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Dec 12 2012

TIME Magazine Names iPhone 5 as Gadget of the Year

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TIME Magazine has named the iPhone 5 as the gadget of the year.

Apple may be responsible for more than its share of the tech industry’s great leaps forward, but it’s at least as good at fussing over the tiny little details other companies ignore. The iPhone 5, which starts at $199 with a two-year contract, is one of the most artfully polished gadgets anyone’s ever built, with a taller screen than previous iPhones built into a thinner, lighter case. The camera, with a particularly well-done panorama mode, is another highlight. There are lots of nifty smartphones out there, including the iPhone’s impressive archrival, Samsung’s Galaxy S III. But when it comes to melding hardware, software and services so tightly that the seams fade away, Apple still has no peer.

The Top 10 Gadgets:
● iPhone 5
● Nintendo Wii U
● Sony Cyber-shot RX100
● Raspberry Pi Model B
● Lytro
● Apple 15” MacBook Pro with Retina Display
● Microsoft Surface with Windows RT
● Samsung Galaxy Note II
● Nest
● Simple.TV

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Dec 5 2012

Apple Removes Two-Per-Customer Limit on iPhone 5 Orders


Apple has lifted its two-per-customer limit on iPhone 5 orders, reports MacRumors. The iPhone 5 became available to purchase unlocked and without a carrier signup in the U.S. on November 30th.

In recent days, we’ve seen ship times for some countries drop as low as 2-4 business days. Additionally, an Apple Retail source tells us that the prior restrictions on retail iPhone 5 purchases — two per transaction and a ten-phone lifetime limit — have been changed to ten phones per transaction and no lifetime limit.

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Dec 4 2012

Apple Announces iPhone 5 Release in More Than 50 Countries This December

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Apple today announced iPhone 5 will be available in South Korea on Friday, December 7, with more than 50 additional countries being added in December, including Brazil, Russia and Taiwan.

iPhone 5 is currently available in 47 countries around the world including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK.

iPhone 5 will be available in South Korea on Friday, December 7 and on Friday, December 14 in Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Grenada, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. iPhone 5 will also be available on Friday, December 21 in Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, Uganda and Vietnam.

Nov 30 2012

Apple Begins Selling Unlocked iPhone 5 in US Online Store

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Apple has started to offer the iPhone 5 unlocked in the US Store.

Pricing is as follows: 16GB is $649, 32GB is $749, and 64GB is $849. Shipping times are currently at 1 week.

While Apple has offered the unlocked iPhone 5 in other countries, today marks the first time where they sell them in the United States online store.

Retail stores are also said to begin selling the unlocked device soon.

Nov 30 2012

Analyst: T-Mobile Could Get the iPhone Next Week

Merrill Lynch’s Scott Craig says speculation is heightening that T-Mobile (Deutsche Telecom) could announce a deal to carry the iPhone at next week’s analysts day, reports Fortune.

It makes sense. The carrier recently beefed up its iPhone-compatible high-speed HSPA+ network in 10 metropolitan areas, allowing some of the 1.5 million T-Mobile customers already using unlocked iPhones to enjoy something better than GSM download speeds. Moreover, not selling the iPhone has been costing T-Mobile customers. “We recognize that it has been a point of churn for us,” Alling said last week.

If Apple did make a deal with T-Mobile to carry the iPhone it would give them access to 98% of the U.S. post-paid market and 75% of U.S. mobile subscribers.

“While this would be incrementally positive,” he writes, “any financial impact would be limited.” Craig estimates that the deal would add just 4 million iPhones to the estimate of 179 million iPhones sold in 2013. That’s a 1% bump in revenue and a 2% bump in earnings per share.