China drives iPhone sales to 48M in Q1,10M more year-over-year
For the first fiscal quarter of 2013 Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones, nearly 11 million more than the 37 million over the same period in 2012.
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iPhone
Mikey Campbell
Attempting to decipher supply chain data is a fool's errand, Tim Cook says
Responding to rumors out of Apple's supply chain that iPhone production has been cut, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday that it's inadvisable for market watchers to place much faith in such reports.
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AppleInsider Staff
Verizon planned to make Siri an Android exclusive before Apple purchase
Before Apple swooped in to purchase Siri, U.S. carrier Verizon was working on a deal that would make the intelligent voice-controlled assistant exclusive to Android devices on its network.
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Sam Oliver
Digitimes reverses stance on 2013 release of larger-screened iPhone
Hit-or-miss Taiwanese publication Digitimes In a report on Tuesday backpedaled on its previous claims that Apple would be launching a cheaper, yet larger-screened, iPhone variant in 2013 to combat a growing low-end "phablet" market.
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China's 3G subscribers grow 83% in 2012, reach 233M
The number of mobile 3G subscribers in China surged 83 percent in 2012, again underscoring the importance of the country to potential growth for Apple's iPhone.
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Verizon numbers hint Apple may have shipped more than 50M iPhones last quarter
The latest iPhone activation data from Verizon suggests Apple may have shipped more than 50 million iPhones during the 2012 holiday season.
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Neil Hughes
Apple's iPhone grabs almost two-thirds of Verizon's 9.8M smartphone sales in Q4
Apple's iPhone accounted for 6.2 million of the 9.8 million smartphones Verizon sold in the last quarter, powering record smartphone adoption numbers at the nation's largest carrier even as Verizon posted a big loss for the quarter.
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Kevin Bostic
Apple's iOS retains top spot in US with over 51% share of smartphone OS sales for Q4 2012
Accounting for over a 51% share of all smartphone OS sales in the U.S., Apple's iOS continues to be the market leader as existing customers move away from rival platforms like Android and RIM, or upgrade older iPhones to new models.
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RIM could license software, sell hardware division after BB10 launch
Thorsten Heins, chief executive of Research In Motion, said on Monday that the embattled BlackBerry maker must ensure that its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 models are successful before the company can consider strategic alliances, such as licensing its software or even selling off its hardware production.
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