Ondrej Holzman It is said that Steve Jobs would approve the acquisition of Beats, Touch ID is also expected to appear in iPads this year, and Apple has begun a massive fight in China against leaks of the specifications of upcoming products...
Touch ID should also appear on iPads this year, says another estimate (May 26)
According to many, it is a clear thing, it has been speculated about practically since the arrival. With additional information that Touch ID will appear this year in addition to the iPhone 6 also in the iPad Air and iPad mini, the well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities has now come, who only confirmed his previous claims. Deliveries of Touch ID modules should increase by 233% this year, and Kuo believes that this is precisely because Apple can also mount them in new generations of its iPads.
Source: MacRumors
Apple reportedly lost the battle to acquire Renesas (May 27)
Apple was reportedly in talks with the Japanese company Renesas about its takeover for around half a billion dollars. However, negotiations failed to make progress, and according to Reuters, the maker of chips for powering displays turned its attention to Synaptics. This company develops several interface technologies (for example, drivers for touchpads in notebooks) and is also a long-term supplier of Apple.
Renesas is Apple's only supplier in terms of LCD chips, and is thus an important link in the entire chain for Apple. It was speculated that Apple would want to secure even more control over the production of components by acquiring the company, but at least for the time being this deal is likely to fall through.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple paid $2,5 billion for Beats Electronics, half a billion for Beats Music (29/5)
Already at the announcement of the giant acquisition of Beats by Apple, it was known that the price had risen to three billion dollars. Later, more detailed information about the price also appeared, and it seems that Apple paid $2,5 billion for Beats Electronics, the hardware part of the company that produces, for example, iconic headphones, and $500 million for Beats Music, a music streaming service. According to sources familiar with Beats' operations, the company generated nearly $1,5 billion in sales last year, all of which came from hardware since the Beats Music service didn't launch until January 2014.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple Hires 200 Security Agents in China to Stop Information Leaks (30/5)
It seems that Apple has already run out of patience with the constant efforts to release the shape of the upcoming iPhone 6 to the public. Various information arrives from China almost daily, either directly about the form of the new Apple phone, or at least in the form of accessories that are supposed to reveal how the new device will be to look like. According to Sonny Dickson, which became famous for leaking the iPhone 5 and other products, Apple has now launched a massive operation in China to ensure that similar leaks do not happen again. The Californian company has reportedly reached out to the Chinese government and deployed 200 security agents throughout the event to catch anyone selling accessories such as packaging or their specifications to the media.
Source: Cult Of Mac
Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs would support Beats acquisition (30/5)
According to Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs' biography, the late Apple co-founder would have approved the giant's acquisition of Beats. In particular, Isaacson poked fun at the close relationship between Jobs and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine. According to the writer, the two shared a love of music and that Jobs would certainly like to welcome someone as capable as Iovine into his company. "I think Jimmy is the best talent scout in the music business right now, which is in line with Apple's DNA," Isaacson said in an interview with NBC.
Source: MacRumors
The case of e-books will continue, Apple did not succeed in delaying it (30.)
The court that will decide on damages in the e-book price-fixing case will start on July 14, and Apple is unlikely to do anything about it. The appeals court did not hear Apple's request to postpone the case, and in mid-July Judge Denise Cote should decide on the sentence. You can find complete coverage of the entire case <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>.
Source: Macworld
A week in a nutshell
This past week clearly had one huge theme – Beats and Apple. Indeed, the Californian giant decided on a giant acquisition when He bought Beats for three billion dollars. This is by far the largest acquisition, which Apple has ever done, however Tim Cook is convinced that this is the right move.
Another topic that has been discussed frequently is the WWDC developer conference. It starts already on Monday and Apple will broadcast its main keynote live. At another Code conference, Eddy Cue then announced that he had his company for this year ready the best products he has ever seen in Apple. However, it is not clear whether we will see them already at WWDC. Many here expect at least a new one home control platform.
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What do you think, is it him? Shall we dock tomorrow?
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I would say no http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/26yhb0/did_apple_accidentally_reveal_the_iphone_6_during/chvpgl8
I'm afraid that this is really an iPhone 6 :/ at least the internet is full of this particular form.... I would be sorry if Apple gave up the "Apple" design of the iPhone 4-5S :)) ... in my opinion, they partially tried the roundness on the iPhone 5C, and since the phone really holds better, the iPhone 6 is also inspired by it :(
He'll probably look like this, but I don't think he'll be introduced tomorrow. Anyway, those antenna partitions and thick frames are disgusting.
It won't happen tomorrow, but knowing what the iPhone will look like a quarter of a year before the presentation is also one of the reasons why Apple bought those agents, in my opinion... like LG, for example, they put up with the fact that they don't hide it, and so the design and features the flagship showed the ships even before the official launch :D and they saved on agents and avoided the various conjectures and speculations and in the end nobody was actually disappointed, because everyone already knew what and how...