According to a report by Apple news website 9to5Mac, that policy is about to change, with
Apple this week launching an updated trade - in program that will have Apple Stores giving credit to customers that trade in damaged iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones.
Not exact matches
Not all of them were fully functional, but keep in mind as I write this review the app store hasn't gone live yet and
Apple Watch is still nearly three
weeks away from
launch.
Apple began selling its HomePod smart speaker last
week and, between mixed reviews and a furniture staining issue, it hasn't been the company's smoothest
launch.
Its
launch will likely come alongside the
launch of
Apple's latest iOS iteration, which typically
launches about a
week before its new iPhone in the fall.
Two
weeks after Cheyer and his co-founders, Dag Kittlaus and Tom Gruber,
launched Siri as an app in the
Apple store in February 2010, Jobs called their office — unannounced.
LATEST
APPLE PAY DEVELOPMENTS: Last
week,
Apple announced a number of forthcoming changes to
Apple Pay, including synchronization with rewards cards and its
launch in the UK next month.
As our big
launch dates neared and we geared up to announce the next great thing (like
Apple just did with the iPhone X), saying «Sorry, had a bad
week, you'll have to delay the iPhone announcement,» just isn't an option.
Over the last several years, consumers worldwide have fallen victim to waiting too long to pre-order new
Apple hardware, leaving them with two options: wait a few more
weeks until it reaches their homes or stand in line on
launch day in hopes of getting one at an
Apple store, third - party retailer, or carrier.
Wall Street was mighty disappointed when the new
Apple iPhone
launch did not include news of a deal with China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier, but it might be on the way, according to some China Mobile marketing documents leaked this past
week.
Gigaom reports that
Apple is expected to announce its mobile wallet offer for the new iPhone next
week, and today a consortium of top U.S. retailers including Walmart, Target and CVS announced that its payment system should
launch in 2015.
If you look at Pebble, it was kind of timely that they
launched their Kickstarter campaign a couple of
weeks before
Apple comes out with its watch.
Bitcoin Tracker
Week 41 The
launch of
Apple Pay really has seemed to tamp down the buzz over bitcoin.
«Customers chose iPhone X more than any other iPhone each
week in the March quarter, just as they did following its
launch in the December quarter,»
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the company's earnings release.
Apple usually doesn't comment on its future product plans until a few
weeks or days before a
launch.
Thank you also to the fabulous bloggers who participated last
week for the
launch, I really appreciate your support and loved all of your delicious recipes: I Spy Plum Pie, Girl on Greens, Coconut and Berries, Healthful Mind Body and Soul, Ragdoll Kitchen,
Apples and Ginger, Made to Glow, A Harmony Healing, Quick»n' Healthy, Green Thickies.
If you're a tech person, fanboy or girl or enjoy hype no doubt that last
week you were aware of the
launch of some pretty big new
Apple products.
I have to admit that ever since the latest generation
Apple TV
launched last fall with a true App Store and a bazillion games, I haven't really played many games on it since that initial
week or so of checking things out.
iPhoneDevCamp was formed one
week after the
launch of iPhone, in reaction to the critique around the web - only development kit from
Apple.
The biggest story of the
week came from
Apple, who
launched the new iPhone 4S mobile phone — with the same look as the older iPhone 4 only with a faster processor and graphics, better camera and greater storage options.
One of the most respected
Apple analysts called the Mini «highly likely» last
week; another analyst got so specific as to predict a
launch month (October) a price ($ 299) and an exact screen size (7.85 inches).
Apple's invitations will almost definitely go out this
week,
launching a new wave of speculation even before the event.
That's sure to change with next
week's
Apple press event where the next iPhone is expected to
launch.
Condé Nast is the latest publisher to claim a boom in digital magazine sales from the
launch of
Apple's Newsstand two
weeks: the publisher of Glamour, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Wired says that new subscription sales, per
week, across all nine digital editions, was up 268 percent, with single copy sales up 142 percent compared to the previous eight
weeks.
Apple fans will be able to watch the
launch of the next - generation iPad Air, iPad mini and iMac line next
week via a dedicated live stream, the company has confirmed.
Towards the end of the
week,
Apple launched the iPad 2 and also announced iOS 4.3, where Motorola's Xoom tablet got priced up, the Galaxy Ace arrived on Vodafone and Everything Everywhere is to get the iPad 2.
B&N also plans to enhance those services in the
weeks ahead with the
launch of in - app purchases, which will finally put it in line with offerings from other purveyors of apps like
Apple, Google, and, specifically, its arch nemesis in the books category, Amazon.
Earlier this
week,
Apple launched the second - generation 9.7 - inch iPad.
During the
Apple launch event this morning, it was clear to see how easily this pairing could be used to benefit your health while helping researchers and healthcare professionals to gather more meaningful data (asking patients to recall pain levels days or
weeks later during scheduled appointments can be difficult, whereas a ResearchKit app can capture data or make users perform ongoing tasks that will provide useful details).
Also,
Apple launched the new iPad Air and iPad Mini 2 last
week.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad 2 March 2 in San Francisco, one
week after Verizon Wireless
launched the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 «Honeycomb» tablet.
«It appears iPad 2 supply will be better than the first iPad, given
Apple expects to be in 27 countries in the first two
weeks with iPad 2 (and we expect the iPad 2 to
launch in China in April), vs. just 10 countries in the first two months for the first iPad,» Munster added.
The tablet computer went on - sale April 19th at more than 20,000 retail locations in the United States and Canada, just days after the
launch of the Motorola android powered Xoom tablet and three
weeks after the
launch of the
Apple iPad 2 tablet.
The PlayBook goes on sale in Canada just days after the
launch of the Motorola android powered Xoom tablet and three
weeks after the
launch of the
Apple iPad 2 tablet.
Apple has just
launched a new program in its iOS App Store to give a free app every
week.
The timing of this announcement is not likely a coincidence — with
Apple's big event happening next
week, I suspect we will see more than a few «first to market» style
launches as manufacturers try not to be seen as a copycat of whatever is coming our way.
In addition, sales of single issues surged 142 % in comparison to the eight
weeks prior to
Apple's
launch of Newsstand.
Just
weeks after its momentous
launch of the iPhone 5,
Apple is back with what is expected to be another hot gadget — a «mini» version of its market - leading iPad tablet.
Apple will
launch this
week the new line of MacBook Air, and thanks 9to5Mac newspaper sources, we've managed to find out technical details of the devices before the official unveiling.
Despite the previous whirlwind
week that included the Department of Justice going forward with a lawsuit against
Apple and two publishers for colluding to force Amazon to raise the prices of its ebooks, as well as the
launch of a new device from one of Amazon's key competitors that does something that no current Kindle... [Read more...]
If true, this will make the release to be the Thursday before Thanksgiving, one
week before Black Friday, meaning there will still be enough time for
Apple to catch up with the holiday rush without putting much strain on inventory, something that could have been a possibility if the tablet is
launched earlier than that.
During our discussions, it came out that six
weeks before the original
Apple iPad debuted, both companies were working together to ensure that when it
launched they would have a digital publishing company to provide content.
Despite the previous whirlwind
week that included the Department of Justice going forward with a lawsuit against
Apple and two publishers for colluding to force Amazon to raise the prices of its ebooks, as well as the
launch of a new device from one of Amazon's key competitors that does something that no current Kindle can do, Amazon calmly announced several highly anticipated titles from its Amazon Publishing division under the New Harvest imprint, newly formed under Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
While Google is pressing on to unleash its Android Newsstand in a few
weeks,
Apple has already have some minor setbacks with the
launch of the Daily Newsstand which was going to occur on January 19th 2010.
Apple announced today that the new 12.9 - inch
Apple iPad Pro will finally become available for order online from
Apple on November 11, and that it will be
launched in stores later this
week, which have often been
Apple speak for Friday.
Overall, the tenor of the early Xoom talk would bode well for the tablet... if it weren't for the fact that it
launched one
week before
Apple's iPad is expected to make its much - anticipated debut at a media event in San Francisco on March 2.
Recent rumors suggest that
Apple might conduct a media event in the second
week of October to
launch its new iPads.
One other impressive new tablet is the Icoo 8 ($ 185) which
launched this
week and is the first 8 - inch Android tablet with an HD 1280x800 screen — previously, all 8 - inch tablets have been sporting a low resolution 1024 x 768 display — the first to offer the new Icoo 8 model is T ab l e t S p r i n t — and the 8» size is almost as compact as a 7» tablet but offers 40 % more screen space to play with, which makes quite a difference in user experience and the key reason
Apple choose this size format.
Just this
week Google
launched its Google eBooks website in opposition to Amazon and
Apple.
Retailing Amazon.com reportedly has threatened to stop directly selling titles from four major publishers if they don't strike a digital - sales agreement with the online retailer before the
launch of
Apple's iPad in just two
weeks.
Last
week,
Apple also
launched their own «iBooks Author Starter Kit,» which runs you through all the steps to creating a totally interactive book — which includes materials like an iBooks Author template, color palette, copy decks, images, videos, keynote presentation, and other interactive tools.