Monday, July 13, 2015


iPhone reaps dominant 92% of handset industry's profits




iOS v Windows and immunity to disruption 

Mac growth stands at about 27% ahead of PC growth






Rumor: Apple 'cautious' in placing orders for late 2015 launch of 12.9" 'iPad Pro'







IDC's owner hated Steve Jobs, and Gartner is in large part owned by Bill Gates

IDC and Gartner botch PC shipment statistics for Q2, especially when it comes to Apple



In the end, it will take Apple to clarify their PC sales (not shipments) for Q2 because IDC and Gartner have botched their statistics in some way that makes their findings completely unreliable.






Apple's iPhone 6 mania has competitors like Xiaomi & Samsung racing to compete for the bottom end of the market



"It is seemed that the reason why effect of Galaxy S6 wasn't so great is because IPhone 6 was so popular that it took away all demands for other premium phones." We added that "Yes, the iPhone 6's success sucked the wind right out of the entire market." Oh how true that is. 




Yep! Looking more and more like a music label all the time.

Apple reportedly making original music videos in-house for Apple Music artists








Apple Watch US Online Sales estimated at 3 million through 3 months


Slice Intelligence's data does not include Apple Watch sales in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom, nor does it account for walk-in purchases made through the Apple Store. 




Extremely reminiscent of the monopolist Amazon complaining about iBooks, Apple is being persecuted again.

Spotify Complained and now the FTC is Considering an Investigation into Apple Music





How Beats 1 can take on SiriusXM





Apple is going to concentrate retail in areas that will produce the highest sales $ (especially for iPhones)

Apple chooses unexpected location for massive new Hong Kong retail store


Hong Kong is an important market for Apple as it sits at the doorstep of mainland China and attracts tens of millions of mainland shoppers each year. Many take the opportunity to buy luxury goods and electronics at much cheaper prices than they could in the mainland, which imposes high sales, import, and consumption taxes on such purchases.




This looks like the actual glass store front to me, covered in vinyl, which would mean it's close to announcing the opening date.
 
Apple is building a new store in Hong Kong


First quarter earnings in 2015 showed that China represented sales of $16.144 billion, which is an increase of 157 percent from the quarter before and 70 percent from the previous year. Retail is a huge part of that push, and a store in Hong Kong only makes sense.





It is a very large, 300,000 square-foot newish building next to the San Jose "International" Airport and will be used by Apple for ???

Exclusive: Apple signs major lease in north San Jose, making first significant entry into city




Previous report with flyover animation:



Apple Campus 2

An iPhone as big as the Pentagon

Construction crews assembling Apple's new "spaceship" headquarters weren't prepared for the company's crazy standards of fit and finish.

ResearchKit going mainstream in big pharma a GSK announces plans




Apple remains the number one target of patent trolls in 2015





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