<span style='color:red'>Apple</span> reportedly yanked 25,000 apps from its China App Store
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Apple reportedly yanked 25,000 apps from its China App Store

David Gray | ReutersApple has reportedly pulled thousands of illegal apps from its App Store in China, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.The iPhone-maker removed around 25,000 apps from the platform, according to the Journal, which cited state broadcaster CCTV. Those apps would amount to about 1.4 percent of the total number in the App Store in China, the Journal added.In its weekend report, CCTV said Apple carried out the large-scale removal of illegal apps that sold fake lottery tickets and offered gambling services.Reached for comment by CNBC, an Apple spokeswoman declined to confirm or deny the number of apps the company had removed in China."Gambling apps are illegal and not allowed on the App Store in China," Apple told CNBC in a statement. "We have already removed many apps and developers for trying to distribute illegal gambling apps on our App Store, and we are vigilant in our efforts to find these and stop them from being on the App Store."The Global Times, another Chinese state media, also cited the CCTV report and said that Apple had recently removed more than 2,000 apps related to gambling and more than 500 apps with the keyword "lottery" were pulled.Recently, Apple has come under fire from Chinese state media that have accused the iPhone-maker of allowing illegal content on its platform.The attacks have come at a time when trade tensions remain high between the United States and China. Some investors have warned that the trade dispute between the two countries could adversely affect Apple, which draws a sizable revenue from the Chinese market.Last year, Apple removed many virtual private network servicesfrom the Chinese App Store for not meeting Beijing's "new regulations." VPNs are used to bypass China's "Great Firewall" that heavily restricts internet access to foreign sites.For more on Apple's removal of illegal apps in China, see the full report from The Wall Street Journal.
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Global Notebook Shipments Grew by 10.2% QoQ in 2Q18; <span style='color:red'>Apple</span> Retreated to Sixth Place in Market Share Ranking
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Global Notebook Shipments Grew by 10.2% QoQ in 2Q18; Apple Retreated to Sixth Place in Market Share Ranking

The worldwide notebook shipments in 2Q18 grew above expectations by 10.2% QoQ and 2.8% YoY to 41.08 million units, according to the global market research firm TrendForce. Looking ahead to 3Q18, the traditional sales season and orders related to commercial tenders will drive demand growth in the notebook market with total shipments estimated to advance by 5-6% QoQ.However, the third-quarter notebook shipments will also be affected by issues with the supply of key components. Kou-Han Tseng, TrendForce notebook analyst, points that the tight supply problem has shifted from passive components to CPUs. “Shipments of Intel’s new CPU may be delayed to the end of the third quarter, and inventories of older CPUs have been much depleted by the earlier stock-up activities,” said Tseng. “Alerts about the low level of CPU inventory have already been made this August.”Hence, TrendForce from a conservative stance has revised the projection of this year’s total notebook shipments and now forecasts a YoY decline of 0.2%. Although the shipment outlook for 3Q18 is positive growth like the previous quarter due to the rise in demand, the supply of CPU remains a hidden concern.Market share of US brands continues to expand and Dell posts huge results ahead of its listing at the year’s endHP again topped the shipment/market share ranking of notebook brands for 2Q18. The brand has benefited from the strong demand in the commercial tender market as well as growth in shipments of its Chromebooks and consumer notebooks. HP’s shipments rose by 19.7% QoQ to 10.77 million units, accounting for 26.2% of the global market.Lenovo stayed at second place in the ranking because of its solid performance in the year’s first half. While the brand’s shipments grew by 3.8% QoQ to 8.2 million units in 2Q18, large gains by US competitors caused its market share to drop from 21.2% in 1Q18 to 20% in 2Q18.Dell’s notebook shipments surged by around 30% QoQ to 8.05 million units in 2Q18. This impressive result is consistent with the rumors that Dell is working hard to raise its business revenues ahead of its return to public trading at the end of this year. Despite the headwinds of the off season, Dell was able to raise its notebook shipments with the demand from the commercial tender market and expand its global market share to 19.6% in 2Q18, an increase of three percentage points from 16.6% in 1Q18. Firmly holding on to third place in the ranking, the brand now trails closely behind Lenovo.Acer jumped to fourth place in the ranking whereas Apple fell to sixthThere was a significant reshuffling of the ranking from the fourth to sixth place. Acer climbed from sixth to fourth with its market share rising to 8%. Acer’s gain was attributed to the additional shipments that were originally set for the first quarter but then delayed and later delivered in the second quarter. ASUS fell to fifth in 2Q18 with its market share at 7.4%. ASUS’s performance in the notebook market in 2Q18 was negatively affected by the leftover inventory from the previous quarter. Apple also retreated to sixth with its market share sliding to 6.5%. The second quarter was the transition period when Apple was preparing for the releases of the upcoming new MacBook devices for the year. TrendForce therefore expects MacBook shipments to again post a large QoQ increase in 3Q18, as Apple already released a new MacBook Pro at the start of the quarter and will release a new MacBook Air at the end of the quarter.
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<span style='color:red'>Apple</span> to Announce New iPhones This Fall with a Budget Version Due to Cost Reduction of Components
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Apple to Announce New iPhones This Fall with a Budget Version Due to Cost Reduction of Components

According to TrendForce, the sales of Apple’s iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X that were released in 2017 were lower than expected for models that celebrate 10th anniversary of the iPhone line. Sales of the iPhone 8/X series were affected by the delayed launch. Moreover, the demand for iPhone X has not been as strong as anticipated because consumers still need time to adjust to the high prices. While the market performance of the iPhone 8/X series has fallen short of the high expectations, iPhone sales as a whole are sustained by the popularity of models from the earlier generations. TrendForce finds that total iPhone sales for the whole year of 2017 reached around 216 million units, roughly the same as the annual figure for 2016.Similarly, the company plans to introduce three new iPhone models later this year, says TrendForce. All three models would continue to feature Face ID, and two of them would be premium versions with an AMOLED screen. Apple Pencil would be offered as an option as well. With the production volume estimated by TrendForce at around 83~88 million units, the new iPhones to be released may take a larger share of the company’s annual sales volume compared with the three models last year. For 2018, TrendForce expects the sales volume of iPhones to remain flat or grow marginally by 2~3%, influenced by the saturated smartphone market and the longer replacement cycle of phones across the world. In the global revenue ranking, Apple would retain its second position, following Samsung.Specs and pricing strategies of new iPhonesIn terms of tech specs, the new iPhones may include two AMOLED versions, with a size of 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch respectively, as well as a less expensive 6.1-inch version with an LCD screen. The two premium models with AMOLED screen have already been assembled in the OEMs since late July, while the assembly of the LCD models is scheduled at mid-September. All three models are expected to be shipped in September and October as previously scheduled.Regarding the prices, TrendForce believes that Apple is bound to adjust its pricing strategies, influenced by Chinese brands that have successfully expanded their market shares with products that offer high performances at affordable prices. Moreover, Apple will need to improve its cost structure to cope with the threats brought by Android brands. In order to maintain its profitability, Apple is said to bargain with its supply chain partners for cost reduction of components, especially the components that have been used in earlier generations of iPhone.For the budget 6.1-inch LCD version, it will come with Face ID, Dual-SIM function, and a larger screen than its predecessor iPhone 8. The specs upgrades would make new iPhones more favorable in the competition with Android phones. On the other hand, the cost of this model has been approaching that of iPhone 8 Plus due to the upgrades. However, the 6.1-inch LCD model would be positioned by Apple’s main product this year, with a production share of around 50% in the new iPhone series. Apple is bound to adjust the prices of this model to meet the market expectation and to further expand its market share. Considering the cost reduction of components, TrendForce estimates the starting price of this LCD version at around $699~749.As for the two premium AMOLED versions, they would both feature a memory content of 4GB. The 5.8-inch one would come as the successor of iPhone X, but with a lower starting price of $899~949, notes TrendForce. With the anticipated launch of this model, iPhone X will start its “end of life” process earlier due to the high similarity in the specs of these two models.The 6.5-inch AMOLED version would target at the premium business segment, with an extra-large screen and Dual-SIM service, but the Dual-SIM function is expected to be available only in certain regions. Limited within US$1,000 threshold as to encourage purchasing from consumers, the starting price of the premium AMOLED iPhone for 2018 will likely to be the same as that of iPhone X, at US$999, according to the prediction of TrendForce.
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Smartphone Rankings Shaken Up Once Again as Huawei Surpasses <span style='color:red'>Apple</span>
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Smartphone Rankings Shaken Up Once Again as Huawei Surpasses Apple

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), resulting in a 1.8% decline when compared to the 348.2 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2017. The drop marks the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market and only the fourth quarter of decline in history. IDC believes this is the result of churn in some highly penetrated markets, although many high growth markets still exist and should return smartphone shipments to overall growth.The arrival of Huawei in the second position marks the first quarter since 2Q10 where Apple has not been the number one or two smartphone company in terms of market share. Huawei delivered shipments of 54.2 million units to move into the second position with a record high market share of 15.8%. Samsung maintained a comfortable lead, although indications from its recent 2Q18 earnings call suggest its mobile division revenues will face challenges moving forward."The continued growth of Huawei is impressive, to say the least, as is its ability to move into markets where, until recently, the brand was largely unknown," said Ryan Reith, program vice president with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "It is worth noting that Apple moved into the top position each of the last two holiday quarters following its product refresh, so it's likely we'll see continued movement among the top ranked companies in 2018 and beyond. For most markets, the ultra-high end ($700+) competition is largely some combination of Apple, Samsung, and Huawei, depending on the geography, and this is unlikely to change much in the short term. At the same time, Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo are all slowly pushing their customer base upstream at a price tier slightly lower than the top three. This is an area they should all watch closely as the builds in this segment are getting increasingly more advanced.""The combination of market saturation, increased smartphone penetration rates, and climbing ASPs continue to dampen the growth of the overall market," said Anthony Scarsella, research manager with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. "Consumers remain willing to pay more for premium offerings in numerous markets and they now expect their device to outlast and outperform previous generations of that device which cost considerably less a few years ago. To contest this slowdown, vendors will need to focus on new innovative features and form factors combined with incentives and promotions to drive growth in many of these highly competitive markets moving forward."Smartphone Company HighlightsSamsung once again remained the leader in the worldwide smartphone market despite a 10.4% decline in shipments from last year. The flagship S9/S9+, which launched late in the first quarter, witnessed slower than normal sales according to Samsung. Samsung claims the slowdown is due to both intensified competition at the high end and an overall sluggish smartphone market. The Korean giant will look to bolster sales in the coming weeks as we await the arrival of the new Galaxy Note 9. The new Note will be unveiled on August 9th and is expected to launch earlier than the Note 8 to gain a foothold ahead of pending fall launches from Apple and others. The device is expected to feature a bigger battery, new S-Pen capabilities, and increased performance.Huawei surpassed Apple for the first time to move into the second position based on global market share. It continues to lead the China smartphone market with a record-high market share of 27.0% in 2Q18. In the first half of this quarter, Huawei's P20/P20 Pro series found strong demand in the $600-$800 price segment, helping Huawei build a high profile in the market. In the second half, with the release of its "GPU Turbo" technology, Huawei continued to earn a good reputation. 618 promotions led to strong sales for Honor models in the online channels as the Honor brand continues to be a key driver of growth for the Chinese tech giant.Apple dropped to the third spot for the first time despite its second quarter growth. Apple shipped 41.3 million iPhones, representing modest growth of 0.7% over the 41.0 million units shipped last year. The iPhone continued to perform well at the high end as the iPhone X remains a top seller in many markets. Apple will look to regain control of the market this fall with the expected launch of three next generations of iPhone models. The new models are rumored to bring different screens sizes, price points, increased performance, and new features to the table when they arrive next quarter.Xiaomi has pulled ahead of Samsung for the number 1 position in India over the past few quarters and has now closed the gap with Samsung in Indonesia as it ramped up its local production to address the increased demand during Ramadhan period, while also expanding its online channel presence and opening up more Mi home stores in the country.OPPO faced a slowdown in key markets like India and most of Southeast Asia as it eased back on its aggressive marketing and sales activities in the region. Despite this, the company still managed to grow 5.1% over last year as it continued its expansion into other markets such as the Middle East & Africa. The recent launch of the Find X has also garnered Oppo some praise as the innovative, bezel-less and notch-less design has grabbed the attention of many.
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<span style='color:red'>Apple</span> is changing GaAs’ future
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Apple is changing GaAs’ future

After a quiet period due to the saturation of the mobile handset industry, the GaAs wafer market wakes up.  The technical choice made by Apple creates a real and vast enthusiasm for GaAs solutions. 3D sensing in mobile phone as well as LiDAR’s applications are giving a new breath for GaAs substrates suppliers.Under its new technology & market report “GaAs Wafer & Epiwafer Market: RF, Photonics, LED and PV applications”, Yole Développement (Yole) announces a 15% CAGR between 2017 and 2023 (in volume), with an impressive 37%, especially for photonics applications (1).GaAs analysis from Yole proposes a comprehensive overview of the GaAs wafer and epi wafer industry. This report outlines Yole’s understanding of the industrial landscape, its evolution as well as the technical challenges. The analysts are offering a relevant technical description of GaAs wafer and epiwafer growth. Market size and forecasts are also delivered in four big applicative markets: RF, Photonics, LED, and PV. Photonics applications are driving the GaAs wafer and epiwafer market into a new era. Yole’s analysts invite you to discover the latest GaAs technology and market trends. As one of the most mature compound semiconductors, GaAs has been ubiquitous as the building block of power amplifiers in every mobile handset. In 2018, GaAs RF business represents more than 50% of the GaAs wafer market. However, market growth has slowed down in the past couple years due to the handset market’s gradual saturation and shrinking die size. “At Yole, we expect GaAs to remain the mainstream technology for sub-6 GHz instead of CMOS, owing to GaAs’ high power and linearity performance as required by carrier aggregation and MIMO technology,” explains Dr. Hong Ling, Technology and Market Analyst at Yole.Since 2017, GaAs wafer has been particularly notable in photonics applications. When Apple introduced its new iPhone X with a 3D sensing function using GaAs-based lasers, it paved the way for a significant boost in the GaAs photonics market. GaAs wafers market segment for photonics applications should reach US$150 million by 2023.“GaAs-based ROY and infrared LED applications have also caught our attention”, asserts Dr. Ezgi Dogmus, Technology & Market Analyst at Yole. “We estimate, 2017-2023 CAGR achieves 21% (in units) for the total GaAs LED market, surpassing more than half of GaAs wafer volume by 2023.”In terms of the wafer and epiwafer businesses, each application requires a different size and quality when determining wafer and epiwafer prices. As a new entrant, photonics applications will impose new specification requirements compared to the well-established RF and LED wafer and epiwafers, creating significant ASP diversity.From a value chain point of view, the GaAs photonics market’s remarkable growth potential will offer plenty of opportunities for wafer, epiwafer, and MOCVD equipment suppliers, as well as for investors.GaAs wafer supply: Sumitomo Electric, Freiberger Compound Materials, and AXT, involved in GaAs wafer supply, lead the market with about 95% of market share collectively. And since new laser applications have very high specification requirements for GaAs wafer that are constantly evolving, Yole analysts’ expect the top players to maintain their technical advantage for at least another 3 – 5 years.Regarding GaAs epiwafer production, Yole’s analysts identified different business models. The GaAs LED market is principally vertically integrated, with very well-established IDMs like Osram, San’an, Epistar, and Changelight. In parallel, GaAs RF businesses outsource significantly from well-established epihouses.Within the GaAs photonics market, the epi business is still applications-dependent. GaAs datacom market segment is mostly epi-integrated, with dominant IDMs like Finisar, Avago, and II-VI. For 3D sensing in smartphones, epi outsourcing is significant.In 2017, Apple’s supplier Lumentum used IQE as its VCSEL epi supplier. This resulted in an almost 10x increase in IQE’s stock price. Other leading GaAs epihouses are in qualification or ramping up. Yole expects the photonic epiwafer market to behave similar to the GaAs RF epiwafer market.
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<span style='color:red'>Apple</span>, Samsung end 7-yr-old iPhone patent battle with undisclosed truce
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Apple, Samsung end 7-yr-old iPhone patent battle with undisclosed truce

Apple and Samsung have ended a years-long patent battle over copied iPhone design with an undisclosed settlement, according to a US court filing on Wednesday.The world's two biggest smartphone makers reached a truce in their seven-year-old court battle a month after a federal court jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple some $539 million for copying patented iPhone features.That award was seen as a victory for Apple, which had argued in court that design was essential to the iPhone.Financial terms of the settlement were not revealed and neither company elaborated on the brief court order which dismissed the litigation dating back to 2011."Whereas the court has been advised by the parties that the above-entitled action has been settled, all remaining claims and counterclaims, in this case, are hereby dismissed with prejudice," US District Court Judge Lucy Koh wrote.When contacted by AFP for comment, Apple referred to a statement released last month after the jury announced the damages award."This case has always been about more than money," the statement read."It is important that we continue to protect the hard work and innovation of so many people at Apple.South Korea-based Samsung declined to comment.Apple's lawsuit claimed Samsung, now the world's biggest handset maker, copied the design and other features of the iPhone as the smartphone market was exploding.The case was keenly watched as a precedent for whether design is so important that it could actually be considered the "article of design" even in a product as complex as a smartphone.The case had been sent back to the district court following a Supreme Court decision to revisit an earlier $400 million damage award.The jury had been asked to determine whether design features at issue in the case are worth all profit made from Samsung smartphones that copied them -- or whether those features are worth just a fraction because they are components.The three design patents in the case apply to the shape of the iPhone's black screen with rounded edges and a bezel, and the rows of colourful icons displayed.Two utility patents also involved apply to "bounce-back" and "tap-to-zoom" functions.An original trial finding that Samsung violated Apple patents preceded a lengthy appellate dueling over whether design features such as rounded edges are worth all the money made from a phone.The retrial regarding damages was one element of a $548 million penalty -- knocked down from an original $1 billion jury award -- Samsung was ordered to pay for copying iPhone patents.
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Samsung challenges $539mn verdict in <span style='color:red'>Apple</span> patent case
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Samsung challenges $539mn verdict in Apple patent case

Samsung has filed a motion with the US District Court in San Jose, California, to appeal a verdict that asked the South Korean giant to pay Apple $539 million for copying patented iPhone designs - a legal battle that dates back to 2011.Samsung thinks the verdict is wrong and wants a refund of some damages already paid, CNET reported on Monday. It asked a court last week to either dismiss the judgment or retry the case in which the damages were decided, the report said. Samsung was given the $539 million penalty last month as it was found infringing on five patents with Android phones it sold in 2010 and 2011. The legal dispute between the two tech giants dates to 2011 when Apple sued Samsung. This led the South Korean tech giant to countersue the Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple in the same year, according to a report in The Korea Herald in May.Samsung lost the case in 2012. It was ordered to pay the US tech giant more than $1 billion for infringing on three of Apple's design patents related to mobile devices -- the quick links to phone numbers, the slide-to-unlock feature and the auto-correct function.Under the US patent law, infringement of a design patent can result in a plaintiff receiving total profits made through the product. Samsung's lawyers appealed the case, bringing down the compensation of $1 billion to $400 million in 2015 at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In an attempt to limit the compensation to profits attributable to a specific component patent in question, Samsung then appealed the lower court's ruling to the Supreme Court.The South Korean tech behemoth argued that component design could be just a small part of a smartphone whose technologies involve more than 200,000 patents.In late 2016, the US Supreme Court agreed with Samsung and ordered the two tech giants to negotiate a date for a retrial to settle the award money for Apple, the The Korea Herald report said. The new appeal against the $539 million verdict suggests that the seven-year-old legal battle between the two tech giants is far from over.
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Top <span style='color:red'>Apple</span> analyst is back covering the company, forecasts lower iPhone price tags for this year
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Top Apple analyst is back covering the company, forecasts lower iPhone price tags for this year

At the end of April, Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the most accurate and influential analysts covering Apple for the securities industry, abruptly left the investment firm he had been with for years. And a tweet sent out at that time by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Kuo would be following "innovative non-Apple companies." While some felt that the analyst's quick decision to change his focus had to do with Apple tightening down on leaks (which was discovered, ironically, in an internal memo that leaked), it appears that Kuo might have decided to keep an eye on Apple after all.Now working as an analyst for Hong Kong's TF International Securities, Kuo is telling clients that Apple will be lowering prices on its next batch of smartphones to be unveiled later this year. Last year, the company released the pricey Apple iPhone X ($999 for 64GB, $1049 for 256GB), and there has been speculation that Apple desires to lower the retail prices of its 2018 iPhone lineup. For example, Kuo sees the iPhone X sequel, carrying a 5.8-inch OLED screen, to be priced in the range of $800 to $900. The "Plus" version of the phone, carrying a 6.5-inch OLED panel, will cost $900 to $1,000 according to the analyst. And he sees the "low-end" model, with a 6.1-inch LCD display, priced at $600 to $700. Speaking of the 6.1-inch model currently dubbed "iPhone 9," Kuo has said that the device will feature a special layer on its LCD screen. As a result, he sees Apple not including 3D Touch with the unit. Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple's decision to lower prices is a result of what he sees as a consumer backlash to higher smartphone prices. In addition, higher yields achieved by suppliers on component production also allow Apple to take a knife to iPhone pricing.In February 2017, nearly seven months before Apple unveiled its iPhone lineup for that year, Kuo told clients the exact screen-size of each model, including the 5.8-inch iPhone X. He also knew about the "revolutionary" front-facing camera for the tenth anniversary model, correctly calling for it to feature 3D scanning capabilities. At the same time, he stated that Touch ID would not appear on the model, and would be replaced by a face-recognition system. All of those pronouncements proved to be true.
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Toshiba NAND chip business to Bain capital consortium including <span style='color:red'>Apple</span> completes
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Toshiba NAND chip business to Bain capital consortium including Apple completes

The sale of memory chip business of Toshiba has ultimately come to an end. The company has announced its deal with Bain Capital consortium, consisting of Apple and various other tech companies.According to reports, the deal is worth two trillion, three hundred million yen – which is roughly $18 billion. Concluding this business has been very necessary for Toshiba because the deal gives Toshiba a much-needed cash infusion since the company earlier lost billions of dollars through its Westinghouse division.Though the consortium includes Apple, Dell, Hoya, Hynix, Seagate, and Kingston, Toshiba will retain 40% of the ownership of the unit.Now the share of Toshiba has been transferred to K.K. Pangea, a purpose-built company controlled by the consortium and under Bain Capital’s umbrella. Since Toshiba has been able to repurchase 40.2 percent of common stock, the right to vote has been given to the tech giant Pangea. Although the unit is no longer under Toshiba’s majority rule, it says the new company is “expected” to become an affiliate in the future without confirming when it would happen.Apart from this, it is completely under mystery that how much each of these companies has invested in the acquisition. On the basis of earlier reports, Apple may have put up as much as $3 billion yet which has not been officially confirmed.Apple is known to have an intense desire in the acquisition as it is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of NAND chips. Since supply issues have plagued the NAND chip market in the last six months which increased the pricing and shipment delay of the gadgets. So this shortage could be the main reason behind the step that Apple took by increasing the price of its high-capacity iPad Pro models last year.According to reports, there were bids from three separate groups interested in acquiring Toshiba’s NAND chip business among which Apple was a part in each of the three. But as the deal closed, it was Bain Capital consortium with whom Toshiba merged its business.
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<span style='color:red'>Apple</span> starts production of its 7nm A12 chips for 2018 iPhones
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Apple starts production of its 7nm A12 chips for 2018 iPhones

Like last year, there are going to be three new iPhone models introduced later in 2018 and all of them are going to have a bezel-less design. One other similarity is that all three models are going to be using the Apple A12 chipset made using the 7nm technology from TSMC.There will be lots of benefits to using newer technology in the 2018 iPhone lineup and with mass production started by Apple, it does not appear like a delay in the launch of the newer models is going to show up in the middle of this progress.A12 promises at least 20% better performanceWith Apple having started working on the mass production phase, TSMC earlier promised that its 7nm technology will be able to show at least 20% better performance as compared to the 10nm process and up to 40% energy efficiency. The A12 might also be smaller, faster and will consume less power thanks to the latest advancements undertaken by TSMC.As a result, if the new iPhones possess the same batteries as the models that were released last year, they will still be able to show better battery endurance for the buyer. Apps will also open up much faster thanks to the improved performance of the chip and overall performance will be noticeable.iPhone 2018 lineup: Specifications, FeaturesMost of us already know that there are going to be three brand new models that Apple will be announced during the month of September. One of them will be the iPhone X Plus, the second one will be an iPhone X successor, and the third model is going to be that iPhone to feature a bezel-less display, but instead of an OLED, it will come shipped with an LCD screen for a cheaper price.The iPhone X Plus will be the biggest phone that Apple has ever produced and it is going to be the same size as the iPhone 8 Plus according to rumors. Though it might have a massive screen, it should still be easier for people to carry who have slightly larger palms.The iPhone X successor is expected to feature the same 5.8-inch display as the iPhone X model that was released in 2017. Several reports have repeatedly said that component orders are going to be in check this time, so there should be no delay when it comes to a proper release of all three models. Apple has also been reported to price these phones in the same manner as the iPhone X so you will need to spend more money again if you will be upgrading.iPhone 2018: PriceThe 6.4-inch OLED iPhone X Plus, with some rumors claiming that the screen size could go up to 6.5 inches will retail for $1,099 (unofficial price of Rs. 75,204.57). The smaller 5.8-inch OLED version will retail for $999 (unofficial price of Rs. 68,361.57), and the 6.1-inch model with LCD technology will be sold for $750 (unofficial price of Rs. 51,322.50).iPhone 2018 lineup: Release date in IndiaThe announcement of all three models will take place during the month of September, with Apple putting them officially on sale in the following week because component shortages might not happen this time as it did during the iPhone X launch. In India, the launch of the three new iPhone models is going to take place after September 2018.The advantage for buyers is that after the iPhone X Plus, iPhone X successor and the iPhone 9 are officially put on sale in India, the models released in 2017 will become cheaper. Apple promises software updates for iPhones longer than any Android competitor, so even if you get a model released in 2017, you will get to experience the best features from upcoming software releases.
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