Apple adds new Lightning dock for iPhone 6/6 Plus

Alongside updates to its MacBook Pro and Retina iMac lines, Apple on Tuesday released a small but long-anticipated accessory for iPhone owners with an all-new Lightning dock designed to work with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

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The new Lightning dock features a flat surface with a small protrusion that holds the Lightning connector, a design that should make it compatible with most cases. Previous iterations of Apple's iPhone docks have used recesses to add support, making it impossible to keep the iPhone in a case while using them.

Apple's online store lists shipping times for the Lightning dock at one to three days. It does not appear to be available in brick-and-mortar Apple Stores just yet, but customers can have it shipped to their local store for pickup.

The iPhone Lightning Dock is available now for $39 directly from Apple.

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The iPhone 6 sold still like hot cakes

The winning streak of the iPhone 6 keeps well to continue, which go at least analysts at UBS from. As Business Insider reports, they predict Apple also for the second quarter 2015 sales higher than expected. The quarter was Apple for the second best quarter ever.

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UBS estimates sales of 51.1 million iPhones, according to the second quarter were quite realistic. Analysts at Swiss bank see the future of the popular top model thus slightly more optimistic than their colleagues against. On average paragraphs of about 45 million iPhones are expected. The prediction comes by a team within UBS, the usually more accurate estimates provided in the past than the average.

250 million iPhones sold by 2016?

One reason for the positive expectations, the analysts see in Apple's increasing success in China. The Californians have recently replaced the former number 1 Xiaomi from first place and are now in the Middle Kingdom's most successful smartphone manufacturers. But even in the West, demand for the iPhone 6 is unbroken.

The popularity of phablets like the iPhone 6 Plus also increases. End of the third quarter is then probably already the next Apple smartphone whether iPhone 6s, 6c or iPhone 7, success will probably also continue. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes even that Apple will have sold up to the year 2016 more than 250 million iPhones.

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Consumer Report: iPhone 6 is better than Samsung Galaxy S6 S5

With the Samsung Galaxy S5 of the South Korean manufacturer has landed no big hit last year. The sales figures remained well below expectations and this was demonstrated by the Samsung business figures of recent quarters. This year it is to go with the Samsung Galaxy S6 S6 Edge back uphill. The US counterpart of the Warentest "Consumer Reports" Foundation has engaged intensively with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and has come to the conclusion that the iPhone 6 to the Galaxy S6 is superior. At the same time the tester, the Galaxy S5 preferable to the S6.

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iPhone 6 beats Galaxy S6 S5

Harsh words, the Consumer Reports for the new Galaxy S6 has left. In a recent report states, inter alia, that Samsung clearly on iPhone 6 design oriented and this was imitated. Also for the inner workings of the formulation sounds not really better. The S6 is inferior to the S5 in the past year.

The reasoning follows immediately. For years, Samsung has then go its equipment advertised that you can replace the battery and an SD slot allows for an external memory card. The S6 Samsung omitted these options and thus attracts the same with the iPhone. At S5, this was still possible. Even the S5 was advertised as waterproof, while the S6 nil. Customers who attach importance to a USB 3.0 port should also pick up the Galaxy S5, S6 the Galaxy this technology is no longer available.

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iPhone 6s: predicted with Force Touch and 12-megapixel camera

The iPhone 6s generation should have the Force touch screen of Apple Watch, as well as 12-megapixel cameras. This write the analysts at KGI Securities in a recent report on the technical details of the iPhone and iPhone 6s 6s Plus. In addition, to be built in two smartphones, two gigabytes of RAM.

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The well-known analyst Min-Chi Kuo, the by many correct predictions and insider details on Apple products such as the Apple Watch positively noticed in the past, working at KGI Securities. He is not mentioned by name in the new report, likely yet provided the information from its orbit.

According to the report, the iPhone 6s and the larger Apple phablet should 6s Plus with the known from the Apple Watch Force touch screen feature, which gives you haptic feedback. Accordingly, the display of the next iPhone 6s generation would realize how strongly you press with your finger on the touch screen and trigger different actions. A similar technique applies to Apple in the notebook MacBook Pro and the new 12-inch MacBook.

No 4-inch version of the iPhone 6

Some sources believe that Apple will introduce the iPhone 6s in a 4-inch version. This is contradicted by the KGI report. Still to come with a 4.7 inch measured and the iPhone 6s plus a 5.5-inch touch screen on the market, according to analysts, the iPhone 6s.

In addition, to be built in two iPhone versions two gigabytes LPDDR4 RAM and a main camera whose sensor dissolves with twelve megapixels. The current iPhone 6-range still offers 8-megapixel cameras.

Response to Bendgate: New aluminum should be stable

Next write the analysts that the color palette is extended with rose gold. The colors correspond to the order of the outrageously expensive Apple Watch Edition. "Series 7000 aluminum" is intended to increase the rigidity, especially the iPhone 6s Plus. Clearly a step to counter the negative publicity surrounding the last "Bendgate". The material is already used in the Apple Watch-production and is 60 percent stronger than the currently used his iPhone 6 material.

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iPhone 6 convinced former Android users in Europe

Gain on the smartphone market for Apple - thanks to iPhone 6: Apparently Apple has with the operating system iOS increased its share in the first quarter of 2015 on business for mobile devices. Obviously, especially in Europe and China were able to convince the customer the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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The analysis by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech According to the gain of Apple in the first quarter 2015 in Europe 1.8 percent, bringing the total amount of iOS devices is 20.3 percent. In analyzing the data of the five largest markets in Europe were included: the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Android continues to lead in Europe

According to Kantar, the group of new iOS users is largely made up of people who have previously owned an Android device: 32.4 percent should be their share. Nevertheless, Android leads the market in terms of the spread of operating systems in Europe continue to: Despite the loss of 3.1 percent in the first quarter 2015, the total share was 68.4 percent. In the US, the market share of Android from January to March 2015 amounted to just 58.1 percent - 0.2 percent more than the same period 2014th

The situation is different in China, where Apple could increase its market share in this period to 26.1 percent in urban centers. For comparison, in the first quarter of 2014, the figure was 17.9 percent. Overall, Apple sold in China now more smartphones than in the US.

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