Amaya Toman Apple sold more smartphones than Samsung last year. Of course, this stark message actually has a much wider context, which we will cover in our summary today. In addition, it will also talk about the first responses to the Vision Pro headset or how Apple will get around the ban on the sale of the Apple Watch in the US.
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First Vision Pro tests
Over the past week, Apple has held sessions with media representatives and creators on social media, among other things, to give them a chance to try out the Vision Pro headset. The first reactions to the Vision Pro are already starting to appear on the networks, although the headset as such will not land on store shelves until the second day of February. The editors of the Engadget, The Verge and the Wall Street Journal reported on the headset. As for the negatives, a number of testers agreed on only one thing – higher weight and the associated reduced comfort when wearing the Vision Pro. While photos of testers with the headset on literally flooded Twitter, we will probably have to wait a while for more detailed data on usage and control.
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Apple beat Samsung in smartphone sales
In the middle of last week, a report appeared on the Internet, according to which Apple sold more smartphones than rival Samsung last year. In addition, Apple is the only company in the top 3 that recorded positive growth last year. Samsung clearly ruled the market mainly thanks to the variety of its portfolio, which included both cheap and high-end models. It was in the field of cheaper smartphones that Samsung's competition grew, which was one of the factors that allowed Apple to place itself on the first row. The bronze position was taken by Xiaomi.
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Flying around the world with Apple "Crunched" Apple Watch in the US
Apple will sell the Apple Watch stripped of the pulse oximetry feature in the United States. According to available information, Apple will at least temporarily remove the feature from the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models sold in the US. The change would allow Apple to circumvent a ban on the import and sale of Apple Watch models with blood oxygen monitoring, which was ordered last year by the US International Trade Commission after it ruled that Apple infringed Masimo's pulse oximetry patents. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has begun shipping modified Apple Watch models to retail stores in the US, but it's unclear when they will go on sale. Apple has not yet commented on the matter.
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The handle? Fraud
“Apple had a solution to get around the ban on selling watches. However, the court overturned it"