Hardware

The new iPhone 4S will help Apple continue to gain smartphone market share worldwide, but the updated hardware is not enough to slow the growth of Google’s Android platform, one analyst believes. Alex Gauna with JMP Securities said he feels … Continue reading →

After more than a year with the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S–announced Tuesday by Apple CEO Tim Cook–seems a bit, well, underwhelming. The hardware announced today offers no design overhaul. Apple upgraded the phone’s camera from a 5-megapixel sensor to … Continue reading →

Apple’s stock fell sharply during the speech. (It bounced back a bit by the close of trading.) Many people had hoped the company would showcase a new phone, specifically called the iPhone 5, that would come with newly designed hardware.

In fact, “Given the success of the iPhone 4, Apple’s incremental approach to upgrading the line makes sense,” IHS believes. The firm believes that current iPhone hardware does very fast 3G, resulting in “no appreciable benefit to adopting LTE.”

Apple follows a longstanding pattern: A showstopping product debuts with modest hardware features but something else nevertheless killer — something people want, or think they do. Apple then iterates — incrementally improves — the product over time.

Apple continues to offer a variety of recycling programs … and generations of printer and printer-related hardware than almost anyone. Doc’s mastery of document management leaves no stone unturned; and he has vast knowledge regarding …

While bloggers immediately bashed Apple for not giving them the thinner phone with a larger screen they’d been expecting, Gillett says they may be missing the underlying significance of Tuesday’s announcement. “Siri and iCloud transcend the hardware,” he said.

“Apple’s decision not to launch new hardware offers rivals Samsung and HTC a window of opportunity to narrow the gap with their high-end devices before the iPhone 5 arrives,” said Ben Wood, head of research at mobile industry consultancy CCS … Continue reading →

The hardware announced today offers no design overhaul. Apple upgraded the phone’s camera from a 5-megapixel sensor to an 8-megapixel sensor, though, and the iPhone 4S will use the same dual-core A5 chip that the iPad 2 does. 4G capability … Continue reading →

Under the hood the iPhone 4S is full of hardware and software innovations that help Apple catch up with its rivals. Here’s how Apple’s iPhone 4S stacks up against its Android, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry competitors when it comes … Continue reading →