Apple's New Trade-in Offer: Change Your Existing Android Smartphone With An iPhone Now

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Apple's New Trade-in Offer: Change Your Existing Android Smartphone With An iPhone Now

Apple, the world's top smartphone manufacturer launched its first trade-in program for non-iPhones in its Apple Retail Stores today. The program allows users of selected Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry phones to bring in their devices and receive credit toward the immediate purchase of a new iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus smartphone (although customers will not get an Apple Watch as a part of the deal).

To qualify for the Apple trade-in offer, the devices must be in good shape and not more than a few years old. Based on the condition of the device, the accessories and its age, Apple will dictate the credit value. The programme is run through Brightstar, which explains why Apple is willing to take non-iPhones for its trade-in.

Change Your Existing Android Smartphone With An iPhone Now

With this announcement, Apple expands its standard iPhone Reuse and Recycle trade-in program started in 2013.Apple, the premium smartphone vendor made today’s announcement on the individual retail store pages, indicating that the program is so far now available in the U.S., France, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Italy, and multiple retail sources say that the program has indeed gone live today. According to 9to5Mac, a version of the iPhone trade-in program that does not support non-iPhones is launching this week in China.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Reasons Behind Why iPad Sales Are Declining

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Reasons Behind Why iPad Sales Are Declining

Source: Internet

Just about everything is going well for Apple right now.

The iPhone business is booming for Apple, Mac sales are strong, and people are getting excited about the Apple Watch. The stock is up. Apple is getting a new, glowing story in the press on a weekly basis.

There's only one thing that's not so hot for Apple, and nobody really talks about it — the iPad. iPad sales have been contracting every quarter, and nobody seems to know why. Since iPhone sales are on fire, it doesn't matter. But, the iPad was supposed to be the next major leg of the stool for Apple. There was even talk it could be bigger than the iPhone eventually. Nobody says that anymore.

So, what's going on? Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha has a pretty straightforward theory: The large smartphones (phablets) are killing the iPad. Why buy a tablet when you could have a big smartphone, which is pretty much the same thing as a tablet?

Here's a chart from Garcha to prove his point:

Phablets vs Tablets: Why iPad Sales are Declining

Article source: Business Insider.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Apple CEO Tim Cook Plans To Give Away All His Wealth

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Plans To Give Away All His Wealth

Tim Cook intends to "give away all his wealth" after providing for his 10-year-old nephew, according to a new profile of the Apple CEO in Fortune.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Plans To Give Away All His Wealth

Cook spoke to Adam Lashinsky extensively on a range of issues, including his outspoken support for a number of social issues. "You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change," the CEO explained. To this end, once he has paid for his nephew's college education, he intends to give away his fortune to philanthropic issues.

Lashinsky reports that Cook has a net worth of around $120 million, in addition to restricted stock worth roughly $665 million.

By making this promise, Cook follows in the footsteps of other high-profile philanthropists. In 2010, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffet launched the "Giving Pledge" — an appeal for American billionaires to give away at least 50% of their wealth to charity. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, business magnate Michael Bloomberg, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar have all signed up.

Tim Cook has previously spoken about his affection for his nephew and his sense of social responsibility. "I have a nephew that I dearly love that's 10, and when I look at him, and when I think of leaving a world that's not as good as when I entered it, there's no bigger sin than that," the CEO told an audience at New York City's Climate Week in September 2014.

This post has been collected from Business Insider.

Thursday, March 26, 2015