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Details from Apple Earnings Report for Q2, 2016

The official Apple earnings call for Q2 sound disappointing to some users. The Cupertino-based giant believes that there is high demand for iPhone SE however we will clearly see how popular or not popular this 4-inch iPhone model is after Apple announces the financial results for Q3, 2016.

The Q2 Apple earnings 2016 show decline in iPhone sales. These are first-ever decline in ‘fruit’ handset sales since 2003. This is also the first year-over-year income drop since 2003. Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that the second quarter was ‘a challenge’ for Apple company.

This time 67 percent of Q2 revenue made by international sales. Even though the ‘fruit’ giant experiences decline in its popular smartphone sale, the iOS giant still attracts customers pretty much and even managed to get record number of users switching from Android platform to iOS system.

The iPhone maker has over $230 billion in marketable refuges and cash. It managed to increase the capital return program [just think of this, by $50 billion]. The ‘fruit’ giant is sure that the demand for iPhone SE is even stronger than expected.

Right now the demand exceeds supply and this could make iPhone Q3 results better than Q2. Chinese and Indian customers are all demanding the affordable iPhone SE and U.S. customers seem to like this smaller handset as well.

What iPhone model do you have? Are you satisfied with it or are you looking for the next generation iPhone 7 release? There are different rumors about iPhone 7 design and possible exclusive features. Of course, nothing is confirmed by Apple yet.

Apple Offers iPhone Upgrade Program to Users Online

There is no need to visit your local Apple store when you want to participate in iPhone Upgrade Program and get a new handset from the Cupertino-based giant. The famous ‘fruit’ company now offeres iPhone Upgrade online through its store.

What models can you get? Every year customers are able to bring in their older working iPhone and upgrade it to the most recent generation version. Apple presented iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in fall 2015 and released 4-inch iPhone SE in spring 2016. You can upgrade directly from Apple to any of these models right through its online store.

The improved Apple iPhone Upgrade Program has simple requirements. Visit Apple online store and sign up for the company’s Upgrade Program. Right now all iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus consumers can do this on-the-go. There is no need to make in-store purchase in order to be a part of this offer.

iPhone upgrade online option is exactly the same as the in-store upgrade program. You can install iOS 9.3.1 on new iPhone 6s but you cannot downgrade iOS 9.3.1 to iOS 9.3 any more. You are able to split up the full price of your new handset over 2 years. You’ll be able to upgrade to the next generation device after 12 payments [you’ll have 24 monthly payments through the Upgrade Program]. So if you sign up for Upgrade this spring you’ll be able to upgrade to iPhone 7 next spring.

The ‘fruit’ giant includes AppleCare+ plan to your online purchase. The monthly payments for Apple iPhone 6s purchase are $32.41 – $40.75 depending on the capacity you choose. If you are going to buy iPhone 6s Plus you’ll have to pay from $36.58 to $44.91 per month depending on your model / storage space.

Apple Pay List of Chinese and U.S. Banks Gets New Titles

Apple Pay China release makes users curious what banks are supported. When you travel to China or live in this country – you can pay for goods and services with your iPhone via Apple Pay mobile payment system [compare iPhone 6s and LG G5]. It is fully supported in 2016.

The long Apple Pay banks list gets more titles. This system supports a big number of U.S. and Chinese banks. This list is growing since the fall 2014. Apple officially presented Apple Pay in the United Statesin October 2014. At first some companies were skeptic and didn’t believe another mobile service could become popular. Still later on the number of supported stores and banks is only getting bigger and this means the service is popular.

Millions of iPhone users are paying via Apple Pay. For example, the list ha Bank of Internet USA, Ally Bank, CNB Bank and many others. It is really long and we’ll mention some other names. If you are using Banco do Brasil Americas, Advantage One Credit Union, Darien Rowayton Bank and Amalgamated Bank [new iPhone SE also supports Apple Pay].

The new titles are Huaxia Bank, China Everbright Bank and Ping An Bank. The U.S. list is surely longer as you have already noticed. It has Citizens National Bank, America First Federal Credit Union and Envista Credit Union. It would take forever to list each title so iPhone users who are interested in checking if their credit card is supported can visit Apple site and look up the list of all the banks.

Apple is expanding its Apple Pay service to foreign countries. The list already includes over 1,000 banks and it will keep grow.

Will Apple Release iPhone Pro This Fall?

Could Apple give its new 2016 smartphones new name? There are iPhone 7 rumors that hint to an interesting change – the next gadget we’ll see this fall could be named iPhone Pro [iPad Pro was released recently]. By the way, the spring 4-inch iPhone could also get a new name iPhone SE. Is this for real?

Apple is not a fan of radical changes. The company prefers introducing minor updates as its fans are looking for ‘fruit’ gadget and don’t want to see ‘android’ surprise instead. The 2016 could be the year for new changes. Apple is believed to soon launch iPhone SE, 4-inch handset that should be powerful and cheaper than other iOS smartphones. The iPhone 7 release is expected sometimes in September or October and there are reports that point to iPhone Pro name.

There are many rumors, predictions and ideas about upcoming Apple phones. The company hasn’t confirmed anything yet. It says nothing about iPhone SE or iPhone Pro launch. We can also take guesses and wait for the Cupertino-based giant to officially present 2016 upgrades.

Some experts even think Apple could present 4 different smartphones this year including iPhone 7 with cool features. Still Apple never launched more than 2 models at once so we doubt the company could enjoy such major changes. Besides the sales of iPhone 6s are not a high as iPhone 6 sales were a year ago. Can the famous company take such risks and bring four handsets to the market within the same year?

What do you think about the possibility of launching iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone Pro in 2016? Would you agree to purchase the 4 gadgets at once?

iPhone Brick Reasons in 2016: Be Careful

Some users might wonder now why iPhone bricked and what could happen in 2016 to make the popular Apple smartphone a useless device [here is next iPhone 7 design rumors]. It turns out that even simple changes in Settings app can brick your handset. You don’t want the iDevice to go on lockdown, right?

What is brick iPhone? This is the device that is locked down permanently. You cannot unlock it. You cannot use it. You cannot restart and use it because the device will stay bricked after being restarted, connected to iTunes etc. Anyways, you don’t want to brick your gadget by simply changing the date and time on it. So here is an advice: learn about all potentially dangerous dates you should avoid and you won’t get bricked in 2016.

iPhone Brick Reasons

Users who following the online prank and tried to set their iPhone clock to January 1, 1970 are very unhappy with the result: bricked phone after restart. Simple joke bricked their gadget. It is easy to change the date and time on iPhone through Settings – General menu where you can access Date & Time option and disable Set Automatically feature [there are also problems with iPhone 6s battery]. This is the way to select any date and time you wish. Just don’t get back to 1970 even if you want to surprise someone.

The bug seems to affect iOS 9 and iOS 8 smartphones with 64-bit chip. In other words, all users with iPhone 5s, 6 and 6s should not perform any tricks with their date and time until Apple fixes the problem which seems to affect smartphones with A7, A8, A8X, A9 and A9X processors.

Error 53 iPhone Bricking Hits Apple with Class Action Lawsuit

Many iPhone users came across error 53 iPhone bricking because they had their phone repaired by companies that are not approved by Apple. The quick frustrations that filled out the web couldn’t get pass Apple and law firms.

Hearing about lawsuit Apple iPhone Bricked news is not surprising. A lot of people who purchased their iPhone were eager to sue the company because of the horrible error 53 they suddenly got. When the iPhone is bricked it no longer can be used as the phone. It is impossible to turn it on and restore. You really get a brick in your pocket but it is a pretty pricey brick.

The law company PCVA got Apple sued over error 53. The company decided ti file this lawsuit to help all the affected consumers to have their bricked smartphones fixed by Apple [users also experience issues with Apple Pay outage]. Of course, the ‘fruit’ giant is expected to provide the repair cost for free to all those who are affected by error 53.

It is curious that Apple explains the error 53 as security measure used to protect ‘fruit’ consumers. The law company believes security doesn’t stand behind this issue because a lot of iPhone users who repairs their device a while ago were able to use it without any problems until recently when error 53 suddenly surfaced and bricked the phone.

It’s true that there is no document that warns iPhone users about their gadget self-destructing itself one they update or download new software. Customers didn’t know that such damage could be done because clear explanations were absent.

Right now if you get the error code 53 you should know that your iPhone is completely dead. Unless Apple repairs it or replaces with a working smartphone. Would the Cupertino-based giant be forced to help users who are affected or not? What do you think?

Safari Crashes at Launch: Apple Knows about This Bug, Working on a Fix

Some users experience crash Safari iPhone and Mac OS X bug. The browser either crashes at launch or causes the device to reboot. Apple reports that it is aware about the problem and working on the fix [it already tried to fix the Gatekeeper vulnerability].

There is the site called Crash Safari that makes Safari browser to self-generate test string and reboot / heat up the device that causes crash Safari Mac OSX issue and is the reason why Safari crashes at launch. This is the crash safari code request that makes the problem and the Cupertino-based company assures it is trying to find a working fix to the issue.

It seems that users with Google Chrome browser won’t crash or reboot and only get slowdown or overheated. Still iDevices and Macs get the bug fixed. This website is a gag site, as it looks like. Users who own Apple gadgets are advised to avoid it and prevent iPhone or Mac from crashing / rebooting / overheating [there is another issue you can face: iPhone 6s battery percentage doesn’t change for many users]. It’s not malicious or anything, but users who end up visiting it get the problems and have to recover from the unpleasant state.

If you happen to visit the site and reboot / crash you should be ok once you recover. There should be no issues with your iPhone or Mac afterwards, still you are highly advised to make no jokes and avoid the problem.

Apple is looking into the fix. Maybe the company would come up with some ideas soon. Meanwhile you should scout the sources and URLs before you click on the link.

How Apple Chose to Fix Apple Gatekeeper Vulnerability [Blacklist Apps]

It seems that Apple Gatekeeper vulnerability isn’t fix yet even it was originally reported on in the end of September 2015. It’s curious that this vulnerability was discovered in the summer by security researchers Patrick Wardle. It took a few months to get the reports about it being real.

Well, the Gatekeeper software that affected OS X platform can be installed through the internet and get to the Mac computer to run unsigned apps and tools causing wreak havoc on machines. At first users thought these were just rumors. There are many rumors around Apple products. For example, it was even believed that Apple was helping users to switch from iPhone to Android.

There is no Apple Gatekeeper bypass for developers because the company simply added the affected applications to the blacklist.

The iOS giant surely presented a security fix for the problem however Wardle researched this situation and assured the company didn’t fix anything. The iPhone maker didn’t address the problem, he believes. Instead the Mac creator the Apple Gatekeeper blacklist and placed there the binaries used by researcher to show the real problem.

Then Apple create a blacklist of applications the researcher was using. This is however not the fix he was hoped for. Are Mac users still at danger? Probably this is the question that could worry most users just like many iPhone owners are worried about SIM factory unlock.

There are no official comments regarding the doubts voiced by Wardle. It’s hard to say if there are any more issues that could worry Mac users because eve the researcher believes that Apple would offer the proper fix sometime in the future.

You are advised to avoid download Mac applications outside the mac App Store to avoid getting the vulnerability and problems with your computer.