Page 2 - Latest Updates on Apple Inc
Apple Watch Series 11 review: Refines performance but adds limited features
Apple Watch Series 11 brings incremental changes in durability, connectivity and battery efficiency. Headline health feature, hypertension detection, is absent in India, making upgrades situational
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Apple designer Abidur Chowdhury, who introduced iPhone Air leaves company
Chowdhury spent over six years at Apple, joining in 2019 soon after design chief Jony Ive's exit, which marked the end of an era dating back to Steve Jobs' time
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Apple sales up 7.9% to $102.5 bn; earnings top estimates at $1.85 per share
Services remained Apple's fastest-growing segment while iPhone revenue increased 6.1% to $49 billion in the September quarter, helped by the new models
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US halving China fentanyl tariff may prompt Apple to rethink India plans
US tariff cut on Chinese goods renders India's higher production costs unsustainable, threatening the recent surge in iPhone exports
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Apple shipped 4.9 mn iPhones to India in Jul-Sep 2025, most in a quarter
What's more, the Cupertino-based technology giant's India shipments accounted for 9 per cent of its global iPhone volumes in the quarter, another record
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Apple lobbies Centre to change tax law on high-end iPhone machinery
In China, Apple procures the machines used to make iPhones and gives them to its contract manufacturers, and is not subject to tax even though it still owns them
Apple to expand smart home mfg with tabletop robot and home hub in Vietnam
For the upcoming home hub and the later robot, the company is teaming up with BYD Co, a Chinese firm best known for its electric vehicles but increasingly involved in Apple's hardware supply chain
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iPhone 17 Pro Max review: Apple polishes its flagship to perfection, almost
The iPhone 17 Pro Max refines Apple's flagship formula with enhanced camera quality, smoother performance, and better endurance without changing what works
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Trump plans to mandate 1:1 ratio of locally produced to imported chips
The Trump administration aims to have chip companies in the US manufacture the same number of semiconductors as their customers import from overseas
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OpenAI partners with Apple supplier Luxshare to build AI hardware device
The device is currently a prototype under development and is expected to be pocket-sized and aware of context, designed to work closely with the ChatGPT parent's artificial intelligence models
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Orange crush: India answers Apple's call as iPhone 17 pre-orders leap 40%
The momentum is supported by an initial dipstick study from Counterpoint Research, which indicates that entry-level iPhone 17 is likely to outperform last year's iPhone 16 in sales in Indian market
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US FDA clears Apple Watch feature rollout for hypertension detection
Apple said the new hypertension notification feature will be available on Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, Series 11, and the premium Ultra 2 and Ultra 3 models before the end of September
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iPhone 17 series: Air takes centre stage; big upgrades for base, Pro models
Apple iPhone 17 series debuts with thinnest-ever iPhone Air, 120Hz ProMotion display on base model, and all-48MP cameras on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. All you need to know
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Apple event may lack sparkle, but rumored iPhone Air could drive upgrades
Apple would need to iron out how to pack batteries and cameras into a thinner device, analysts said, and seek to price it between the base iPhone 17 models and more expensive Pro models
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Apple's India sales hit record $9 billion on high demand, big retail push
The outsized jump - which hasn't been previously reported - is a boost for the California-based company at a time it's grappling with plateauing mobile device sales around the world
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Apple loses key AI talent as robotics researcher jumps ship to join Meta
The fresh exits include robotics lead Jian Zhang and members of the Foundation Models team, triggering concerns about Apple's shift toward external AI and declining staff morale
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Apple ramps up India production as peak festival season approaches
Production ramps up, exports soar, and the US market takes 78% of shipments in the first half of 2025
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Apple sues China's Oppo, accuses ex-employee of stealing 'trade secrets'
Apple has filed numerous suits in recent years accusing ex-employees and rival companies of breaching contracts and stealing valuable intellectual property
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UK agreed to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple, says Tulsi Gabbard
This comes after the UK government in January compelled the iPhone maker to disable its most advanced feature on user data stored in cloud services
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Apple reportedly filed patent for all-glass iPhone: Here's how it may look
Patent outlines six-sided glass enclosure with touch-sensitive displays on every surface, hinting at Apple's futuristic vision for the iPhone
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