Page 14 - Latest Updates on Apple iPhone
Apple makes iPhones worth Rs 1 trillion in FY24; exceeds PLI target
It has also exceeded its target for the third year in which the eligibility for incentives were pegged at a maximum of Rs 75,000 crore for the three vendors
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Apple Days sale: Vijay Sales announces offers on iPhones, MacBooks and more
Vijay Sales' Apple Days sale starts from March 16 and is valid until March 24. In the sale, there are discounts and bank offers applicable across Apple products, including iPhones and MacBooks
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Apple to pay $490 mn for misleading investors about iPhone sales in China
Thousands of shareholders who bought Apple stock in late 2018 could be eligible for a piece of the settlement
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Explained: Apple to allow apps download on iPhone from websites, but...
Apple is opening up its iPhone ecosystem in the EU, developers will still have to jump over a lot of hurdles to offer apps directly from their website
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Apple to ease switching to Android smartphones from iPhones in the EU
Apple plans to build on existing third-party options for migrating data from an iPhone to a smartphone with different operating system
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Apple considers changing iPhone SE design to deploy big display, Face ID
The current generation Apple iPhone SE has a dated design, featuring a 4.7-inch display, Touch ID, and a single camera sensor on the rear
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iOS 17.4: Apple to display elaborative battery health information on iPhone
Currently in beta, iOS 17.4 for iPhone shows detailed battery health information under two new option - Battery Health and Charging Optimisation. Read on for details
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Workers at Apple supplier Flex stage one-day strike, seek wage hike
The workers requested wage raises for the next three years but could not reach an amicable resolution, according to the letter
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Apple's longest-serving designer to depart company, adding to exodus
Bart Andre, who joined Apple in 1992 alongside Ive, told colleagues this month that he is retiring, according to people familiar with the matter
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Apple working on clamshell-style iPhone; foldable iPad in the works too
Apple's foldable devices are likely in their early stages of development and are not expected for mass production until next year
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Meta to let iPhone 15 Pro users upload spatial videos on Quest VR headsets
Support for spatial videos is one of the several new features coming to Meta's Quest line of virtual reality headsets on February 7. Below are the details
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Apple to open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe
Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise
Technology giant Foxconn's CEO Young Liu honoured with Padma Bhushan
The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Taiwanese technology giant Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), Young Liu, was honoured with the Padma Bhushan on Thursday
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Apple to jump queue for TSMC's industry-first 2-nanometer chips: Report
TSMC has been increasing the production capacity in response to significant customer orders, according to a news report in Korea's DigiTimes Asia
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Death Stranding Director's Cut arriving on select Apple devices on Jan 31
The Death Stranding Director's Cut video game will bring cross-over content from Valve Corporation's HALF-LIFE series and CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077
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Apple pips Samsung to become top global smartphone brand in 2023: Report
According to IDC, Apple recorded an all-time high market share of over 20 per cent in 2023, driving it ahead of Samsung that recorded a market share of 19.4 per cent in the same year
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3nm chip to faster 5G: What analysts expect from Apple iPhone 16 series
According to 9To5Mac, citing a note by technology analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 16 series would feature Apple 3nm chips across all models but in different configurations and different 5G modems
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iPhone sales slump in China, volumes to decline further, says Jefferies
The iPhone maker's latest generation got off to an atypically sluggish start in China last year, which most recently expanded to a 30 per cent year-on-year decline
India fastest growing premium smartphone market globally in 2023: Report
Globally, Apple continued to be the market leader in premium segment, which is likely to capture close to one-fourth of the global smartphone market sales in 2023 - according to Counterpoint report
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iPhone hack: Chandrashekhar rebuts Washington Post, calls it 'half facts'
In a story published on December 27 in association with Amnesty the Washington Post had reported that certain journalists had been targeted with the spyware on their iPhones
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