Apple Forecasts Drop in iPhone Sales as China Business Lags

[ad_1] Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion (roughly Rs. 49,714 crore) below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit. This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ targets, powered by iPhone growth, sending Apple shares down 3 percent in after-hours trade. The … Read more

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is Now Out on Apple’s App Store

[ad_1] Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now out on the App Store on iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. The surreal package delivery game from Kojima Productions can be played on the A17 Pro-powered iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad models and macOS devices running on the M1 chip or later. Death … Read more

AI-Powered iOS 18 Could Be the Biggest Update in Apple’s History: Report

[ad_1] Apple will introduce its newest iPhone 16 lineup, expected to be packed with Generative AI features, later this year. The Cupertino, California-based company’s AI push has lagged far behind rivals Google and Samsung, with both the Pixel 8 and the newly unveiled Galaxy S24 series packing artificial intelligence-based tools and apps. Generative AI features … Read more

Epic Games to Bring Fortnite Back to the iPhone in Europe

[ad_1] Fortnite will be making a return to iOS in Europe, Epic Games announced on January 25. The development occurred as Apple is now forced to open iOS to sideloaded apps and third-party app stores to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and is chasing a deadline of March 7. Reportedly, Apple is already … Read more

iPhone 15 Gets Rare Discounts in China Amid Slow Sales, Competition

[ad_1] Apple is offering rare discounts on its iPhone models in China, cutting retail prices by as much as CNY 500 ($70, or roughly Rs. 5,800) amid growing competitive pressure in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The US tech giant cut prices of some iPhone models by 5 percent, its Chinese website showed on Monday. … Read more

Beeper Mini App Removed From Google Play Store After iMessage Saga: Report

[ad_1] Beeper Mini has been involved in a long-running saga of promising to facilitate iMessage to Android users, getting blocked by Apple, and finding repeated workarounds to make the service work. The messaging platform seems to be running out of options now, as the Beeper Mini app has reportedly been removed from Google Play Store. … Read more

Here’s When Apple Reportedly Plans to Announce AI Features for iPhone

[ad_1] Since the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s wildly successful AI chatbot in November 2022, technology companies have rushed to integrate artificial intelligence tools to their hardware and software offerings. Microsoft, which is also an OpenAI backer, moved early last year to launch its own generative AI chatbot, Bing Chat (now renamed as Copilot), in addition … Read more

Foxconn Expects Sales to Fall Amid Concerns About iPhone 15 Demand

[ad_1] Hon Hai Precision Industry warned of its fourth consecutive decline in quarterly sales after a 5.4 percent slide in the last three months of 2023 suggested consumer electronics demand remains muted. The Taiwanese firm, also known as Foxconn, reported a steep 27 percent drop in December sales to NT$460.1 billion ($14.8 billion, or roughly … Read more

iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 17 Models to Feature Notable Camera Upgrades: Kuo

[ad_1] Apple will equip the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max — the company’s purported Pro models expected to release later this year — with an upgraded camera setup, according to TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who claims that Apple will upgrade the ultra-wide angle camera on this year’s Pro models, while … Read more

Apple Shares Plunge as Barclays Predicts ‘Lacklustre’ iPhone 16: Report

[ad_1] Apple shares closed 3.58 percent lower on Tuesday — the biggest fall in four months — after Barclays downgraded the company’s shares to “underweight” and price target by $1 (roughly Rs. 83) on concerns over soft demand for the company’s purported iPhone 16 and upcoming Mac computers, as well as a crackdown in China … Read more