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Next Apple #iPhone to have curved glass edges and choice of screen sizes – an annotated graphic

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A 21st-century day just wouldn’t feel complete without an Apple iPhone rumour, so without further ado here’s a new one to chew on: iPhones with curved glass edges. Ooh, and a choice of screen sizes, too. Just like, err, arch-rivals Samsung’s product range (those guys are back in court again…). Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we hereby present to you the Apple iPhablet. Possibly. Apparently frustrated at the visible bezel around the iPhone screen edge, Apple is rumoured to be working on curved-glass edges to rid their flagship mopho of unsightly edges. Presumably visible bezels are the tech design equivalent of … Continue reading Next Apple #iPhone to have curved glass edges and choice of screen sizes – an annotated graphic

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#Apple iPhone 5 rumours – an annotated graphic

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The self-perpetuating interwebs rumour mill continues to churn out Apple iPhone 5 rumours all the live long day, with most consensus coalescing around the notions of an flagship iPhone 5S, with enhanced Security features, and a new iPhone 5C, decked out in snazzy touch-esque Colours and made of plastic, not aluminium. As ever with Apple, we won’t know until they tell us, but in the meantime consider this infographic our small contribution to the mountain of Apple rumour. And consider this collected page of E&T news our contribution to the mountain of actual Apple fact. Click on the graphic for … Continue reading #Apple iPhone 5 rumours – an annotated graphic

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New #Apple iPhones under consideration – an annotated graphic

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Whilst this is all pure conjecture, people are positing Apple’s next move to a range of cheaper, smaller iPhones in the battle for marketplace supremacy vs arch-rival Samsung. Given Apple’s preference for premium products, it seems unlikely that we’ll see a $99 plastic iPhone – that would be even cheaper than an iPod touch. Then again, looking at the colour concept in the graphic here and looking at the new graphic style of iOS7, the two would seem to go together nicely. If it happens, you’ll find us at the head of the queue. Who could resist one at a … Continue reading New #Apple iPhones under consideration – an annotated graphic

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Apple unveils iOS7 – an annotated graphic

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Apple iOS7 – another mish-mash of vowels, consonants and numbers that has come to mean so much to so many people in the 21st century. The fine detail of this new iPhone operating system is of course already being discussed to death all over the interwebs, following its announcement by Apple on Monday evening. We here at E&T strive to remain at all times as supple as a reed and not rigid as a cedar, so we’re happy to go with the trending flow and throw this infographic out there for folk to pore over. OK, let the poring commence! … Continue reading Apple unveils iOS7 – an annotated graphic

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Apple hits the skids – market share down, share price down

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OMG! The polish is off Apple’s crown. It finally happened. Well, we say finally, but we’re old enough to still remember the days when Apple wasn’t the technological tastemaker it is now and was requiring of a $10 million loan from Microsoft just to stay afloat. Imagine such a thing happening now. Without the help of Bill Gates, maybe no iPod, maybe no iPhone, maybe no iPad. And definitely no Surface, arf! Never mind the “Redmond, start your photocopiers” jibes, though – Apple insiders knew the real score. Anyhoo, all this is just our way of saying enjoy this infographic, … Continue reading Apple hits the skids – market share down, share price down

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Apple shares hit record high, iPhone 5 does quite well, OMG!, etc

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Apple up, Blackberry down. No fruit-based quips here. We’re talking hard currency. Man, we wish we’d bought Apple shares in the mid-1990s. E&T news covered the release of the Apple iPhone 5 today. We also have our ever-growing compendium of Apple-related news stories. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Apple shares hit record high, iPhone 5 does quite well, OMG!, etc

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Smart phone conflict metals – an annotated graphic

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With the world positively agog at the release by Apple of its iPhone 5, and with similar gadgets from the likes of Nokia and Samsung wowing the masses lately, it seemed an apposite moment to share this graphic about the issue of conflict minerals potentially used in their production. The Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that companies like Apple must scrutinise the sources of four metals used in the production of such shiny high-tech trinkets and baubles as the iPhone 5, in order to determine that human rights abuses are not being committed during their mining. Tin, Tantalum, Gold … Continue reading Smart phone conflict metals – an annotated graphic

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Apple iPhone 5 – an annotated graphic

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Hell yeah, we’re more than happy to jump on the iPhone 5 bandwagon and ride those shiny high-tech Cupertino rails all the way in to the Web 2.0 sunset. Today’s graphic is concerned with what well-informed folk on the interwebs (or “gossips”, as we used to call them last century) believe the iPhone 5 will deliver. New display, new casing material, various holes moved about a bit, that sort of thing. Naturally, we’re disappointed at the iPhone still not being a hover phone and the less said about the absence of a toothpick and a tool for getting stones out … Continue reading Apple iPhone 5 – an annotated graphic

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Apple posts record sales – an annotated graphic

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Apple does well selling iPhones an’ that shocker! Looks like the world and his wife still craves a new iPhone, as Apple’s quarter profits from October-December went through the iRoof. E&T has a full facts and figures news story about Apple’s success. In the meantime, here’s a neat graphical digest of the headline stats. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Apple posts record sales – an annotated graphic

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Apple Q4 results – an annotated graphic

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What would Steve do? For the first time in six years, Apple has missed its own voraciously high  sales expectations. Believe you me, your correspondent worked for Apple for a while earlier this century (pre-iPhone, if you can even remember such a time, what an age we live in, etc) and Apple always set aggressively ambitious sales targets for every month of the year. Even in February, the retail graveyard month! Of course, in the crazy world of stockholders,  announcing that you’re not going to achieve your own self-set high standards is a cue for capricious market lenders to decide … Continue reading Apple Q4 results – an annotated graphic