Before Apple's iPhone was too small, it was too "monstrously" big

Apple is widely expected to introduce new, larger iPhone 6 models this year, after ignoring the "phablet" market for years. Somewhat ironically, it was Apple that initiated and perpetuated the trend toward larger smartphones phones while its competitors, including Samsung, worked to popularize small devices in order to "exploit" consumer preferences for phones that weren't as "monstrously large" as the iPhone, as revealed in confidential documents from the patent infringement trial.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 151

How iPhone 5c helps Apple move toward larger new iPhones in the future

Apple started 2014 with a diverse lineup of iPods and iPads in multiple sizes, but the company still only makes one form factor of iPhone. Here's how the company's iPhone 5c experiment has helped it to develop the operational sophistication needed to produce multiple sizes of iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 98

Apple's smartphone-only lineup poised to pass Nokia in total mobile phone shipments

Despite selling only a limited selection of high-end smartphones, Apple may soon ship more total handsets than Nokia — which still offers more than two dozen models, including cheaper feature phones — as the once-mighty Finnish company falls even further from its throne.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 35

Apple Maps adds Flyover 3D modeling of Berkeley, East Bay

Apple has expanded its 3D Maps Flyover support for the east side of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the city of Berkeley, the University of California birthplace of the flavor of Unix used in OS X and iOS.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 21

Nokia pulls Here Maps from App Store, claims Apple's iOS 7 harms user experience

While pointing the finger squarely at Apple, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has chosen to remove its Here Maps app from the App Store just over one year after the app's debut.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 52

Apple & Samsung take massive 109% of mobile industry profits while competitors lose money

The mobile market continues to be a two-horse race for profitability between Apple and Samsung, with the two rivals commanding 109 percent of profits — a number made possible because its competitors are actually losing money in the smartphone space.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 51

Apple's iOS takes phone sales share in US, Australia prior to iPhone 5s launch

Apple's share of smartphone sales through the September quarter nudged up 1.3 percentage points in the U.S., 2.2 points in Latin America, and a dramatic 7 points in Australia, while slipping 6.4 points in China and losing 2.3 points across Western Europe.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 17

Apple earned more than Samsung, LG, Nokia, Huawei, Lenovo & Motorola's mobile shipments combined

With sales of "just" 33.8 million iPhones, Apple earned more than Samsung's entire mobile unit (which includes PCs, netbooks and tablets) plus the mobile phone hardware divisions of LG, Nokia, Huawei, Lenovo and Motorola, too.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 213

J.D. Power ranks Apple's iPhone best on AT&T, Verizon in satisfaction survey

For the tenth time in a row, the latest customer satisfaction rankings from J.D. Power and Associates show that Apple is again the top company for smartphones across major U.S. carriers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 8

How Apple's iPhone rapidly destroyed Nokia's world leading Symbian platform

In 2008, a journalist in Finland wrote a letter to Nokia complaining that its smartphones were difficult to use, prompting a confidential response acknowledging desperate efforts to catch up with Apple's new iPhone. One year later Nokia announced MeeGo, and the following year it made plans to shift to Windows Phone. The company is now being sold off for scrap.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 62

Apple's Oct. 22 iPad event likely to overshadow Microsoft Surface 2 launch, Nokia announcement

With Apple apparently set to unveil a new fifth-generation iPad and second-generation iPad mini at a media event in less than two weeks, the company will draw away the eyes of the tech world as Microsoft and Nokia attempt to drum up interest in their own competing devices on the very same day.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 86

Google, Nokia smart watches rumored, as Samsung ponders Gear refresh

Nokia and Google are rumored to be working on their own smart watch devices for release in the near future, while a representative from Samsung has reportedly admitted that his company's latest offering in that field could use some improvement.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 39

Samsung, others try to rain on Apple's iPhone parade with ads surrounding coverage

Apple's iOS device unveilings are typically the top talk of whatever day they occur on — and sometimes the day after that — but that didn't stop a number of the company's competitors from trying to steal the spotlight from the iPhone 5s and 5c with some strategically-placed ads.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 70

Set to depart Nokia, Stephen Elop eyed as top candidate for CEO of Microsoft

Some motivation behind Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's handset division may be to tap CEO Stephen Elop as the successor to outgoing Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, observers have speculated.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 39

$7.2B smartphone business sale seen as a win for Nokia, major gamble for Microsoft

Microsoft's proposed $7.2 billion purchase of Nokia's handset division has been called as a victory for Nokia, completing its transformation into a network infrastructure business. But now the difficult task of gaining traction in the highly competitive smartphone hardware market will be Microsoft's job.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 59

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