Revered KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reiterated his view that one of Apple's 2018 iPhone models will skip the 3D Touch feature which made a splash more than two years ago.
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You could’ve probably guessed top reasons some people haven’t purchased iPhone X
Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson yesterday shared a new 1,500 person study he performed as to why people opted not to purchase a new iPhone. The results aren't particularly surprising, noting three primary reasons for the hold off.
Apple Music has become a $10 billion business
In just under two years, Apple Music has already amassed 36 million paid subscribers and is is currently worth roughly $10 billion, or about one percent of Apple's overall market value.
KGI predicts a more affordable MacBook Air
Some people have suspected that Apple's MacBook Air notebook family is being slowly but surely phased out because in the past few years the company has shown little interest in refreshing the Air models beyond modest CPU, GPU and storage upgrades.
KGI on iPhone SE 2: “we believe Apple may have used up its development resources”
Is Apple spreading itself too thin and getting into the danger zone?
The next iPhone SE with wireless charging and no 3D Touch may arrive in May or June
According to one analyst, a second-generation iPhone SE with wireless charging, and no 3D Touch, may arrive in time for summer 2018 sometime during the May-June timeframe.
Analyst predicts Apple will release only one new OLED iPhone this year
According to a new analyst report released Friday in Taiwan, Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup will consist of a pair of phones outfitted with LCD screens and one larger OLED model.
Acclaimed analyst says Apple is dropping 3D Touch from one of its next iPhone models
Has Apple realized that 3D Touch may be a gimmicky feature after all?
KGI: iPhone X to be discontinued when Apple brings Plus-sized OLED model to the mix
Revered Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has predicted in a note sent to clients on Monday that Apple will discontinue 2017's $999 iPhone X later this year while adding a lower-priced Plus-sized model outfitted with an edge-to-edge OLED panel to the product mix.
App Store to eclipse worldwide box office revenues sometime this year
App Store revenues may become bigger than the entire worldwide movie-making business sometime this year, with both industries likely to hit the $40 billion mark in the near future.
iPhone once again named best-selling tech product of the year
The iPhone has once again been named the best-selling tech product of the year. According to a report from USA Today, Apple's popular handset outsold Samsung's Galaxy devices and all other consumer electronics in 2017, and it wasn't even close.
KGI: 2019 iPhones will have upgraded TrueDepth camera that’ll draw more power
While iPhones introduced next year are expected to feature basically the same TrueDepth camera as one found on the new iPhone X, models coming in 2019 will be outfitted with an upgraded TrueDepth system that'll consume more power and require larger-capacity batteries.