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Mac OS Ken: 04.18.2018

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

- Apple Took 86% of Smartphone Profit in 4Q2017; iPhone X Alone Took 35% - The Case for Longer, Stronger Passcodes - Russia Wants Telegram Out of Regional App Stores - Report: Apple to Offer Subscription News Service - Report: Apple Expanding Operations in Seattle - Get 10% Off of Your First Squarespace Payment with Coupon Code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Power Mac OS Ken through Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken! - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0

This is Mac OSKIN.

0:07.0

This is Mac OS Ken.

0:11.0

With a disappointment like that, the case for longer stronger pass codes and from Russia with

0:18.4

malice.

0:19.4

It's Wednesday the 18th of April, 2018.

0:23.2

I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacoS. Ken,

0:28.1

brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Squarespace.

0:32.0

Your place online. Start your free trial today at

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Squarespace.com slash MacoS Ken. Use offer code MacoS Ken for 10% off your first purchase.

0:44.8

This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.

0:50.2

Find out more in that your support,

0:52.4

that Patreon. at patreon.com slash MacOS can.

0:58.0

You know how amazingly disappointing sales of iPhone 10 have been or something.

1:04.0

That's what we hear, right?

1:06.0

That sales of Apple's $1,000 iPhone have been disappointing?

1:10.0

Now hear this.

1:12.0

Mag Daily News has new numbers from counterpoint research indicating that iPhone 10 accounted for 35% of smartphone profits worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2017.

1:23.0

That was ahead of every other phone in the top 10,

1:27.0

8 of which were made by Apple.

1:29.0

Add all 8 together and Apple took roughly 86% of smartphone profits for the December quarter.

1:36.0

Perhaps working in iPhone 10's favor was the fact that it was a holiday quarter.

1:41.0

Working against it, though, was a shorter window of sales.

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