“iPhone SE is an exciting new idea – we started with a beloved, iconic design and reinvented it from the inside out”.
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In a filing late on Monday, federal prosecutors said “an outside party” came forward over the weekend and showed the FBI a possible method for unlocking the phone used by gunman Syed Farook in the December 2 terror attack in California. If viable, “it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple” according to the filing.
Prices for the new iPhone, in the U.S., start at $399 for a model with 16 GB of storage. If your 5S is in good condition, you can trade it in at an Apple store and get the SE for $240, in 24 monthly installments. It’s worth noting that whilst the A9 chipset does also boast Apple’s integrated M9 coprocessor, the version on the SE loses out on the barometer, so the phone can’t log altitude when tracking fitness data, a feat still possible with the M9 chip on the 6S.
We’ve heard from Apple that by early next month, the iPhone SE will be available for Rs 39,000.
But there’s a bigger benefit for you and I: a substantially lower price. With identical looks and features of the iPad Air 2, the smaller version of iPad Pro will come in three storage variants, with pre-orders starting this Thursday and shipping on March 31. Packing the same power as the iPhone 6S, the iPhone SE comes in a similar form factor to probably my favourite iPhone yet, the iPhone 5s. “The result is the most handsome and powerful phone with a four-inch display in the world”, said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing. That means you have your pick of the bunch compared to most newly-lanched devices.
Visit apple.com/au for more. However, make sure you get the Smart Keyboard (Rs 13,800) and the Apple Pencil (Rs 8,600) to get the best out of the device. Tablet upgrade cycles are long.
“There’s considerable evidence that some of those who own smaller iPhones are holding onto them rather than upgrading to the new, larger iPhones”.
Firstly, Apple is in fact taking a step back and creating a smaller, thicker iPhone.
But he added that “this pricing doesn’t get the iPhone down to the kind of prices needed to really spur sales in emerging markets”. It costs $599 for the entry-level model with 32GB of space.
China aside, de Renesse believes India is the market that represents the largest growth opportunity for Apple – at present, the company has only five percent market share of 120 million unit sales in 2015.
“We are already working on special limited edition iPads that we will release along with the standard luxury plated finishes; we want our products, as well as our customers to stand out from what’s available in the market and these designs certainly will do that”.
“For many of us, the iPhone is an extension of ourselves”.
A status report must now be filed by the government by April 5.
The US Justice Department argues that its “modest” demand could help reveal vital evidence in a terror case.
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Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google, Facebook and Yahoo, has argued that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking a “back door” into all iPhones as part of the probe into the December massacre that left 14 people dead.
