Investigative dive: Apple or 3400 distributors cannot sell 7 or 8

Qualcomm has posted a bond to enforce an iPhone 7 / 8 Germany ban and affecting immediately Apple or its 3400 distributors which are not allowed to sell, distributive or import iPhone 7 or 8 and plus variants of both. Apple has been in dispute with Qualcomm over licensing and lost the hardware patent case in a German court in Munich on December 20th, 2018. After Qualcomm posted a bond, the permanent injunction is immediately enforceable.

Supply-chain inventory constraints

TSMC claimed that supply-chain inventory constraints hurt its net profit in the third quarter, although not as badly as many analysts had predicted.

The iPhone 7 is just as good

The fruity cargo cult Apple is facing its first serious religious schism as fanboys reject the religion’s central premise that you must upgrade your expensive phone every year.

Just plug it in and watch the fireworks

Those super, cool, innovative design people at Apple have slipped in an easter egg function with the new iPhone 8 Plus so that it detonates when you try to recharge it.

Bucking the industry trend

Apple makes the most arrogant statements in the industry and has stripped its users of their Gigabit LTE support for iPhone 8 and the upcoming iPhone X.

It is just the same, only more expensive

If you are thinking of buying an iPhone 8 you might as well save your money and buy an iPhone 7 as it has pretty much the same internals, according to tear-down experts Ifixit

iPhone 8 will be all there is until next year

Shares in the fruity cargo cult Apple are suffering after a disappointing iPhone 8 launch and a sudden realisation from Wall Street that what Fudzilla has been saying for ages – the iPhone X will be late – is true.

With A11 Bionic chip, wireless charging and more

Although the iPhone X was obviously the star of the show, Apple has also unveiled its new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones, both featuring the fancy new 64-bit A11 Bionic chip, new camera(s) and an "all-new" design.

Water resistant but the same case

Apple has just announced its Watch Series 3. The new watch has LTE, eSIM a new dual processor and  water resistance in case you are tempted to flush it down the loo.

You want us to pay what?

Apple might be running aground in its key Chinese market by offering an iPhone which no one can afford.