Apple Inc AAPL.O will broadcast an event from its Cupertino, California campus on Tuesday where analysts expect it to show updated Apple Watches, iPads, and other devices while reserving an iPhone launch for next month.

Despite pandemic-related disruptions that Apple executives have said will push the release of the iPhone into October, Apple has posted earnings that beat expectations for the past two quarters powered in part by strong sales of work-from-home items such as iPads and laptops and accessories that pair with its flagship smartphones.

While analysts expect an October event for iPhones, Apple teased at new watches with a “Time Flies” caption for its Tuesday event invite sent last week, and analysts expect a new flagship Apple Watch Series 6. Apple has come to dominate the market for smartwatches, with Strategy Analytics reporting in May that Apple had 55% market share as of the first quarter.

Because the watch must be paired with an iPhone, analysts believe it plays a strong role in helping Apple retain customers, with longtime Apple Watcher Gene Munster of Loup Ventures saying last week that the 9% of iPhone owners that now own an Apple Watch could expand to 50% in the next decade.

Analysts expect Apple to dive deeper into health and fitness features with the watch. Bloomberg previously reported here that Apple plans to unveil a service offering virtual fitness classes in which the watch could play a role as part of a larger bundle of content and services.

Some analysts also believe Apple might build a way to sense changes in blood oxygen into its newest watches, building on health sensing capabilities after adding a way to take measurements similar to electrocardiogram with its Series 4 watches. However, many prominent Apple analysts and watchers have not confirmed the feature. Apple rival Fitbit Inc FIT.N introduced a way to measure changes in blood oxygen earlier this year.

Apple declined to comment on future products.

Analysts also expect Apple to unveil an update to its iPad Air, which sits between the high-end iPad Pro that has a 3D sensor for augmented reality content and the base model iPad aimed at the education market.

Analysts also expect a new set of over-ear headphones called “AirPods Studio” to complement the company’s AirPods and AirPods Pro wireless earbuds, which have become runaway hits for the company.

“While AirPods Studio will be a rounding error in terms of revenue contribution, they represent yet another example of the company integrating a new product into its hardware-software ecosystem,” Munster wrote in a blog post last week.

Analysts also expect a set of small devices called AirTags, meant to be attached to devices so their owners locate them using Bluetooth and other wireless sensors. Those devices will compete against Tile Inc, an independent company founded in 2012 that created a similar product and has publicly criticized Apple for putting roadblocks in its iPhone operating system that make products from third-party developers harder to use than Apple’s own products.

Source: Reuters

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Hardship is part of life, they say things that do not kill, you only make you stronger and Huawei has proved it. According to a new report, 2019 was very fruitful for the company even though it saw many hardships and came out stronger. In fact so strong that, Huawei became 2^nd largest OEM in 2019 displacing Apple from the position.

In 2019 despite the Geo-Political trade ban, Huawei’s overall performance was solid growing its market share from 14% in 2018 to 16% in 2019 while Apple’s market share declined from 14% from last year to 13% this year. Despite the market share decline, Apple’s year over year revenue was up for the first time since September of 2018. This data accounts for the overall growth between Calendar Year 2018 and 2019.

But talking about the Q4 of 2019, we see an increase in market share of Apple from 17% to 18% and a decrease in the market share of Huawei from 15% to 14%. Even though Huawei is in 2^nd position due to good performance between Calendar Year 2018 and 2019 just falling a little short in Q4 of 2019. Will Huawei be able to continue being in the 2^nd position which it has recently acquired? Reports of Q1 2020 will tell.

 

Source: CounterPoint

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Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers.

Hackers may have found a way to exploit iPhones and iPads using a malicious message sent through Apple’s email app. The flaw was discovered by San Francisco-based cybersecurity firm ZecOps and first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Apple is aware of the iOS vulnerability, and the company is preparing to push out a security update soon.

In a report published, ZecOps said it found evidence that hackers have been using a malicious program since at least January 2018, gaining access to the iOS mobile operating system. ZecOps researchers say the attack is a zero-click exploit, meaning it doesn’t require users to click on the email in order to get the device infected.

The attackers send black emails that would corrupt the iPhone when the users try to open the message. This way hackers gain entry to the device, giving them access to confidential emails, photos, and other details. It affects the iPhone with iOS 13, though the cyber-security firm says the vulnerability has existed since at least iOS 6, which was released way back in 2012.

“ZecOps detected multiple triggers in the wild to this vulnerability on enterprise users, VIPs, and MSSPs, over a prolonged period of time,” the cybersecurity firm said. “The attack’s scope consists of sending a specially crafted email to a victim’s mailbox enabling it to trigger the vulnerability in the context of iOS MobileMail application on iOS 12 or mailed on iOS 13.”

An Apple spokesperson told Reuters that the company would soon roll out a software update for the iPhones and iPads.Apple devices are known to be more secure than Android devices. But in the last few months, there has been an increase in software flaws.

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Apple has finally issued an on-the-record apology to WordPress asking them to monetise its free app. Last week, netizens were left in a bit of a shock as they learnt that Apple managed to force WordPress to monetise its free app, The Verge reported. Apple had asked WordPress to sell premium plans and custom domain names in order to get its traditional 30 per cent cut.

As per a report in The Verge, Apple has released an official apology saying -- "We believe the issue with the WordPress app has been resolved. Since the developer removed the display of their service payment options from the app, it is now a free stand-alone app and does not have to offer in-app purchases."

"We have informed the developer and apologize for any confusion that we have caused," it added.

The company is issuing a rare on-the-record apology, and it says that WordPress will no longer have to add in-app purchases now that all is said and done.

Source: ANI/RSS

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