Apple sold fewer than 1 million iPhones in India in the first half of 2018: report

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Apple sold fewer than 1 million iPhones in India in the first half of 2018: report Apple just began manufacturing iPhones in the country, and revenue is growingApple has traditionally had trouble with sales in India. According to a report from Bloomberg, it's sold fewer than a million devices in the first half of 2018. Bloomberg reports that three Apple sales executives left the company as it restructures its operations there. It only has a 2 percent marketshare in India, and in 2017, it sold 3.2 million iPhones, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. Despite those low sales numbers, however, Cook said in May that the company's revenue from India has grown, setting a record for the first half of 2018.

Apple May Make it Harder to Use Wired Headphones in This Year's iPhones

Apple may make using wired headphones with its iPhones more complicated, according to a new report. The move meant users couldn't plug in standard wired headphones into the iPhone without a dongle that would connect through the smartphone's Lightning port. Of course, Apple has a vested interest in seeing wireless headphones succeed. It also owns Beats, a headphone company that it acquired in 2014 for $3 billion.that offers a selection of wireless and wired headphones. Still, Beats focuses much of its effort on wireless headphones.

Apple continues exploring ways to make foldable displays for future iPhones and iPads

according to In its basic form, consisting of the cover and the display layers, there is defined foldable region that is denoted by the cover. Stress can be felt both on the inside and outside of the fold, in different ways. Apple has explored the foldable display concept for quite some time, and has suggested the use of flexible elements to combat stress in a display in another filing from July. Apple has also invested heavily in MicroLED, a display panel technology using tiny LEDs on a sheet, which has the potential to be used in flexible display situations. While Apple regularly files patent applications with the USPTO, the publication of an application or the granting of a patent is not a confirmation that it will appear in future Apple products.

Qualcomm wants blueprints on Intel's chips in Apple iPhones

Qualcomm says Intel reneged on a promise to provide documents on its latest radio frequency components being used in recent Apple iPhones, but it still wants them. Qualcomm, the world's biggest provider of mobile chips, responded by suing Apple for patent infringement and seeking a ban on iPhone sales. The US International Trade Commission is currently considering one case, involving whether iPhones containing chips from Qualcomm rival Intel should be banned from the US for infringing a Qualcomm patent. Qualcomm also says Intel refuses to comply with a Qualcomm subpoena for deposition testimony regarding Intel's current generation of RF components. Qualcomm motion against Intel by jonathan_skillings on ScribdThe Smartest Stuff: Innovators are thinking up new ways to make you, and the things around you, smarter.