As some tech and financial pundits exhort Apple to sell cheaper versions of the iPhone, it does appear that demand for the mobile handsets may be slipping around the world. Well, at least if you look at the latest financials for ARM Holdings, which licenses chips to most of the handset makers, including Apple and […]

So, after it was announced that Motorola Mobility was being pawned off to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, the new owner boasted that they would soon beat Apple and Samsung when it comes to smartphone sales. As usual, that quote was repeated with no reality check whatsoever. Consider that a company will not usually sell off […]

So you know that, in response to the insistence from the media that Apple has lost its way, Tim Cook gave reasons why some portions of the company’s fiscal first quarter financials seemed underwhelming. When it comes to the iPhone, as a main example, one reason why “only” 51 million were sold is that the […]

So Apple generated record revenue and profits, not to mention record sales for the iPhone and the iPad, during the company’s fiscal first quarter. That’s what is generally considered to be the holiday quarter for 2013. But it wasn’t enough to impress Wall Street, which explains a sharp dip in the company’s stock price in […]