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Two Birds With One Apple Press Release

The short story:

  • Apple did not have any press releases on Monday September 16, 2013; no mentions of iPhone 5c pre-order numbers.
  • Wall Street violently reacts, AAPL down.
  • Tech Press hoped that iPhone 5c pre-sell numbers to be abysmal.

The reality is that Apple had no plans to announce iPhone 5c pre-order numbers by itself. However, Apple has a plan to announce the combined numbers of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sold during their first weekend sale numbers. That’s two birds with one Apple press release.

John Gruber bets:

(Apple) don’t want competitors to know the breakdown of 5C/5S sales. If we get a sales number announcement from Apple, it’ll come next week, after the 5S goes on sale for a weekend, and the figure announced will be that of all new iPhones sold. I bet.

I came to the same conclusion when I read and heard about AAPL shares taking a dive for not disclosing iPhone 5c first weekend pre-sale numbers.

The anti-Apple crowd are tearing through the turnstiles in full force, once again.

Apple Press Info iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c

 

 

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OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5

Apple released OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 on Thursday September 12, 2013.

About the update

The OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 Update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users. It improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. This update:

  • Fixes an issue that may prevent Mail from displaying messages
  • Improves AFP file transfer performance over 802.11ac Wi-Fi
  • Resolves an issue that may prevent a screen saver from starting automatically
  • Improves Xsan reliability
  • Improves reliability when transferring large files over Ethernet
  • Improves performance when authenticating to an Open Directory server
  • Addresses an issue that prevented a smart card from unlocking preference panes in System Preferences
  • Contains the improvements included in MacBook Air (Mid 2013) Software Update 1.0

Apple also released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility 4.09.

OS X 10.8.5 and Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.09

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Apple, iOS 7, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.

From September 10, 2013 Apple announcement.

iOS 7

iOS 7 will be available as a free software update starting on Wednesday, September 18 for iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini and iPod touch (fifth generation). Some features may not be available on all products.

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Apple has seeded iOS 7 GM Build 11A465 to Developers as of Noon September 10, 2013.

iOS 7 GM Seeded

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iPhone 5c

CUPERTINO, California—September 10, 2013—Apple® today introduced iPhone® 5c, featuring an all-new design, packed with incredible features in five gorgeous colors—blue, green, pink, yellow and white. iPhone 5c is built on a foundation of features people know and love like the beautiful 4-inch Retina® display, blazing fast performance of the A6 chip, and the 8 megapixel iSight® camera—all while delivering great battery life. iPhone 5c comes with more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the world, a new FaceTime® HD camera, and iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone.

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iPhone 5c will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 20, and customers can pre-order their iPhone 5c beginning Friday, September 13.

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iPhone 5s

CUPERTINO, California—September 10, 2013—Apple® today announced iPhone® 5s, the most forward-thinking iPhone yet, featuring an all-new A7 chip, making iPhone 5s the world’s first smartphone with 64-bit desktop-class architecture for blazing fast performance in the palm of your hand. iPhone 5s redefines the best smartphone experience in the world with amazing new features all packed into a remarkable thin and light design, including an all-new 8 megapixel iSight® camera with True Tone flash and introducing Touch ID™, an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your phone with just the touch of a finger. iPhone 5s comes with iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone, engineered for 64-bit technology and featuring hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop®, enhanced Photos, Safari®, Siri® and iTunes Radio℠.

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iPhone 5s will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 20.

iPhone-5s

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In addition to that, Apple will be bundling iMovie, iPhoto, Keynote, Numbers and Pages with each and every new iOS 7 device.

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Apple September 10, 2013 Live Coverage Links

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It is that time of the season again, here comes the Apple special event. Join everyone else at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday September 10, 2013 for Apple’s “This should brighten everyone;s day.” special event.

There is a good chance Apple would live broadcast the event on Apple home page.

As usual there will be numbers of sites providing live coverage of the event. Here they are in alphabetical order:

More links will be added as they become available.

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Apple to drop 64 GB iPad mini

On Tuesday September 10, 2013 Apple is expected to unveil new line-up of iPhone and the general release version of iOS 7. Apple is not likely to make any iPad announcement on that day. Meanwhile, according to sources who recently had been to Foxconn factory in China, Apple is likely to drop 64 GB iPad mini from iPad line-up this October. It is unclear why Apple would do so. Currently a 64 GB iPad mini retails for $529 and $659 for Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + Cellular models, respectively.

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