Last week, the company confirmed to The Verge that only 130,000 Note 7 units have been returned to date — leaving approximately 90 percent of affected devices
still in the hands of consumers.
Not exact matches
Still, it makes sense that the Kindle Fire doesn't have much web usage since it's relatively new and there really aren't that many
of them
in consumers»
hands compared to the iPad which has global distribution.
While Apple managed to ship 9.25 million iPads last quarter and some retailers are
still having trouble keeping inventory
in stock, other
consumer tablet vendors are reportedly having a difficult time pushing their wares past retail channels and into the
hands of end users.
Subprime rewards cards rise Subprime
consumers with scores below 660 had fewer rewards cards, but rewards
still accounted for 58 percent
of new cards
handed out to those with less - than - perfect credit
in the quarter.
«We
still need a couple
of years before we can put [a quality] experience
in the
hands of the
consumer and
in the meantime, companies like us are working on creating really amazing content.»
White, a Boston attorney who specializes
in injury and liability cases, said companies have a responsibility to inform clients
of recalls and stores have a responsibility not to sell recalled products, but sometimes
consumers still do not receive notice, including
in cases involving products purchased
in second -
hand stores.
Apple may be doing well
in such a short time (regardless
of the one issue at
hand), but to say that
consumers have no choice is a little unfair when the market is
still nascent.
It's
still early and there are yet to be any new smartwatches announced so far
in these first couple
of weeks that
consumers can get their
hands on, but it won't be long before some
of them are available on store shelves and there are
still quite a few that were announced late last year that are worthy options for those looking to buy into the smartwatch ecosystem.
Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks
in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales
of the Mi 3 were a bit
of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them
of dumping an old device on Indian
consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales,
still others might criticise their «flash sale» method
of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner
in the works
of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low price
in the Mi 3.
While this move, if made earlier, would unlikely have affected whether or not devices on the MSM8974 receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update (as the issue there stems from the CDD requiring either the Vulkan Graphics API or GLES 3.1, which IS something that OEMs would have to wait for silicon manufacturers to bring GPU support for
in their source code), this move should
still significantly reduce the time it takes for major Android updates to reach the
hands of consumers.
Apple's AR strategy isn't just about a single device, like its
still - rumored AR spectacles, but rather about injecting augmented reality into the hundreds
of millions
of iOS devices already
in consumer hands.
Consumers in mature markets aren't ready for an app to hold their
hand; they
still want the comforts
of a human voice and human touch.