If true, the launch schedule is faster than previously thought. Reportedly, the new mini-sized iPad will be released at the end of the year.
As the quotation from BGR, Wednesday (24/7/2012), an analyst at KGI, Ming-Chi Kuo, says Apple will both be released in September. "IPhone first, soon the iPad," he said.
But rumors about the iPad Mini is actually rather doubtful considering Steve Jobs, Apple founder and CEO before Tim Cook, not like a small tablet PC.
measures approximately 7 inch iPad is reportedly going to be marketed at lower prices, about the price of 2 million, to fight Android tablet form factor such as Google or Amazon Kindle Fire Nexus 7.
Jobs even while still alive, believe 7 inch tablet will be 'dead on arrival' alias failed in the market directly. He also emphasized that Apple will not release a 7 inch iPad at the expense of quality.
He considers iPad sized 9.7 inch size is ideal. Jobs also had criticized. 7 inch tablet that is usually used by Android, will not be comfortable to use and lack of good applications.
But in fact, 7 inch tablet began to attract consumer interest. Like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 is reportedly selling well.
While the iPhone 5 itself reportedly has begun to be mass produced to put pressure on the new Android smartphone like the HTC Galaxy One S III and X.
Reportedly, the iPhone 5 material derived from glass and aluminum materials. While the 4-inch wide screen. Handsets with the IOS operating system is reportedly going to use quadcore processor made by Samsung to match the performance of competitors' handsets.
Meanwhile, Nokia Loss Big Cut Price Bundling Lumia ..
Nokia recorded huge losses for three consecutive quarters making the Finnish cell phone vendors are willing to cut the benefits of bundling in order to further the spirit of market operators Lumia.
In the first quarter of this year, the Finnish company recorded a loss of USD 1.7 billion. Whereas in the previous quarter, fourth quarter 2011, Nokia also lost $ 1.2 billion.
As reported, Nokia recorded a loss of USD 1 billion in the second quarter of 2012. This means that Nokia had three consecutive quarters of record losses in the amount of at least USD 1 billion.
In a report in the second quarter of 2012, sales reached 4 million units Lumia. Up from the previous period which is only sold 2.2 million units worldwide.
Overall, Nokia in Q2 was able to sell 10.2 million smartphones. Most of it is a phone with prices ranging from 151 euros, or about the price of 1.5 million.
However, not all Nokia activities fairly bad. Slowly but surely, the sale of Nokia Lumia are using Windows Phone OS starts showed a positive change. Although it is not enough to lift the position of Nokia from the 'red zone'.
Although the matter of increased sales Lumia, but in fact the Microsoft OS-based smartphones were still in the 'red zone' alias has not been satisfactory.
When looking back 5 years or more precisely in 2007, sales of smartphones Nokia moment is of course very small. In the second quarter in the year when the iPhone first launched, Nokia has managed to sell 19.5 million smartphones.
That is why, as quoted by the Financial Times on Wednesday (7/25/2012), Nokia wants to boost cell phone sales again by relying on marketing cooperation with partner carriers.
Nokia even willing to suppress its price bundling to the pattern for the benefit of the proceeds received by the larger operators. The goal is that a growing number of operators who are interested in bundling cell phone.
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