News & Reviews:   Apple

This year could be a unique one for Apple fans out there as Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, hinted in his investor's note that there might be a dual-SIM 6.1-inch LCD model iPhone with a price starting at USD650 (~RM2528) and USD550 (~RM2139) for their single SIM models.

Just a few hours ago, Apple has officially announced its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018 will start on 4 June until 8 June 2018. It will mark as the 29th year and will be held in McEnery Convention Center once again, in San Jose, California. So what can we expect?

As many of you already know about Apple admitting slowing down your older iPhone performance, due to the battery ageing issue, many Apple fans were not happy about it and Apple did sure get a backlash. So to compensate for this, Apple has already started a battery replacement with a discount and it's now available at the Apple Malaysia page. To add on to that, it seems that Machines and Switch, the official local authorized Apple reseller have also announced the same thing.

As time goes by, so as our smartphones. We don't need to tell you that all smartphones ages, but Apple just wants you to know that if you think your iPhone is getting slower, you're right and they did it on purpose. Say what now? Before you go on being a keyboard warrior, hear them out what they have to say about it.

Apple Inc. has once again been crowned the most valuable brand for the 5^th time in a row by consultant firm, Interband. The Cupertino based tech company remains on their throne with a brand value of $184 billion, a 3% increase from their value last year.

If you're an Apple and Celcom, Digi or U Mobile user, you're in luck because they've announced that all subscribers can now pay for purchases in the App Store, Apple Music and iTunes directly from their mobile phone account. This applies to both postpaid and prepaid users.

So here’s something fun for Apple owners, many may not know this due to old habits but users can use Siri to send text messages since September last year. Right now, Siri can be used to read unread messages too from your phone.

Ah, the classic rival between Apple and Samsung. You know it, I know, everyone knows it. But would you be surprised if I tell you that it’s no longer the case? In fact, according to analyst Brian White from Drexel Hamilton, we have a new rival replacing Samsung and it’s Huawei.

According to International Data Corporation (IDC)’s latest report, despite the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco last year, Samsung remains as the top smartphone brand in Malaysia. OPPO and Huawei takes second and third spot respectively, to make up the top 3 brands that took up more than 50% of the Malaysian market share in 2016. Compared to 2015, smartphone shipments in Malaysia had dropped by 5.9% in 2016. This could be due to various negative economic factors, amongst, which included the weakening Malaysian Ringgit against US Dollar, as well as the rising costs of living in Malaysia.

According to the latest report from research firm IDC, OPPO is now the top smartphone brand in China. The company took a 16.8% share of the market, shipping a total of 78.4 million units in 2016! It is closely followed by Huawei, as well as Vivo, making up the Top 3 with a 48% total market share.