It took a while and there were muchos conflicts with Foxconn, but it finally happened: Apple’s iPhone 5 supply chain has stabilized. Per AppleInsider, the popular iPhone 5 handset is now readily available in the U.S. at Apple’s brick-and-mortar retail stores as the company has apparently overcome supply issues experienced since the device was launched […]
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The ne’er ending fight between Apple and Samsung continues. Following up on yesterday’s story about Samsung potentially raising the cost of building mobile processors for Apple, such a change would be expected to reduce the company’s overall margins by as much as 2 percentage points. Per AppleInsider, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray noted on Wednesday […]
Maybe things are getting a little better over at the Foxconn plant… Per AppleInsider, availability of the iPhone 5 continues to improve, as Apple’s website now advertises that all models ship within two to three weeks. The latest estimated shipping times are an improvement from the previously advertised timeframe of three to four weeks. The […]
It never hurts to have your products on the shelves. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s retail presence is expected to grow within the U.S. over the next two years with store-within-a-store retail outlets set to expand at Target and Walmart. Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray noted that while Apple currently has just 250 retail locations in […]
When you go looking for components, people tend to notice. Per AppleInsider, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster told investors on Tuesday that he had recently spoken to a “major TV component supplier” about Apple’s rumored plans to release a connected HDTV. Sources within the supplier reportedly told him that Apple had contacted “regarding various capabilities of […]