Days before Apple’s iPhone 7 even hits stores, one of the company’s customers sued the smartphone manufacturing giant, saying it broke faith with its most loyal customers in its quest for a greater market share. First shipments are expected to arrive in just a couple of days, with Friday, September 16 being the official iPhone 7 launch date.
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In short, Apple made a decision to hold back the weekend sales numbers because the weekend sales are a function of Apple’s supply chain efficiency, rather than the demand.
Although the percentages may look dramatically in favor of the smaller iPhone 7, it’s important to note that the iPhone Plus range has always had a larger battery capacity thanks to its larger form-factor.
Apple premium resellers in the northern India, IWorld stores are accepting the pre-bookings for the new iPhones models.
The iPhone 7 Jet Black variant has, apparently, the tendency to easily get scratched. NYT is the latest to join the list by citing anonymous Apple employees.
iPhone 7 Plus battery capacity is 2900mAh, an increase from 2750mAh on the iPhone 6S Plus.
This is the first year that Apple will launch the iPhone in Dubai at the same time as the rest of the world, the company confirmed in a statement.
According to the Apple website, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus both have longer battery life, likely due in part to processor-driven efficiency savings and battery modifications.
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Apple launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus on September 7 with improved camera features and without a headphone port – in keeping with the leaked rumours. Putting this in perspective, Apple reported revenue of $42.4 B in the latest quarter (Q3 2016 ending June 25, 2016), out of which iPhone accounted for $24B.
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While the recently-announced Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus ditched the 3.5mm headphone jack in favor of Apple’s Lightning port, Samsung does not have enough pull in the marketplace to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type-C. Hence, It would be too early to buy the stock based on the first-weekend sales data.
