Christopher Lee

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iPad 2 declared obsolete, Apple must pay Qualcomm $4.7bn

iPad 2 declared obsolete, Apple must pay Qualcomm $4.7bn

Christopher Lee · May 2, 2019

As was widely expected, all iPad 2 models have now been added to Apple’s list of vintage and obsolete products. Apple’s definition of “vintage products” are those that have not been made for between five and seven years. For owners of older devices, this is a very important list, because it determines whether or not […]

Tim Cook envisages Apple and Netflix coexisting in streaming market

Tim Cook envisages Apple and Netflix coexisting in streaming market

Christopher Lee · May 1, 2019

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said something quite interesting yesterday: he sees Apple and Netflix operating alongside each other with similar services in the market of the future. Apple announced last month that it was planning a streaming service, complete with original shows from, among others, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. The firm intends to invest […]

Engineer at the forefront of Apple’s 5G plans mysteriously departs

Engineer at the forefront of Apple’s 5G plans mysteriously departs

Christopher Lee · Apr 30, 2019

According to The Information, a hardware engineering executive at Apple who had been “leading Apple’s charge into 5G”, and who handled modem hardware supplies, has inexplicably left the firm. Rubén Caballero departed shortly after Apple and Qualcomm settled their lawsuit and signed an agreement that will have Qualcomm producing chips for the Apple devices of […]

Does this video show what the iPhone 11 will look like?

Does this video show what the iPhone 11 will look like?

Christopher Lee · Apr 26, 2019

Until fairly recently, Apple’s upcoming iPhone 11 range promised to be one of the most boring ever. Over the past couple of weeks, however, a number of new reports from reliable sources have portrayed a much more exciting picture of the new iPhones. According to bgr.com, the general design of the new range will be […]

Goldman Sachs predicts declining iPhone sales and lower stock price

Goldman Sachs predicts declining iPhone sales and lower stock price

Christopher Lee · Apr 25, 2019

Goldman Sachs maintained its gloomy outlook for Apple yesterday by expressing the belief that the company will sell fewer iPhones during the last part of the year than the 67 million that the market anticipates. Analyst Rod Hall told clients yesterday that it’s increasingly unlikely that Apple will meet its targets for average selling prices […]

Apple to provide next-day repairs for defective butterfly keyboards

Apple to provide next-day repairs for defective butterfly keyboards

Christopher Lee · Apr 24, 2019

According to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors, Apple is to start prioritizing repairs to MacBook Pro and MacBook devices with faulty keyboards at its physical repair centers. In it, Genius Bar technicians are advised to repair keyboards locally instead of sending them to off-site Apple repair centers. These repairs, according to the memo, should […]

Third beta version of iOS 12.3 brings interesting new tweaks

Third beta version of iOS 12.3 brings interesting new tweaks

Christopher Lee · Apr 23, 2019

This Easter weekend, Apple distributed the third beta version of a new iOS 12.3 update to its global team of developers – a month after releasing iOS 12.2, which brought us new Animoji and, of course, Apple News+. If you are a registered developer, you can download the latest beta version over-the-air or from the […]

What is this former political philosophy professor doing at Apple?

What is this former political philosophy professor doing at Apple?

Christopher Lee · Apr 22, 2019

According to an iDrop News report published yesterday, Apple has its own in-house philosopher. While that is already strange, even stranger is that Joshua Cohen used to be a professor of political philosophy at Stanford University and that his work at Apple is kept a tight secret. Cohen was initially hired to work at Apple […]

Apple sourcing suppliers of LiDAR sensors for self-driving cars

Apple sourcing suppliers of LiDAR sensors for self-driving cars

Christopher Lee · Apr 19, 2019

According to a Reuters report, Apple has been involved in discussions with at least four prospective suppliers for LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles. This is yet more evidence of the firm’s renewed determination to become a player in the self-driving car arena. The Reuters report states that Apple wants LiDAR units that are cheaper, smaller […]

Apple to donate an unknown sum towards rebuilding Notre-Dame

Apple to donate an unknown sum towards rebuilding Notre-Dame

Christopher Lee · Apr 18, 2019

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said in a tweet this week that his firm will donate funds to help restore the legendary 850-year-old Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Cook tweeted that they were “heartbroken” for the people of France and everyone across the globe for whom Notre-Dame is a “symbol of hope”, and added: “Relieved that everyone […]

Lawsuit claims Apple, its CEO and CFO committed securities fraud

Lawsuit claims Apple, its CEO and CFO committed securities fraud

Christopher Lee · Apr 17, 2019

A new lawsuit alleges that Apple and its CEO Tim Cook were aware that iPhone sales were falling back in November due to the trade war between the US and China, yet they portrayed a fake positive picture to mislead investors, and in the process committed securities fraud. The lawsuit wants class-action status to cover […]

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