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iPhone 5 Trade-Ins To Soar On September 20 (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 1:07pm | 530Read More...Several customers are about to dump their one-year-old iPhone. Mark Bowles, the founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) ecoATM, said that his kiosks typically enjoy an increase in old iPhone trade-ins whenever a new one is released. This includes everything from the...
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Apple iPhone Event Preview: What We Know, What We Don't And What We Hope Will Come True (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 11:45am | 1098Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only hours away from unveiling…something. No one knows for sure what will be introduced today. The whole world seems to be convinced that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant will unveil the next-generation iPhone. If history repeats itself (doesn't it always?),...
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SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Buys Nokia Handsets, Apple's Two iPhone Events And More From The First Week Of September
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 7:22pm | 204Read More...It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased Nokia's (NYSE: NOK), while rumors insisted that BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wished it had been acquired as well. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed the existence of not one but...
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Did China Mobile Just Secure Apple's iPhone 5C?
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 3:27pm | 455Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) might be headed to China Mobile. In addition to China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), Apple is largely expected to sign a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). That latter deal was thought to be held up by the iPhone's high subsidies. More often than not,...
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Apple TV Upgrade Could Debut At September 10 iPhone Event (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 3:35pm | 525Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is holding two major events next week -- one in the United States on September 10 and another in Beijing on September 11. The first event is expected to focus on Apple's long-awaited upgrade to the iPhone 5 (presumably the iPhone 5S). Apple may also use the event to promote...
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What Will Apple Announce In China On September 11? (AAPL)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 11:08am | 443Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is scheduled to hold a press event in Beijing on September 11 -- just hours after its September 10 event in the United States. It is not yet known what Apple will announce at either event. The domestic presentation -- scheduled to take place in Cupertino, California -- is...
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Apple In Talks With Japan's Largest Wireless Carrier (AAPL)
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 7:48am | 598Read More...Japanese media is reporting that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Japan’s largest mobile carrier, may be close to a deal that would allow DoCoMo to add the iPhone to its lineup. It might only be weeks away from an unveiling of a new iPhone (or two) but the days of the iPhone wow...
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SLIDESHOW: Apple's Groundbreaking Patent, Ballmer's Retirement And More From The Fourth Week Of August
Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 1:35pm | 260Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has taken an interest in developing a system to control virtual objects. After Apple filed a patent for what could be the company's answer to Kinect (the Microsoft-developed (NASDAQ: MSFT) motion-based control system for Xbox), investors began to wonder what Apple might do...
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More Evidence That The $50 Billion Apple-China Mobile Deal Is Going To Happen
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 9:17am | 484Read More...Wednesday, Benzinga reported that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) might be close to a deal and while these rumors have surfaced in the past, this time it was looking like the real thing. Read: China Mobile And Apple Might Be Close To A Deal...Again Later Wednesday, this...
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China Mobile And Apple Might Be Close To A Deal...Again
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 7:28am | 550Read More...Still wondering why Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock has shown signs of life of late? Sure, Carl Icahn had something to do with it, along with the growing chatter from the rumor mills that the iPhone 5S and “cheap” iPhone 5C are about to be unleashed but according to a Forbes article, investors think...
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iPhone Popularity Declines In China
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 9:33am | 645Read More...Earlier this week it seemed that the next-generation iPhone -- or at the very least its low-cost companion -- would finally inspire China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) to sign a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The Chinese telecommunications giant has been reluctant to sell the iPhone for a couple of...
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Is Apple's iPhone Finally Coming To China Mobile? (AAPL, CHL)
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:26am | 465Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) may be on the cusp of an industry-changing agreement. According to Reuters, China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua told reporters that the company is "actively negotiating and both sides are keen." "There are still some commercial and technology issues...
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iPhone Could Reach 2.8 Billion New Customers
Monday, May 6, 2013 - 2:33pm | 517Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone could reach nearly three billion new customers worldwide -- but only if it is willing to change its policies. According to Bloomberg, 2.8 billion potential iPhone customers continue to go untouched as international cellular service providers fight against Apple's...
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329 Million Smartphones to be Sold in China: Can Apple Get a Piece?
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:03am | 548Read More...Following a report that China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) would sell as many as 120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013, DigiTimes Research has revealed that smartphone sales in China could reach 329 million units by the end of 2013. China's smartphone market grew substantially in 2012, rising 67 percent....
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Barron's Recap (8/11/12): China's Top Brands
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:14am | 683Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: 10 top Chinese brands, a look at Sears, GameStop, and Reading International, and how to play American exceptionalism. Cover Story "10 Chinese Brands You Must Know" by Kopin Tan. The Chinese government would like nothing more than for its 1.4 billion citizens to "...
















