Will the iPhone 5 be discontinued in the fall?

1. According to the report of Korean media ETNews, the in-cell technology of the upcoming Apple iPhone 5S touch screen "is not suitable for small-batch production", so Apple had to stop the production of the iPhone 5, and thus fully invested in the iPhone 5S production. At the same time, the media also quoted sources saying that the Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S models will also completely withdraw from the market, because these two iPhones are not the latest Lightning interface.

2. China Unicom and China Unicom both denied that PHS was completely withdrawn before the end of September. A few days ago, some media reported that PHS users in a provincial capital city received a SMS notification from the operator's customer service one after another: PHS will be officially delisted by the end of September this year, after which the PHS signal will disappear completely, and it is recommended that users transfer to the business office as soon as possible. Network or logout. However, yesterday, China Telecom and China Unicom, both of which still have PHS services, said they have not received the relevant notice.

3. According to the "Korea Times" report, negotiations between Apple and Samsung have reached an impasse because Samsung intends to reach a patent cross-license agreement with Apple to resolve all current disputes, but Apple's conditions are too harsh, leading to Koreans. unbearable. According to information sources familiar with the matter, Apple asked Samsung to pay high royalties for each device sold. Each cell phone needs to pay $30, and each tablet costs $40. As a result, only 2000 copies have been sold. More than 10,000 galaxy s4 Samsung will need to pay 600 million U.S. dollars.

4.Strategy Analytics released the latest research report "2013 Q1 global smart TV manufacturers market share," pointed out that in 2013 Q1 global smart TV shipments reached 12.7 million units, smart TVs accounted for flat-panel TV sales increased over the same period in 2012 by 8%. Among them, Samsung continued to maintain the world's largest shipment of smart TVs with a market share of 26%. LG followed closely with 16% of the smart TV market share. Sony ranked third with 11% of market share. The Chinese manufacturers TCL, Skyworth and Hisense have increased their strength in the Chinese domestic market and their market share has grown rapidly.

5.Huawei started to increase its salary against the market: The grass-roots employees had a salary increase of 30%. According to reports, Huawei has started the salary increase program, in which the salary increase for grassroots employees at level 13-14 has started, and various departments have begun to communicate one after another, with an increase of around 30%, and even more than 70% of employees. At the same time, there will be a substantial increase in the starting salary for new graduates next year. Huawei’s new graduates’ salary will be raised from the previous 6,000 yuan starting salary (before tax) to 9,000 to 10,000 yuan, which is expected to double. Huawei will invest 1 billion yuan for this purpose.

6. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, released its second-quarter earnings report for 2013. The financial report showed that due to the saturation of the high-end smart phone market and the impact of Samsung Electronics’ flagship smart phone Galaxy S4 sales, Samsung Electronics’ second-quarter results did not reach market expectations. Analysts said, "The market had formed a consensus at the end of last year, Samsung's smart phone business profitability will slow down. The current problem is how much the contraction of the business will be."

7. According to a report by American technology blogger Neowin on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated at the company's headquarters at the regular quarterly summary meeting that Windows 8's current sales situation is not good. In addition, Ballmer also revealed that the new generation of Surface Tablet PCs is under development. It is reported that there will be a significant improvement in its various parameters, and the company's internal response to the product is positive.

8. Ziguang Stocks (000938), which had been suspended for nearly two months, announced today that the company plans to purchase 100% of the shares and 100% of the shares of Suntron Technology through the combination of issuance of shares and payment of cash. It is expected to be 1.3 billion yuan. According to the announcement, 100% of the company's 100% shares have an estimated value of 700 million yuan, and the total estimated 100% of the company's shares is 600 million yuan.

9. Recently, Apple applied for a patented technology for improving battery life. According to reports, the new patented technology will deploy the best power-saving solution through "learning habits of users using mobile phone software everyday." This technology will collect relevant location information according to the user's "position change" habit, that is to say it will "learn" the scope of the user's activities, and then, Apple will analyze the collected information to evaluate the user's approximate charging Interval, and finally take effective measures to ensure that the user's mobile phone battery power can be sufficient during the user's travel time.

10. According to Taiwanese supply chain manufacturers' forecasts, shipments of Apple Macbooks in the third quarter of this year will reach 4 million units, a quarter-to-quarter increase of more than 10%, but a significant decrease from the same period last year. Sources pointed out that Apple revised its shipments of MacBook Pro in 2012, significantly increasing the 13-inch MacBook Pro orders, hoping to increase overall shipments, but the actual sales of the 13-inch MacBook Pro is far lower than expected, so Apple is clearing inventory and Suspend the first half of 2013 orders.