval.


All devices will be in sales in 2020

A report by the Gartner Center revealed that sales of all devices will decline in 2020. In general, the global market will witness a decline of 13.5% to reach 1.867 million devices compared to 2.16 million devices sold in 2019. The phone market will decline 14.5%, the computer market 10.5%, and the tablet and Chromebook market will decline by 9.5%.


Samsung launches Samsung Money

It disclosed its “Samsung Money” in cooperation with SoFi Financial. The service is a debit card in the US market, and when used with Samsung Pay, it provides benefits and rewards. Samsung said that your account is without any fees and bonuses will be higher than usual in the US market. It is noteworthy that Google also previously provided its own Debit Cards, while the Apple Card is a credit card.


Samsung controls 80% of iPhone 12 screens and LG will support it

Last week, in an article on the sidelines we talked that Apple decided to share for LG in the family of iPhone 12 coming at the end of this year. This week, more details have been learned. The previous report said that Apple will allocate the iPhone 12 Max with a 6.1-inch screen to LG screens and the rest of the phones with a Samsung screen; The report this week came to tell us more details, which will be as follows:

IPhone 12: It comes with a 5.4-inch screen and will supply Samsung with 30-35 million screens.

◉ For iPhone 12 Max: A 6.1-inch screen will be supplied by LG with a number of 18-23 million screens, supported by BOE with 2 million pieces, and it was said that they will be dedicated to maintenance and renovation.

IPhone 12 Pro: It will come with a 6.1-inch screen and Samsung will supply 15-20 million screens.

IPhone 12 Pro Max: It will have a screen of 6.7. Samsung will also supply the same number as the previous number, 15-20 million screens.

Thus, Samsung controls approximately 80% of the screens of the iPhone 12 family.


Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple admitted that there was an issue with sharing apps on family accounts. And some users had shared an image saying that this app is no longer shared with you. Apple said it had already solved the problem.

◉ A DigiTimes report revealed that Apple has already started manufacturing AirPods Studio headphones. The report said that Apple wants to empty production lines for the AirPods 2, so it has been planning a new studio headset.

◉ Reports revealed that Samsung has started developing processors production lines to support 5nm in order to catch up with its competitor TSMC, which is expected to provide processors for Apple this year with 5nm accuracy.

◉ A report indicated that Apple will add a photosensitive to the next generation of AirPods.

◉ An account specializing in leaks indicated that the iPhone 13 will come without the traditional charging port, but rather will support a smart port similar to the iPad Pro for connection to the keyboard.

◉ SID Corporation's Apple Pro XDR Display of the Year.

◉ Reports revealed that Apple will reopen more than 100 stores around America within a week. The stores will provide technical support services and sales will be online. Apple stores will also provide support service from outside the company's headquarters, "meaning the specialist goes to you outside the headquarters to look at your request."

◉ Apple launched update 10.15.5 for Mac devices and it came to support better battery management and various features.

◉ Apple has updated its Schoolwork educational application on the iPad to come with a completely new design and many other benefits.

Facebook launched a voice chat app called CatchUp. The app comes under the NPE brand of Facebook. And it only works in the United States now.

This app is no longer available on the App Store. :-(

Yesterday, Apple reopened its stores in Japan.

◉ Google announced the availability of YouTube Kids app on Apple TV.

◉ Pictures were leaked that were said to be of the iPhone 13 design models, and a fourth camera on the iPhone appears, which we will see at the end of next year 2021.

◉ Apple announced the addition of the ability to modify and customize Mac devices in India, instead of buying them with default settings, as is the case in countries that do not have Apple stores.

◉ Apple has acquired an artificial intelligence company called Inductiv to help develop Siri services. The company specializes in Machine-Learning.


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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