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The big iPad at the beginning of 2015, Samsung attacks in another ad, the iconic Apple Store received a patent for its design and Tim Cook does not see a problem in the decline of iPad sales.

Tim Cook: The decline in iPad sales is not a problem (August 26)

In a short interview with Re/Code magazine, Tim Cook mentioned the decline in iPad sales, which in the third quarter of this year were over a million fewer than in the third quarter of 2013. since their introduction. What's been happening recently is just a minor setback, the same one we've seen with all our devices," Cook noted, noting that Apple has sold 225 million iPads in four years, and also said that the entire tablet market is only "in its infancy". According to him, iPads can still be significantly improved. This would also correspond with the recent news that Apple is planning to release a 12,9-inch "iPad Pro" with ultra-high resolution next year, which will be aimed mainly at employees of large companies. However, Apple is not the only company with declines in tablet sales, Samsung and Microsoft also experienced the same declines.

Source: MacRumors

Bloomberg: 2015-inch iPad to arrive in early 12,9 (27/8)

According to unnamed sources, Apple plans to release a 2015-inch iPad in the first half of 12,9. The Californian company is said to have been negotiating with suppliers for over a year to create a larger touch screen. The new iPad would thus join the current 9,7-inch and 7,9-inch Apple tablets, which Tim Cook also wants to update, according to the source, before the start of the Christmas season. Potential customers are employees of companies in which a larger Apple tablet could replace laptops. Even Cook himself promises an increase in iPad sales from the partnership with IBM. To a greater extent, Apple also wants to get iPads into education and government organizations - the share of customers from these sectors in total sales in the last quarter increased compared to last year.

Source: Bloomberg

Apple granted a patent for the iconic glass design of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue (28/8)

The Californian company received a patent last week for the unique design of the Apple Store on New York's Fifth Avenue. It was already requested in October 2012, and eight investors, including the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, are the authors of the idea. The iconic store opened in May 2006 and was designed by the architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. In 2011, it underwent a significant reconstruction, during which the original 90 glass panels were replaced by the current 15 panels.

Source: MacRumors

Samsung claims iPad is thick and heavy in new ad (29/8)

Samsung has published a video on its YouTube channel in which people on the streets of New York compare the Galaxy Tab S and the iPad Air. When comparing, passers-by recognize that the tablet from Samsung is noticeably lighter, thinner and has a brighter display than the iPad. The video also mentions that the Galaxy Tab S features a display that has a million more pixels than the iPad's display. At the end, all those interviewed decide on the Galaxy Tab S, and the video ends with the slogan “Thinner. More clear. Lighter.”

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Source: MacRumors

Apple will appeal the latest court decision (August 29)

Court this week already several times decided to the detriment of Apple, which it did not comply with in its request to ban sales of selected Samsung products. While it might seem that such a decision could help to gradually make peace between the two companies, Apple said that it intends to appeal against this decision as well.

Source: Macworld

A week in a nutshell

The past week was very rich in speculation about new Apple products. The only information released was official - new apple products see you for the first time on September 9. It is practically clear that we will see new iPhones, but seems, that together with them, Apple will introduce the much-awaited wearable device.

As for that wearable, it should be introduced already, but will go on sale in a few months. This would also be one of the reasons why no parts of it have been leaked yet. The biggest weapon of the new iPhone supposed to be NFC technology associated with solvency.

Apple also announced exchange programme for defective batteries in iPhone 5 and we tried it in the editorial office smart mini car by TobyRich.

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