From CNN | As iPhone 4 buyers prepared to unbox their new smartphones on Thursday morning, some screamed with joy. Others trumpeted vuvuzelas. But shortly after testing out the world’s new “it” phone, some of those consumers turned to the internet to report problems with the new Apple product.
On Web forums and on blogs, some consumers posted videos and rants about the iPhone 4’s new antenna, which is built into a metal rim around the phone and, some claim, causes the phone to get unnecessarily bad reception.
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June 23, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.
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Technology,
Telecommunications
By Associated Press
Though Apple stores will be carrying the iPhone 4 this Thursday, you’ll have to wait until next week if you want to buy it from its official U.S. wireless carrier, AT&T Inc.
AT&T said Tuesday that it will start selling the iPhone 4 on June 29 through its stores and website to anyone who wants to buy one, but was not able to order on June 15 — the first day that Apple and its partners took orders for the gadget. AT&T stopped taking orders the next day because of overwhelming demand. Get the full story »
June 22, 2010 at 2:51 p.m.
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China,
Consumer electronics,
Manufacturing
By McClatchy Tribune Newspapers
The era of cheap manufacturing in China is coming to an end.
Rising wages spurred by a series of labor disputes at factories in China, coupled with the country’s just-announced decision to allow its currency to rise in value — making it more expensive to build things there – will lead to higher prices for tech gadgets, cut into corporate bottom lines and force companies to rethink manufacturing strategies anchored in China, the world’s assembly line. Get the full story »
June 22, 2010 at 11:07 a.m.
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Technology,
Wireless
By Reuters
Visitors check out Apple iPads at an Apple retail store in Madrid, May 28, 2010. (Reuters/Susana Vera)
Apple Inc said it has sold 3 million iPads since the touch-screen tablet computer hit store shelves less than three months ago, and the pace of sales suggests that demand for the device is steaming ahead.
Apple did not provide a month-by-month breakdown of sales. However, Apple previously said that it sold 1 million iPads in the first month after the U.S. launch on April 3, and had sold 2 million iPads by May 31.
It hit the 3 million mark on June 21, it said in a release Tuesday.
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June 16, 2010 at 5:05 p.m.
Filed under:
Consumer electronics,
Technology
An Apple Inc. employee shows the iPhone 4, June 7, 2010. (Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
Reuters | Sales of Apple Inc’s latest iPhone blew away expectations in its first
day on the market despite shortages and an embarrassing online ordering
glitch that thwarted many shoppers.
Apple shares rose nearly 3 percent on Wednesday after it announced sales
of more than 600,000 iPhone 4s, a record for just a single day of
pre-orders. That put the device on track to surpass sales of its
previous iPhone models as well as its iPad tablet computer, and sounded a
strong challenge to rivals like Nokia Corp, which warned of
weaker-than-expected sales at its phones unit.
But Apple apologized Wednesday for having to halt sales temporarily
after the surprising volume of online interest overloaded order and
approval systems and supplies ran out.
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