Apple Grabs 71% of China’s Tablet Market

The new iPad and its smaller brother, the Mini is displaying its prowess by being the leading tablet in China even if it wasn’t even launched there yet. According to the latest statistical intel, for every four tablets sold three are manufactured by Apple.

This truly spells good news for Apple as it traverses the Chinese market. More specifically, the tablet division has been constantly improving with the annual tablet sales increasing by more than 60%. Added to that is the fact that starting the second quarter of the year, the tablet market has increased by 11%.

Following Apple at 10.52% is China’s very own, Lenovo. And according to the data, only Lenovo and Apple managed to get double digits as the other manufacturers were not even able to get 4% of the market.

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Apple iPad Mini vs. The Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD: The Compact Tablet Battleground

Table market is expanding like never before as many manufacturers are entering this segment.

Apple has announced their new player in the segment, the latest from the iPad family - the 7.9-inch iPad mini. What is interesting to find out is that if Apple is ready to compete with the already established names such as Nexus 7 (Google) with its Nexus 7 and 7-inch Kindle Fire HD (Amazon).

Comparison chart says:

	Apple iPad Mini	Kindle Fire HD	Nexus 7
Display	7.85-inch	7.0-inch	7.0-inch
	IPS LCD	IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Thickness	7.2 mm	10.3 mm	10.45 mm
Height	200 mm	193 mm	198.5 mm
Width	134.7 mm	137 mm	120 mm
Weight	308 grams	395 grams	340 grams
Resolution	1024 x 768	1280 x 800	1280 x 800
	(163 ppi)	(216 ppi)	(216 ppi)
Processor	1GHz dual-core	1.2GHz dual-core	1.3GHz quad-core
	processor	processor	processor
	A5	TI OMAP4460	NVIDIA Tegra 3
GPU	PowerVR SGX543MP2	PowerVR SGX540	GeForce ULP
RAM	512 MB	1GB	1GB
Storage	16GB / 32GB / 64GB	16GB / 32GB	8GB / 16GB
microSD card slot	No	No	No
Primary camera	5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels,	No	No
	autofocus, 1080p video recording
Front camera	1.2MP	HD	1.2MP
Battery Life	10 Hours	11 Hours	10 Hours
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, dual-antenna	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, dual-antenna	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes	Yes
Network	GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / LTE	No	No
NFC	No	No	Yes
Speakers	Mono	Stereo, with Dolby Audio	Stereo
Availability	2-Nov-12	Currently available	Currently available
Price	$329 / $429 / $529	$199 / $249	$199 / $249
	$459 / $559 / $659 (Cellular)

So, the comparison analysis says that Apple’s offering is definitely not as lucrative as it should be.

One would have expected Apple to offer higher resolution display and more advanced CPU however the company  introduced a Retina displays with 162 ppi pixel density on its 7.9-inch tablet for the premium price (for the segment) of $329 (16GB).

We cannot exactly say if the price of the Apple Mini is worth it or not. But for sure there are people who would be a lot of people convinced enough to shell out that kind of money for the tablet.

Apple Has Enough Money So It Announces Nothing In A Cool Parody Video

The Apple event is over. Last September, the iPhone 5 was announced followed by the iPad Mini the following month.

Supposed we rewind everything that happened up to the moment when Apple’s CEO is about to make the announcement. Excitement and anticipation would be palpable on the audience. Everyone would be excited to see the latest Apple gadget. Then the Apple’s CEO step out and is about to announce….nothing?

Nothing. Nada. Zero. Zilch.

How would you feel after the build up of excitement only to find out that there’s nothing new from Apple? If it is shocking for you, Check out the College Humor parody video of that exact thing happening.

College Humor’s Christopher McDonald takes the stage as Apple’s CEO announce that they needed a well deserved break and hence announced… nothing.

Check out the video below:

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Apple Releases A Series of iPhone 5 Ads To Attract Customer

This is surprising but Apple has to release ads to attract new customers for its famous iPhone5. Apple’s latest smartphone went on sale since September and to promote this, Apple had release couple of ads as well shortly after the popular smartphone's release.

So what’s in the promo videos? 

• The first video boasts about the new screen. As per Apple, it is the perfect fit for the reach of your thumb.
• The second ad demonstrates the new slimmer and lighter chassis.
• The third and fourth video shows the new panoramic feature, that comes as a part of iOS 6 and the new Ear Pods headphones that are included in the Apple iPhone 5 package.

Check out the videos below:

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A6 Processor: The Best at JavaScript Performance

The ARM-based A6 processor that powers the iPhone 5 is supposedly the best when it comes to the JavaScript performance. This smartphone did fantastic in Geek Benchmark.

 

Apple, no doubt, spent quite a lot of time in building this processor and the hard work really shows when it beats the rest of the competition in JavaScript benchmarking.

As per AnandTech, they have run the Sun Spider benchmark on the iPhone5 and the result is stupendous, in fact the best so far.

If we go by the analysis of AnandTech, iPhone5 has beaten even the recently announced RAZR i and Galaxy Note II.

• RAZR I is powered by the powerful Intel Atom Medfield chip clocked at 2GH.
• Galaxy Note II is powered by new Jelly Bean JavaScript engine.

However, AnandTech said that this supremacy of the A6 chip is primarily because of the issues in the A9′s memory interface.