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Morgan Stanley: 24-36 million more Chinese iPhones in 2013 →
January 30th, 2012 · #apple #china #iphone #ship #unit #business #iphone #4 #4g #3g #3gs #4s #lte
Philip Elmer-DeWitt:
To put that in perspective, Apple sold 68.5 million iPhones worldwide in fiscal 2011, although with the launch of the iPhone 4S in October it sold more than half that many (37 million) in just one quarter.
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Steve Jobs' Last Days at Apple Spent on Next iPhone, not iPhone 4S →
October 15th, 2011 · 20 notes · #apple #steve #jobs #iphone #4 #4s #5 #6 #4g
Brooke Crothers, CNET:
The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes,” Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a “cult classic” because of Jobs’ involvement.
Steve Jobs supposedly left his mark of approval on Apple’s product releases for the next four years.
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Apple in Secret Battle with Product Counterfeiters, WikiLeaks Says →
August 29th, 2011 · 11 notes · #apple #china #beijing #product #counterfeit #fake #iphone #ipad #mac
Cables obtained by WikiLeaks have revealed information regarding the hiring of a former FBI agent to head Apple’s security team, focused on cracking down on product-fakes, specifically in China.
Members of Apple’s recently formed global security team were recruited from Pfizer after they executed a series of crackdowns on counterfeit Viagra production in Asia, the report says.
John Theriault, formerly Pfizer’s security chief and, before that, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, leads Apple’s global security unit. Don Shruhan, who worked for Therigult at Pfizer, is now a director on Apple’s security team in Hong Kong.
Shruhan told the Beijing embassy official that his group at Pfizer spent five years planning raids on counterfeit drug rings, the cable says. He said he’s “afraid” of the volume of imitation Apple products being produced in China and about the inexperience of Apple’s lawyers in dealing with Chinese authorities, the report says.
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Sprint Will Join AT&T, Verizon as a Carrier of the iPhone
August 23rd, 2011 · 36 notes · #apple #iphone #3g #3gs #4 #5 #4g #lte #at&t #sprint #verizon
Wall Street Journal columnists Joanna Lublin and Spencer Ante produced a joint report claiming Sprint Nextel Corp. will be providing Apple’s next iPhone, due this Fall, alongside Verizon and AT&T. The report indicates that Sprint will begin selling the presumed iPhone 5 in mid-October, which further conflicts numerous reports citing a September release.
Sprint, who’s 52 million subscribers seems whimsical against AT&T’s 99 million and Verizon’s 106 million, will benefit substantially from the device, as they have not had a flagship phone to rally behind except for HTC’s Evo 4G, which has been deemed a failure by many.
If true, Sprint’s addition of the iPhone to their lineup will satisfy investors further after the company has improved many crucial business elements such as customer service, advertising, and brand image. However, investors have hammered the telecommunications company for failing to add subscribers.
Sprint will begin selling hundreds of thousands of iPhone units, as Verizon and AT&T have sold 4.5 million and 7.2 million iPhone models since the beginning of the 2011.
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Google Will Acquire Motorola to Enhance Competition, Gain Patents
August 15th, 2011 · 9 notes · #apple #iphone #ios #google #android #htc #motorla #droid
Google announced via their investor relations page that the company has agreed to terms with Motorola for a $12.5 billion dollar acquisition at 60% premium. The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction.
The deal puts Google head-to-toe with Apple, who has been a full-fledged smartphone manufacturer since they launched iPhone and iPhone OS in 2007. The acquisition of a handset maker is not an automatic win for Google, as they closed down their Nexus One store due to sub-par sales. A Motorola deal will put more of Google’s phones on shelves, but it also puts the search-engine company in competition with HTC and Samsung.
“Motorola Mobility’s total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers,” Google’s Co-founder and CEO, Larry Page, said in a press release.
Google will benefit greatly from Motorola’s 17,000 patents on phone technology, as Google recently lost in a consortium against Microsoft, Apple and RIM for thousands of patents from Novell and Nortel Networks, a Canadian computer-networking company and a telecom manufacturer.
Googles stock (GOOG) closed down 1.82% at $553.50. You can view a video of CNBC analysts discussing the deal here.
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