As you would know, Verizon pleaded to Mike and Jim to give them a decent Apple phone competitor.
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Ever tried to switch from an Apple phone to an Android or from a Dell to an iBook?
Its screen and camera resolution beat the iPhone 5's and I found its pictures to be slightly better than those from the Apple phone, which is nearly a year old.
Those who looked at the Blackberry storm assoicated the look of that phone with Apple, and only 4.7% of those surveyed associated the look of that phone with Apple.
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Unit sales of the fourth-generation Apple smart phone for the quarter ending in September were 14.1 million, topping even optimistic forecasts.
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The general consensus is that weekend sales were strong, but not "iPhone" great, with many noting that sales likely fell below the first Apple smart phone launch two years ago.
With Apple making the phone thinner, longer and packing more into the phone, the Cupertino, Calif.
Apple competes with phone makers like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, and Google.
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Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has a problem: He's taken Apple into the phone business with the iPhone.
Apple had asked Koh to punish Samsung by ruling that Apple's phone design patents were valid, and had been infringed.
On mobile, a new ESPNFC app launches giving fans access to its content wherever they are, available on Apple, Windows Phone and Android handsets.
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Yet even that might only be getting the attention it does because the iPhone 4 is, presumably, the only phone Apple will introduce this year.
If Google has phone aspirations, then Chairman Schmidt's seat on Apple's board gives him a peek into the operations of Apple's new phone partner, Cingular Wireless.
But prior to its obliteration by Apple, mobile phone giant Nokia was a major player in the development of emerging market infrastructure, applications and capability raising.
The iPhone remains a growth engine for Apple and the phone's popularity in Asia was a factor behind the company's robust earnings for its most recent quarter.
On the other hand, selling more iPhones will hurt reported profits, as the carriers absorb the hit from the substantial subsidy they pay Apple for every phone sold.
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During Apple's earnings call in January, CEO Tim Cook said Apple keeps its phone sizes relatively small because it believes that is the perfect form factor for most people.
While there were not any leading innovations, Apple updated the phone with all of the newest, fastest and smartest technology available, while also improving the look and feel of the device.
The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.
The most radical design feature: an antenna that wrapped around the edge of the phone, allowing Apple to pack a bigger battery into the phone and make it thinner than previous models.
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Forging ahead despite the cell carriers' chilly reception to the whole iTunes phone concept, Apple plans to unleash its iTunes software for mobile phone by June.
The next two years are Apple years, as smart phone and tablet markets grow like mushrooms, and Apple takes share of market and adds new carriers.
To offer a phone that works on Verizon network, Apple will have to build a phone based on a different wireless standard than the iPhone uses now.
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But if the phone is reflective of Apple and Motorola's launch, it's likely to underwhelm analysts and Apple fans who have been waiting for an iTunes phone since July 2004, when Motorola Chief Executive EdZanderEd Zander first announced plans to roll one out.
But since Apple already dominates smart-phone sales through existing partners, "sooner rather than later, Apple is going to have to look to find incremental distribution, " said Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi.
The commercial for the new phone plays up Apple's penchant for secrecy, with a pair of men marching a case with the new phone into a secure compound.
Apple has a good phone and had record profits but its share price was halved.
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It would be out of character for Apple to announce another phone only eight months later.
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