Apple working on the next iPhone

Smartphone giant Apple is said to be busy working on their next iPhone. These are not just rumors but have some concrete base. Along with the iPhone, the company is also busy checking the newer version of their iOS software. It was a very positive development for the company which helped the shares of Apple go up.

The Nasdaq stock exchange saw the Apple shares go up by as much as 4.3%. The app developers have spotted through the apps reference log, the orientation of a novel iPhone identifier, iOS 7 operating system as well as iPhone 6.1.

The identifier for the iPhone 5 is iPhone 5.1 and iPhone 5.2, while it is powered by operating system iOS 6.

The developer logs indicate that the requests that are coming have a certain origin. This is tracked to the Cupertino campus, which suggests that the engineers at the Apple center are currently testing compatibility for some of the popular apps.

It should be noted that the device data as well as the OS can be counterfeit. However, the IPs are unique and can be effective in deciding if the developments are indeed factual.

India welcomes iPhone 5; many more Smartphones expected

The day finally dawned on the Indian horizon as the day for the launch of the Apple iPhone 5. We had carried out the news about the launch of the Apple phone a few days back along with the price tags for the Indian market. Telecom operators like Aircel and Airtel announced the launch of the phone with various offers to attract more customers.

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Aircel offered their customers plans to pay installments in one year. On the other hand, Airtel had offers of five monthly plans which were accompanied by discounted rates. The response to the sales would only be known in a day’s time when some concrete data is available.

The iPhone 5 – one of the most hyped products of Apple, was originally launched on September 21.

However, the launch of Apple iPhone 5 is not the only gadget to look up to for the Indian customers. There are lots of other Smartphones that are staring at a launch in India soon. Among the new launch of Smartphones include, HTC Smartphones that are built on the Microsoft’s Windows platform.

Karbonn and Lava are the other two companies that will soon be launching their Smartphones for the Indian market as well.

A look at the Google Nexus-10 inch tablet

As the name suggests, the Google Nexus-10” tablet is a 10” tablet, that has been manufactured with the help of another manufacturing giant Samsung. The best thing about the Google Nexus tablet is that it boasts of having the best screen resolution in the tab segment. The resolution is 2560 X 1600, which is equal to about 300 ppi.

This means the Google Nexus-10” tablet beats the iPad 3 and even the iPad 4’ Retina Display. The gadget comes with a pair of stereo speaker to the front. The speakers sit pretty to the either side of the tab. The tab is also equipped with two cameras. The 8MP camera is located to the rear, while the 1.9MP camera makes it to the other side.

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The tab is built with the help of dual-core processor. There will be 2GB RAM and the tabs with 16GB and the 32GB hard disk will be built with it. The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will be seen in the Google device. It will have a unique feature like the gesture typing keyboard.

It is pretty much similar to Swype and is seen in Samsung products. There will also be the Panorama photo feature, which is also included in the iPhone 5. This Google product will be up for sale from November 13. It will take some more time until the device lands in India.

The cost of the 16GB version is $400 and the 32GB version will cost $100 more.

iPhone 5 to cost Rs. 45,500 in India

As a follow-up to our earlier report about the launch of the iPhone5 news update, here is the latest news. The Apple iPhone 5 is expected to cost about Rs. 45,500.  There are two official distributors of the Apple gadgets in India, namely Ingram Micro and Redington India.

It is Redington India that has come up with the prices of the Apple gadget. According to the distributing company, the basic version – the 16GB version will cost Rs. 45,500.  If you wish to go for higher capacity phones, the prices are Rs. 52,500 for the 32GB version and Rs. 59,500 for the 64GB version.

Both versions of the phone – the black and the white are likely to be up for sale this coming Friday. Saholic and Infibeam – the online retailers have begun to accept the preorders for the phones. To book your phone now, you will have to pay Rs. 5000 for the basic version.

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iPhone 5 to hit Indian markets on November 2

After making millions of sales all over, Apple’s iPhone 5 is all set to make a grand entry in the Indian markets come next Friday. On November 2, the Apple gadget will be up for sale in retail stores in India. Are you interested in buying the device? Well, you will still have to wait for some more days.

But the wait is not until the phone launches. It is about the price tag. Apple has not yet made it public as to what price the phone will be sold for the Indian customers. So until the price tag is finalized, which will soon be, there is nothing one can decide about the iPhone 5 – to buy or not.

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But as the craze for the Apple products is so high, there should not be a problem for the customers going for the iPhone 5. The two official Apple distributors in India – Ingram Micro and Redington India will be supplying the phones to various retailers all over the country.

40 cities across India will see the launch of the iPhone 5. The phone that Apple has built on an A6 chip is twice faster than the A5 chip, which came in the last version of the iphone.

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Here’s the cheaper Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

If you are not too happy with the price tag of the Samsung Galaxy S III, you can get the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. The great thing about this lovely gadget is that it is a cheaper version of the Samsung Galaxy S III phone. The size of the screen has been kept the same as the iPhone 5.

The screen of the S3 Mini is 4”, which is lesser than the Samsung Galaxy S III that sports a 4.8” screen. However, it matches with that of the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 was the first instance of an upgrade for the screen size of the iPhone.

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Coming back to the Mini, the company has said that they expect the launch to materialize in the month for Europe. However, there was no word on any timetable for the launch in other parts of the world.

It would be interesting to have a look at the price at of the Galaxy S3 Mini. The Mini is tagged at a price of $516 as against the $711 for the most affordable Galaxy S III. The only drawback of the Mini is that it doesn’t give support to 4G wireless networks.

The Samsung Galaxy S III has a superior display than iPhone 5

Now that both Samsung Galaxy S III and iPhone 5 are there to be compared, which do you think has the better display? According to one expert in this industry, the Samsung Galaxy S III scores over the iPhone 5, when it comes to the display. However, ‘better’ is a subjective term and so the conclusions can vary.

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According to the expert, the display of the Samsung Galaxy S III happens to be a bit thinner and is blessed with an improved color gamut. The key rival to Samsung Galaxy S III is the iPhone 5 and it looks like the Samsung gadget has easily overtaken the Apple phone.

It should be noted that the iPhone 5 has a 4” display, which is an improvement over it comparatively smaller iPhone 4S display. In spite of this, the Samsung has something more up its sleeve in the form of better specifications for the display screen.

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The above findings were observed by Vinita Jakhanwal, who is the director for small and medium displays, IHS iSuppli. According to her the differences are quite subtle and might not even matter to the users. She further added that the display of the iPhone 5 was about 1.5 mm in thickness while that of the Galaxy S III was only 1.1 mm.

Apple says 5 million iPhone 5 units sold in three days

The official report on the sales of the iPhone 5 claims to have sold as many as five million units over the weekend. Since its launch on September 21, in just three days, the figure has reached such a staggering height. Apart from that Apple also said that they have updated at least 100 million iOS gadgets with iOS 6.

The demand for the phone has been phenomenal and the company is trying to make every customer an iPhone 5 owner at the earliest, who wish to own one. The primary stock of the units has been sold off already and the stores are filled with more demands for the Smartphone.

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In the first phase of the release, the phone has been made available in UK, US, Hong Kong, Australia, France, Japan, Canada, Singapore and Germany. By Friday, the phone will be accessible to at least 22 countries. That will also naturally boost the sales, which are already rocketing.

Before the year ends, the Smartphone will have reached more than 100 countries. So, most of the customers are likely to get their share of the pie sooner than later.

The iPhone 5’s 64GB version costs Rs. 1 lakh

The iPhone 5 has been making news for various reasons of late. There is still a lot of time for the gadget to make its way to India as it falls in the third wave of the nations to get the Apple gadget. This means it will be at least the fag end of October before the Indian users can get the iPhone 5.

However, in some grey markets, the phone is available at this moment. And as expected, the costs of the phone are way too high. Out of the three versions of the phone, the basic version of 16GB memory costs around Rs. 76,000. The 32GB memory phone goes up to Rs. 85,000.

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            Read the comparison between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4

And here is the bombshell – the top end model of the phone can make you poorer by a six-figure mark of Rs. 1, 00,000 flat. Yes, the iPhone 5 with the 64 GB memory costs that much right now. The reports claim that the latest Apple device is easy to repair that either the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4S.

Well, it is hard to say right now, which Indian buyers will be going for that big an amount to buy a phone from the grey market. Most of the users could prefer waiting for the official launch of the phone by the end of October.

Shocking: 250 iPhone 5 devices stolen from a London store

In one of the most shocking and unfortunate incidents regarding the sales of iPhone 5 in London, around 250 iPhone 5 units have been stolen. Incidentally, all these units were put on sale. So now the store is left without even a single unit of iPhone 5. The police are smelling something fishy and wish to interrogate the O2 shop assistant.

The O2 Store is in the Tandem Centre in Colliers Wood close to Wimbledon. As a matter of fact, the booty was stolen just hours before it was to be put on sale. The cost of these 250 iPhones is estimated to be in the region of £100,000, which equates to Rs 87 lakh approximately.

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            Read the comparison between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4

Queues were already seen for the iPhone 5 on the day on the launch itself. The phone was up for sale in Asia, Australia and Europe. The demand for the phone was so huge that according to Apple, they had booked orders amounting to two million in number in just 24 hours flat - certainly loads of demand.

It is an estimate that the company could sell as many as 10 million units of the iPhone 5 in the rest of the month. That could boost the US economy by as much as $3.2 billion – the amount is equivalent to the entire economy of a nation like Fiji.

Apple is loaded with iPhone 5 demand

The iPhone 5 is one of the best dished out products from the house of Apple yet. The gadget is made entirely out of glass and aluminium. The device is a super light when it comes to weight – it weighs only 112 grams. That is, it is nearly 45% lighter than that of the iPhone 4S. That is not all the phone is the thinnest in its category, with only 7.6 mm.

Apple will be launching the iOS 6 along with the new phone. There will certainly be something exciting to look forward to in the new iOS 6. The Apple Maps app will be there along with a restructured version of Siri and a lot of more exciting features. In short, the new phone has everything in an upgraded version.

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Those who are well-acquainted with these types of phones might have marked a big difference among the features of the new iOS. Initially, there were Google Maps in the Apple phones, but now the new maps will come from Apple itself.

The new Apple phone will be a 4” wonder with 326ppi Retina Display. The pixel resolution of the phone is 1136 X 640. You can find GPRS, EV-DO, EDGE, HSPA+, HSPA apart from Wi-Fi and LTE. For wireless transfer the Bluetooth sits pretty in the iPhone 5.

The phone has two cameras – the front camera is 8MP with 1080p HD recording. There is the 720p front facing camera as well. The phone comes with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB memory options.

If the reports are to be believed, there is unprecedented demand for the iPhone 5. Actually, there are queues at the Apple stores. Cube, which also refers to the queues being formed outside the Apple stores, could be seen at the 5^th Avenue Street in New York. The queues were seen last on September 14 – Friday, around a week before the phone’s launch.