Sentences with phrase «at rival apple»

Samsung did say, however, that the full - screen Infinity display «for the social generation» has been refined, and the company couldn't resist a dig at rival Apple by mentioning the lack of a notch and presence of a fingerprint scanner, which has been moved below the camera for easier reach — no in - screen technology for Samsung, yet.

In fact, the Korean giant even cocked a snook at rival Apple by showing the iPhone's inability to charge without a wire.

The head of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) fired a shot at rival Apple, slamming the notion that smartphones need «apps.»

Earlier this week, Bill Gates described those early days at Microsoft and at rival Apple, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal:

Not exact matches

Priced at $ 9.99 per month or $ 99.99 per year, Beats Music has reportedly struggled to poach subscribers from rivals Spotify and Rdio, but that didn't stop Apple from gobbling up Beats this summer in a cash and stock deal valued at $ 3 billion, vaulting Dre's personal fortune to $ 800 million and making him the richest figure in hip - hop history.

While the sources said the deal could break down at any time, it makes perfect sense for Apple (AAPL), after evaluating Tidal and who owns it, to take the plunge and acquire one of its chief rivals in the streaming business.

Yu was speaking after Huawei unveiled its Huawei Matebook, a two - in - one tablet and detachable keyboard aimed at the business market, and pitting the company against rivals Apple, Samsung and Lenovo.

Here's a look at how Amazon propelled itself into this leading position in the first place, where its biggest rivals still have room to overtake it, and why Apple needs to move in on this sooner rather than later.

Apple's chief mobile rival released a whole series of ads poking fun at the «exciting» «new» features of the devices, pointing out that many are already staples of Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones and wearables:

Apple also gave better projections for the third quarter than expected, giving investors more confidence in the company's long - term health at a time when its top smartphone rival, Samsung, said it expects demand for its high - end phones to soften.

The chat took place after Apple made a hefty $ 1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing, at the time one of Uber's biggest rivals in China.

In an essay on two cultures, a noted English novelist assesses some rugged similarities in our ball games, including the notion that a bumper at the Adam's apple rivals our stick - it - in - his - ear

The new Swift costs a little more than its predecessor, at $ 25,490 before on - roads, and it has a growing number of similarly priced rivals including the Peugeot 208 GTi, but it is still good value and well equipped everything from sat - nav and auto air - con to a reversing camera, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

When they entered Brazil at the end of 2012, they were on a level playing field against rivals that included Kobo, Apple and Google.

But an individual with knowledge of the company said that Microsoft would introduce a Microsoft - manufactured tablet at the event, marking a foray into a new hardware category that would put the company in direct competition with giant rival Apple.

Apple also stipulated that publishers couldn't let rival retailers sell the same book at a lower price...

Amazon has slashed prices of the Kindle e-readers and set a below - cost price for the Fire — a rival of Apple's iPad — with an eye at boosting sales of e-books, music and movies from its online store, analysts say.

Here is a look at some of the cool new features of iOS 6 that could make the Apple mobile OS extend its lead over arch rivals Android.

Much akin to the previous Amazon spot where it took a direct stab at Apple, the new one also digs at their rival.

However, selling the tablet at such a price point wasn't adding much to the company coffers, which is struggling after having ceded a lot of ground to its rivals Apple and Samsung.

Clearly the year 2010 has belonged to the Apple iPad so far and the only thing that arch rivals Microsoft could muster is a verbal volley by company CEO Steve Ballmer trying to convince the world at large that the Windows 7 is as good or maybe a tad better to deliver superior tablet PC experience than any other.

Apple introduced the slimmed - down iPad mini tablet — with a 7.9 - inch screen, it can be held in one hand — starting at $ 329, which will eat into sales of its higher - priced, 9.7 - inch models but give the company a more competitive offering against rivals, according to industry analysts.

Amazon has responded to Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller's iPad mini launch presentation, in which he slammed competitors to the 7.9 - inch iPad mini, by posting a direct dig at its rival on Amazon.com.

At the very least, Amazon is sure to demand the same power to discount as its rival Apple is required to retain — even though Apple will likely not use its court - ordered discounting power.»

The Monday introduction of another low - priced rival to the iPad won't keep anyone at Apple's California HQ up nights, analysts said.

ASUS released the ZenPad as a direct challenge to rivals at Samsung and Apple, including similar specs and build quality, but with more storage and at a lower price.

And it's good looking — at 10.35 x 7.11 x 0.33 in., it rivals the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab for slim good looks.

Finally, in what is becoming an unfortunate pattern in Apple's announcements, a revised developer agreement takes aim at potential Apple rivals, locking them out of the App store.

But a closer look at Apple's new rates and terms suggest that the company's policy isn't that different from what rival services offer — and in some cases, Apple's terms are more favorable.

At this point, it seems that Apple has built up a large enough user base that's willing to shell out higher prices for its products and thus help the company escape the race to the bottom that many rival electronics vendors have found themselves running.

Around the same time in the US B&N revealed plans to spin off its Nook business from its other retail businesses in a bid to increase shareholder value after the company continued to suffer rapid falls in demand for Nook hardware and content at the expense of its tablet and e-reader rivals Amazon, Apple and Google.

At # 529.99 it is the same price as the same spec Apple iPad, whilst Samsung will see its tablet undercut by any number of rival devices that might not offer the same tech spec, but might just do everything you want it to.

The iPad 2 has half the RAM of its rival at 512 MB but this doesn't seem to affect performance due to Apple's clever optimisation.

Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Tuesday that its iPad rival, the PlayBook, would go on sale next month at a price identical to that of the hot - selling Apple tablet computer.

It's been reported the Tab will be a direct rival to the Apple iPad, whose cost comes in at # 529 for the same capacity and also with WIFI and 3G abilities.

They say you have to spend money to make money and, by the looks of it, Microsoft certainly agrees, going at great lengths to turn the Surface tablet line into a worthy Apple iPad rival in spite of so far disheartening sales and lukewarm critical reception.

To put things in perspective, Apple's iPad 2 starts at $ 499 (366 Euro), making the Fire significantly less expensive than its iOS rival.

The Apple iPad is the biggest rival to home videogames consoles, such as the forthcoming Wii U, and the existing Xbox 360 and PS3 - according to Ian Baverstock, games industry stalwart and co-founder of consultancy group Tenshi Ventures.Speaking at... Read more

If the company wants to bounce back in the market, especially at a time when rival Samsung is gearing up for its yet another powerful launch - Galaxy Note 7, then Apple needs to introduce stronger features in the iPhone 7 line - up.

At that time, the laptop was believed to be Google's first ever laptop, and a true rival to the Apple MacBook and Microsoft's Surface Pro.

It costs $ 69.99; that makes it priced far lower than the rival Apple TV 4K, which starts at $ 179.

Spotify has outpaced rivals including Apple, and its prospects have improved markedly since it was valued at $ 8.5 bn in a fundraising undertaken in 2015.

Still no word yet on the possible merger with rival T - Mobile... Auto parts maker Delphi is buying autonomous car startup NuTonomy for $ 400 million... Overstock.com aims to hold the largest - yet initial coin offering, topping FileCoin's $ 257 million offering in August... Uber is adding a «long pickup fee» as part of an effort to make rides more attractive where drivers have to go a distance before starting the ride; the question is how it will go over with riders... AMD returned to profitability driven by sales of its Ryzen processor, per VentureBeat... Apple acquired New Zealand - based wireless charging firm PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum... TechCrunch reports that Honolulu has given final approval to a law that fines pedestrians who are looking at their phones while crossing a street.

You can be sure that Apple's rivals are already hard at work copying this terrific design — surprising, we know — but for the time being, this is just one more way that the iPhone X is in a league of its own.

The designer who helped create the iPhone at Apple is now officially going to be part of Apple's arch rival: Google.

Apple's HomePod is taking a seriously different route than rival smart speakers, something the list of absent Siri features at launch only underscores.

From a high - profile Apple Watch rival to a fat - detecting breathalyzer, we saw some pretty incredible devices at CES this year.

It's been clear for some time that we're about to enter a battle royale for streaming exclusives, with Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and other rivals scrapping for (at least) early access to key songs and albums by major...

Business Insider has learned from an Apple employee working at the company's office in Israel that Samsung's biggest rival is working on the «iPhone 8,» which is expected to come with a different look than this year's iPhone 7.

Samsung's biggest rival is also predicted to announce a 10.5 - inch iPad Pro in May, which is weird considering that Apple typically unveils new tablet installments at the same time.