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People often get caught up in year-over-year performance improvements when looking at chips, but while there is a small percentage of Apple iPhone customers who upgrade every year and some more users who upgrade every two years due to upgrade plans, the vast majority of consumers upgrade every 3-4 years. iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone…
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Starting today, May 21st, users can get their hands on the all-new powerful M1 iMac, the M1 iPad Pro, and the next generation of Apple TV 4K at Apple Store locations and authorized resellers around the world. Customers who already ordered their new products will begin receiving deliveries Friday. Apple’s M1 is the first personal…
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Apple released a small, 4.7-inch iPhone SE priced at $399 on Wednesday, cutting the starting price for the company’s smartphone line in a move to broaden its appeal to budget-conscious customers as the coronavirus hobbles the global economy. Apple’s powerful iPhone SE starts at just $399 Stephen Nellis for Reuters: The lower-cost model could also…
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“Last month, we conducted a study on iPhone X owners. Most of the respondents in our survey were from the US, but we did have pockets of respondents from many parts of Europe,” Ben Bajarin writes for Tech.pinions. “Our study intentionally focused on the early adopter part of the market due to this cohort being…
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“Rumor has it Apple is planning an event for this spring, so it’s time to break down the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, AirPods, and AirPower updates with industry analyst Ben Bajarin,” Rene Ritchie writes for iMore. Some snippets: Rene: The biggest rumor is iPad. There’s been a number of sources that’ve talked about new…
“Analyst Horace Dediu expects the average selling price (or ASP) for the Apple Watch to be $400 in its first 12 months of sales,” Adam Rogers reports for Market Realist. “Dediu also projected Apple Watch shipments to reach 21 million units in the first 12 months, generating revenues of $8.4 billion.” “Analyst Ben Bajarin of…
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“The beginning of my experience with the iPad Pro started with thinking I would use it with the intent that it could replace my laptop. In fact, I was going to write this article with that in mind,” Ben Bajarin writes for Tech.pinions. “I realized quickly that the iPad Pro could easily replace my laptop…
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“We have two very different things happening in the smartphone world. We have Apple, who is growing smartphone share in many regions where people said iPhone peaked, raising ASPs, and capturing new customers switching from Android,” Ben Bajarin writes for Tech.pinions. “Then we have Samsung, who has quite a different circumstance. Samsung’s mobile phone unit…
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“From our own research, I had long questioned whether the heavy scrutiny by many in the tech elite was representative of the true mass market sentiment toward the Apple Watch,” Ben Bajarin reports for Tech.pinions. “This was what the folks at Wristly and I set out to discover.” “We found 34% of Apple Watch buyers…
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“Ben Bajarin mentioned on last Friday’s Techpinions podcast that he’s been learning a lot about the Apple Watch market — and, by extension, the wearable computer market — by monitoring a panel of early Watch adopters,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “We asked him for sneak peek.” “It’s from Wristly, the survey outfit he’s working…
