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T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhone 5 units in less than a month
By Andrew Kameka on Wednesday May 08, 2013

T-Mobile waited nearly six years before it began selling the Apple iPhone, but the fourth-place carrier hit the ground running when it started offering the iPhone last month. Will it be enough to reverse T-Mobile's losing streak?

U.S. Cellular confirms plans to carry Apple iPhone later this year to combat customers leaving the carrier
By Andrew Kameka on Friday May 03, 2013

U.S. Cellular is smaller than the big four carriers, but the company has so far been able to bring flagship Samsung products like the Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note II to its network. Later this year, the carrier will add the Apple iPhone to its roster of noteworthy devices.

Apple sells 37.4 million iPhones and nearly 19.5 iPads in Q2 2013
By Andrew Kameka on Tuesday April 23, 2013

Apple's stock price may be on a steady decline, but the Cupertino-based company today announced that sales of its smartphone and tablet line led to record revenues for the second quarter of its fiscal 2013.

Why are people still buying old iPhones?
By Andrew Kameka on Thursday April 18, 2013

Verizon reports that it sold four million Apple iPhones in the first three months of 2013, and the company said almost half of those sales were for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Why are so many people choosing to purchase an old device?

Verizon CEO says half of wireless traffic is video, and your iPhone 5 has LTE because of him
By Andrew Kameka on Thursday April 11, 2013

Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam claimed that he convinced Steve Jobs to make the iPhone 5 LTE-compatible, and he revealed that delivering video accounts for half of Verizon's traffic.

T-Mobile iPhone 5 will be $0 down with smartphone trade-in, but it may be foolish to take the offer
By Andrew Kameka on Wednesday April 10, 2013

T-Mobile will employ a sales trick typically associated with car dealerships to attract new buyers for the long-awaited Apple device. Rather than charge customers an initial $99 down payment, T-Mobile will take used phones as a way to eliminate up-front costs.

The iPhone was almost called the Telepod or other odd names, says former Apple exec
By Andrew Kameka on Tuesday March 05, 2013

iPhone is the most recognizable brand in smartphones, but Apple almost went with other names for the 2007 device that led to a string of popular successors. Had things not fallen into place, you might be downloading apps on an Apple Telepod, not an Apple iPhone.

iPhone sales hit a roadblock at Cricket
By Andrew Kameka on Thursday February 28, 2013

Leap Wireless began selling the Apple iPhone 5 in September 2012, but the company's Cricket wireless brand has struggled to attract customers to the phone, which is sold for $500 that must be paid up front. The slow sales could lead to a large inventory of unsold smartphones that could cost Leap millions.

iOS 6.1 security lapse lets users bypass lock screen to access Phone app and photos
By Andrew Kameka on Thursday February 14, 2013

Apple iOS 6.1 introduced new features like purchasing movie tickets through Siri and addressing important bugs, but the update also added a new bug that compromises the security of the passcode on an iPhone lock screen.

Apple combats bait-and-switch developers by locking in screenshots
By Andrew Kameka on Thursday January 10, 2013

Have you ever purchased an Apple iOS app because of the screenshots in the App Store made the app seem interesting, only to download the app and discover that it was a fake or misleading app? If so, you'll be happy to hear Apple is trying to put a stop to that trickery.

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