The iPhone 5 is a nice device, particularly for those who did not yet have an iPhone or were still using an old model.
Cook has been criticized for failing here, either with clear mistakes such as letting a faulty maps app through, or simply by not coming up with an iPhone or other product deemed as exciting as previous models.
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Consumers can interrogate this server from a PC or iPhone to see not only the consumption pattern of various appliances attached to smart plugs around the home, but also to send instructions back to switch them on or off.
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The fact that it is being held the day before Apple's launch suggests either that the network does not have a deal to sell the new iPhone, or that the device will not be compatible with its particular brand of 4G.
Just looking at China, that country has 122 million consumers who do not yet use an iPhone or Android device, but could afford one.
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While the BB10 may help spur a replacement cycle inside of the existing user base, the real question is whether or not it can get iPhone and Android users to switch.
Another nice feature available on the Android, but not Google's iPhone app or Apple's software, is that the phone's screen enters a night mode when you're driving at night.
Some online-only mobile phone distribution sites like Wirefly allow subscribers with any carrier to get an Android for free or little cost, while the iPhone is not distributed there.
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Not just to the point where iPhone or Android users have to pay more to use spectrum.
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The reality is that Blackberry handsets are only smartphones in a technical sense, but not near as smart as the iPhone or Androids.
While we might not see new iterations of the iPhone or an updated iPad mini with a Retina display, Cook might introduce the aforementioned Mac Pro as well as the long-rumored iRadio music subscription service.
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So unless you have to have the iPhone 5, not the 4 or 4S, and you really need unlimited minutes, not 1, 200 a month or fewer, you might want to think twice before running off to Walmart.
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While the ability to create marvelous hair bows, or nail designs or remarkable iPhone apps may win rave reviews among your friends and fans, your idea may or may not be the genesis of a viable business.
Clearly, an iWatch launch, even with aggressive assumptions, will not have the earnings impact that the iPhone or iPad had for Apple.
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What is not included on any platform (Android, iPhone or Windows) is a built-in QR code scanner.
If you're using a non-NFC device like an iPhone or a Sony WiFi camera, then worry not -- it's possible to achieve the same results using WiFi alone, and you can also use an SD card or USB to get data across.
But that love, in the case of the iPhone, is not just about how it looks or how it feels in our hand.
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Older Android devices that can't be upgraded to newer versions of the OS or run newer apps are no different than an iPhone from 2007 not being updated to OS 4.
Google Play has by far the larger number of downloads compared to Apple but the owners of lower priced phones are simply not buying apps or songs like high-priced iPhone owners do.
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It's one thing to see Photoshop upon Photoshop of a device that may or may not exist (just think of how many iPhone concepts we got inundated with), but it's quite another to see it in the flesh.
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Contrary to early speculation, Apple did not announce an iPhone that runs on the 4G technologies LTE or WiMax.
Additive manufacturing is not yet good enough to make a car or an iPhone, but it is already being used to make specialist parts for cars and customised covers for iPhones.
Insiders claim that while Apple pays someone (likely an organization) to get its products into Hollywood projects, it does not actually pay TV networks or studios to feature the iPhone or the iPad.
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There are many reasons but the biggest two are the 36% gross margin guidance for the December quarter (after actuals of 40% in the September quarter and 47.4% in the March quarter) and multiple cuts by Street analysts of iPhone manufacturing plans based on channel checks (which may or not be accurate but there are enough of them to be a concern).
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Turn-by-turn is not supported on the iPhone 4 and earlier, the first iPad or any iPad without cellular, or the iPod touch.
Think of Apple not permitting apps on the iPhone that compete with Apple services, or a cable company barring access to specific VoIP services on the Internet.
The references to the new iPhone and iOS 7 did not reveal any clues about new hardware or software features.
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These standards do not apply to tablets or phones as yet: so iPad and iPhone sales will be entirely unaffected.
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