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Apple hit a billion iPhones last month, says reliable analyst

An analyst with an excellent Apple track record estimates that the company last month achieved a milestone of a billion iPhones in active use. Neil Cybart also says that he doesn’t believe Apple has yet hit peak iPhone sales, despite the company’s decision to cease reporting the numbers… Cybart made his case in an Above Avalon blog post. A billion people now have iPhones. According to my…
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Orbit app lets you track and price your work hours with smart invoices on iOS and Mac

If you work independently, tracking your work hours, deadlines, projects, and clients can be difficult sometimes. That’s why the Orbit app brings new and easy ways to calculate how long you’ve worked on a project and how much it will cost. The Orbit app is perfect for those who do freelance work, as it lets you manage multiple projects from different clients. You can organize your clients…
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Google Pixel 5 camera earns 120-point score from DxOMark

Despite the incredibly flawed and confusing nature of ranking cameras using a point-based system, the Google Pixel 5 has achieved a 120-point score from the defacto industry camera experts DxOMark — an 8-point bump over the Pixel 4 according to the French firm’s ranking system. Considering that the Pixel 5 camera hardware offers a new focal length, but retains the same core camera sensor…
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Canalys: Samsung led Q3 smartphone shipments, Xiaomi knocked Apple out of the top 3

Samsung reclaimed its “top smartphone vendor” title from Huawei in Q3 2020, according to the latest figures from Canalys, while Apple slipped into fourth place behind Xiaomi — the first time the iPhone maker has missed the top three in at least 12 years. While smartphone shipments were down 1% from the corresponding period last year, Canalys figures suggest they increased by 22% from Q2…
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