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Monday, 5 November 2012

iPad Mini Sales Top The Roof


Since Apple released the new generation of the iPad on Friday, sales topped 3 million during the weekend. This high figure equaled the number of the 3rd generation iPads sold in three days; when they were released in March this year. Apple's CEO stated "We set a new launch weekend record and practically sold out of iPad minis. We're working hard to build more quickly to meet the incredible demand." Part of that statement either tells us that Apple didn't make that many devices, or the demand is really that high.

The iPad Mini is available in over 34 countries around the world, including the UK, US, Japan, Canada, Australia and France. Even though hurricane Sandy devastated New York, people there still lined up to get their hands on this revolutionary tablet. However, days before the launch was due, Apple doubted that it would sell a large amount of iPad Minis. The queues were fairly short on Friday morning, but that wasn't necessarily a sign that sales would be low, as Apple found out over the weekend. Customers are clearly interested in every move that Apple make, and literally nothing can stop them in getting their hands on a device.

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Two Senior Executives To Leave Apple

After a disappointing quarterly profit and piles of complaints about the new maps app; John Browett and Scott Forstall, have decided to leave Apple.John Browett was the head of retail and started working at the firm just six months ago. Scott Forstall will leave next year after working as the head of the iOS software, and has been with Apple since 1997. It is said that later on he will work as an adviser for Tim Cook; Apple's CEO.

No one knows if there will be more drastic changes at Apple, things haven't been going too well lately as their market value dropped down to 604. There have been a lot of iPads sold this week, but it wasn't enough to make Apple happy. Maybe the prices are too high, and people haven't got enough money to buy Apple products? As far as I'm aware Apple are beating the competition and leaving them years behind, so they haven't got much to worry about.