Category: Partners

The 7.85 Inch iPad is Coming — According to Samsumg Official

An unnamed official of Samsung, the Korean electronics manufacturer and Apple’s biggest parts supplier, gave an interview in The Koream Times saying “The contract is expected to rise to $11 billion by the end of this year as Apple is planning to release a smaller iPad, probably with a 7.85-inch screen, and to sell more of its MacBook Air PCs using Samsung’s faster solid state drive (SSD) storage” While Apple itself would never mention any information about products that are…

Throttled iPhone User Wins Small Claims Case Against AT&T

An iPhone user in Southern California, won their lawsuit filed against AT&T in small claims court for the throttling of “Unlimited” plan usage.   The user, sued AT&T after being throttled each month after using 1.5 to 2gb of data.  However, AT&T’s users with the 3GB plan receive no such throttling in spite of the fact that the plans cost about the same. The user, Matt Spaccarelli, won a judgement of $850 USD in the small claims court case after Judge…

Apple Making More Inroads Into Mainland China Market

Reports are saying that that Apple has now landed the number three telecom company in China to distribute the iPhone.  China Telecom (CHA) was the latest of the mainland China based carriers to announce that they will have a iPhone 4S for sale as soon as February. On 13 January when apple Incorporated released the iPhone 4S in mainland China most areas went according to plan. However, the main Apple store in Beijing was dated by scalpers trying to scoop…

AT&T Updates Data Plans for Smartphones and Tablet Users

AT&T announced that they are upgrading their data plans for smartphone and tablet customers.  The new plans for Smartphones are as follows: AT&T Data Plus 300MB: $20 for 300MB AT&T Data Pro 3GB: $30 for 3GB AT&T Data Pro 5GB: $50 for 5GB, with mobile hotspot / tethering For Tablet users, the available plans are: Keep their existing plan of 250mb for $14.99 a month AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $30 for 3GB AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB While these are…

4.2 Million iPhones Sold by Verizon

During the fourth Quarter 2011, Verizon sold a total of 4.2 million units of the latest rendition of iPhone.   This number was more than double the number of units sold by Verizon during the third quarter.   While this is good news for both Apple and Verizon, the news has not particularly been good for the stock where their price is currently at $39.21o USD or down 1.309% for the day. The stock had over 2 million share trade today but…