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Apple's iPad loses out to Huawei in Chinese tablet sales slump

3 days ago

Apple's iPad loses out to Huawei in Chinese tablet sales slump

Apple has suffered a major drop in iPad sales in China for the last quarter, according to analysts, with local rival Huawei overtaking Apple as the biggest tablet brand in the country, despite an overall slump in tablet sales for the period.

By Malcolm Owen | 3 days ago

Apple unlikely to face much backlash from latest U.S. move against Huawei

1 week ago

Apple unlikely to face much backlash from latest U.S. move against Huawei

Although China is threatening to take "countermeasures" against U.S. companies for blocking semiconductor shipments to Huawei, experts say it's unlikely Beijing will go after Apple.

By Mike Peterson | 1 week ago

China ready to retaliate against Apple after U.S. moves to ban chip shipments to Huawei

2 weeks ago

China ready to retaliate against Apple after U.S. moves to ban chip shipments to Huawei

China is readying financial countermeasures against U.S. companies like Apple and Qualcomm after the US government executed the process to block Huawei's global semiconductor supply.

By Mike Peterson | 2 weeks ago

Apple's iPhone 11 took top spot in China, outperformed larger smartphone market

4 weeks ago

Apple's iPhone 11 took top spot in China, outperformed larger smartphone market

Apple's sales of iPhones in the first calendar quarter of 2020 were down by only 1% in a China market that contracted by 22% year-over-year, as buyers rapidly shifted to online orders and enthusiastically bought iPhone 11 models.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 4 weeks ago

Huawei caught using DSLR photos to promote its photography contest

1 month ago

Huawei caught using DSLR photos to promote its photography contest

Huawei has issued an apology after a "Shot on iPhone" contest winner discovered that the company was using photos shot on a DSLR to promote its smartphone photography contest.

By Amber Neely | 1 month ago

Apple ups orders for 5nm chips from TSMC, presumably for new iPhone

1 month ago

Apple ups orders for 5nm chips from TSMC, presumably for new iPhone

Chipmaker TSMC has lost a significant order from Huawei, only to find Apple buying up all of its production capacity, for what is believed to be the "iPhone 12."

By William Gallagher | 1 month ago

Huawei hit hard by coronavirus in China, new criminal charges in U.S.

3 months ago

Huawei hit hard by coronavirus in China, new criminal charges in U.S.

There's lots of bad news piling up for Huawei, the firm often considered to be Android's best hope of challenging Apple's leadership in smartphone design and business competency.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 3 months ago

Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest

3 months ago

Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest

As Apple deals with interruption of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, its Android competitors face all the same issues; except that they make far less money and operate on much thinner margins across fragile shipment volumes.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 3 months ago

May 2019 in review: New MacBook Pro, new iPod touch, and controversy from Adobe

5 months ago

May 2019 in review: New MacBook Pro, new iPod touch, and controversy from Adobe

Apple released new MacBook Pro models, and a new iPod touch, which you'd forgotten about. And, Adobe managed to revive all the criticisms of its subscription Creative Cloud.

By William Gallagher | 5 months ago

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Apple earned 66% of the entire smartphone market's profits in 2019

5 months ago

Apple earned 66% of the entire smartphone market's profits in 2019

Research claims that while the entire market's smartphone profits declined by around a tenth in 2019, Apple continued to dominate with 66% of all profits and the nearest competitor being Samsung on just 17%.

By William Gallagher | 5 months ago

Apple iPhone sales estimates 'aren't any good' says leading analyst

6 months ago

Apple iPhone sales estimates 'aren't any good' says leading analyst

Figures from market research groups trying to estimate how many iPhones Apple is selling "simply aren't any good," according to Neil Cybart, the Above Avalon analyst who most accurately modeled the company's revenues and earnings for the quarter.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 6 months ago

Former Apple marketing manager Paul Jowett is Huawei Australia's director of marketing

8 months ago

Former Apple marketing manager Paul Jowett is Huawei Australia's director of marketing

Huawei Australia has named Paul Jowett, who formerly worked for both Apple and Samsung, to the role of director of marketing.

By Amber Neely | 8 months ago

Huawei Mate X delayed again, shipping before the end of 2019

9 months ago

Huawei Mate X delayed again, shipping before the end of 2019

Huawei has decided to postpone its Mate X folding phone for a second time until after the Galaxy Fold ships — for reasons unknown.

By Mike Wuerthele | 9 months ago

Apple loses ground to Samsung in European smartphone market

9 months ago

Apple loses ground to Samsung in European smartphone market

Apple shipped 1.3 million fewer iPhones to Europe in the second quarter, analysis of the smartphone market has revealed, a fall of 17% year-on-year, meanwhile Android-based rivals Xiaomi and Samsung are seeing considerable shipment growth over the same period.

By Malcolm Owen | 9 months ago

Editorial: As Apple plays the telephone game, analysts hear something else entirely

9 months ago

Editorial: As Apple plays the telephone game, analysts hear something else entirely

When Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007, it didn't do so to lose money making most of the world's smartphones as a public service. All these years later, a shocking number of analysts and reporters still seem to be confused about this.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 9 months ago

iPhone's global marketshare dips to 10.1% amid rise of Samsung & Chinese brands

9 months ago

iPhone's global marketshare dips to 10.1% amid rise of Samsung & Chinese brands

Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell year-over-year in the June quarter from 11.3% to 10.1%, attributable by a research firm mostly because of better performance by Chinese vendors and Korea's Samsung.

By Roger Fingas | 9 months ago

Huawei-Google smart speaker project shut down by US restrictions

9 months ago

Huawei-Google smart speaker project shut down by US restrictions

Huawei was working with Google to take on Apple's HomePod and Amazon's Echo smart speaker range with a jointly-produced device, a report claims, but the close collaboration came to an abrupt end in May, just before restrictions were placed on Huawei by President Donald Trump and the U.S. government.

By Malcolm Owen | 9 months ago

New House bill aims to make US more prominent in 5G space, combat China

10 months ago

New House bill aims to make US more prominent in 5G space, combat China

A new House bill proposed by Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul seeks to make the U.S. more prominent in 5G networking — and specifically to deflect Chinese influence.

By Roger Fingas | 10 months ago

Huawei CEO cites Apple as privacy role model

10 months ago

Huawei CEO cites Apple as privacy role model

Huawei CEO sings Apple's praises once again, claiming that Apple is his role model when it comes to protecting users' data.

By Amber Neely | 10 months ago

President Trump says US companies can do business with Huawei

11 months ago

President Trump says US companies can do business with Huawei

Apparently detoothing a U.S. Commerce Department ban, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American companies can do business with China's Huawei.

By Roger Fingas | 11 months ago

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