Lukáš Gondek In the last weeks of 2015, the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung was resolved again, iPhones were the most sold at Christmas and speculation about a new generation of Apple phones continued...
2008 and 2009 Macs Already 'Obsolete' (22/12)
Apple has added new devices to its list vintage and outdated of products, which indicates products that Apple support is very limited or not supported at all. As vintage Apple evaluates devices that have been out of production for more than five years and less than seven years and can still be repaired in some regions. Obsolete the products are then not produced for more than seven years. iMacs, MacBooks and Mac Pros from 2009 have thus been listed as vintage in the US and Turkey, but are obsolete in other parts of the world. MacBooks, the Apple Cinema Display and Time Capsule from 2008 are marked as obsolete worldwide, as is the first generation 32GB iPod Touch.
Source: MacRumors, AppleInsider
Apple is asking Samsung for an additional $179 million in compensation (December 24)
Just three weeks after Samsung finally agreed to pay $548 million for infringing Apple's design and technology patents, the California company decided to sue Samsung for an additional $179 million in additional damages and $2012 million in interest. The additional damages relate to continued violations of the August 750 court ruling and are calculated based on sales of the Samsung Galaxy SII, which the South Korean company sold until the following spring. If Apple gets the full amount, it will receive a total of less than $XNUMX million from Samsung, a fraction of Samsung's earnings from its copied phones.
Source: AppleInsider
At Christmas, half of the new activated Apple devices were (28/12)
According to published statistics from analytics firm Flurry, Apple was once again in the lead in newly activated devices over the Christmas holidays. 49,1 percent of activated devices in the United States were from Apple, down 2,2 percentage points from last year after the launch of the larger iPhone 6, but still well ahead of Samsung's 19,8 percent share. The mentioned drop of two percentage points then appeared precisely in the activations of the South Korean company's devices.
In other places are Nokia, LG and Xiaomi with shares equal to or less than 2 percent.
The larger of the two iPhones, the iPhone 6s Plus, has been activated by 12 percent of new owners of Apple products this year, dwarfing activations of the smaller iPhone 6s. It is interesting that last year's largest iPhone decreased interest in tablets, in contrast to this year's decreased interest in smaller smartphones. Even so, iPhones 6 and 6s accounted for 65 percent of new Apple device activations, tablets then 14 percent, with less than one percent represented by the gigantic iPad Pro.
Source: MacRumors
Apple's new hardware chief Johny Srouji received nearly $10 million in stock (29/12)
Johny Srouji to the position of head of hardware got it only a few weeks ago, already in October, he received 90 shares from Apple, which at the current price of $270 per share is worth almost $107 million. In total, Srouji now owns $10 million worth of Apple stock. The new shares will be paid to Srouji at half-yearly intervals until October 34. Apple often rewards its employees in this way - for example, Tim Cook received 2019 shares in August, Angela Ahrendtsová received 560 after joining the company. I've been running them at Apple since 113 and is instrumental in the development of the A-series chips.
Source: MacRumors
iPhone 6C is supposed to have a bigger battery than iPhone 5S, iPhone 7 is supposed to be waterproof (December 29)
According to a Chinese website Mydrive the alleged iPhone 6C will have a larger battery than the iPhone 5S, but perhaps only by a few tens of mAh. According to Foxconn employees, the 4-inch iPhone 6C will feature an A9 chip, 2GB of RAM, Touch ID, and the same cover glass as the iPhone 6. Production should begin this month, and the announcement should take place in March, and it could hit shelves get a smaller iPhone already in April.
We also received news about the iPhone 7, because it could continue the trend of the iPhone 6 and 6s, where customers could observe increased water resistance, and become the first iPhone that is completely waterproof. There is also talk of the use of a new material that would allow Apple to place the phone's antenna in a hidden location, and iPhones could do away with the much-criticized stripes. A design change is expected from the iPhone 7, and one of them could also be a unified Lightning port, into which both the charger and headphones would be connected.
Source: MacRumors (2)
In Germany, the price of iPhones and iPads rose slightly due to copyright fees (January 1)
Apple slightly raised iPhone and iPad prices in Germany on New Year's Day, due to new private copying fees agreed by German trade association Bitkom. iPhones 6s, 6s Plus and 5s became more expensive by 5 euros, iPads Air 2, Air, Mini 4, Mini 2 and Pro by 8 euros. Since Apple is a Bitkom member, it didn't have to raise prices by 6,25 euros for phones and 8,75 euros for tablets, as it did for non-members. Germany now allows consumers to make private copies of songs and other recordable media and store them on devices like the iPhone or iPad.
Source: MacRumors
A week in a nutshell
In December, Apple users received two gifts – Apple Music se discovered not only the legendary The Beatles, but also a recording of Taylor Swift's biggest concert, which the singer exclusively did she issued for Apple service. You are Tim Cook he complained to a tax system that he says is built for the industrial age, not digital, and Apple as a company too she fenced against Great Britain's surveillance law, which is said to threaten the security of personal data.
Chief White House photographer se he boasted with great photos taken with the iPhone camera. The same camera that all iPhone users use, has 200 parts and 800 people work on it. Apple too settled disputes with Ericsson, he will be paid part of the earnings from the iPhone, and to his ranks gained weight recognized personality in the marketing industry - Tora Myhren.
