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What might help Apple sell more iPhones? Cheaper iPhones

by Molly Wood
Jan 30, 2019
And that's especially true in China and India.
iPhones at an Apple store in Milan.
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Apple's secret weapon? The semiconductor

by Molly Wood
Sep 12, 2018
Apple unveils a new iPhone. What really makes it special? The computer chips inside.
An attendee looks at a new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.
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Will China's brand-obsessed consumers shell out 2 months' salary for an iPhone X?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 3, 2017
The country is important to Apple's growth.
New iPhone X sits on a dock at an Apple showroom in Sydney on November 3, 2017
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The iPhone's influence goes way beyond the smartphone market

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Sep 13, 2017
It's forced companies to adapt to the idea of handheld computers and given others a reason to exist.
IPhones make up most of Apple's business. Above, the new iPhone X was unveiled today at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.
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NAND mirroring could be key to unlocking terrorist's phone

by Molly Wood
Mar 23, 2016
'Groundhog Day' helps explain the new method the government may be using to hack into the device.
NAND mirroring can grant a user unlimited tries at guessing a phone's passcode.
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The other iPhone contract

by Molly Wood
May 12, 2014
Author Janell Burley Hofmann gave her son an iPhone... and a set of rules
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Facebook launches Paper app

by Molly Wood
Feb 3, 2014
The new iPhone app seeks to streamline the experience of reading Facebook.
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Apple, China Mobile Strike a Deal

by Molly Wood
Dec 23, 2013
Apple and China Mobile, the world's largest cell phone carrier, have stuck a deal that will allow the tech giant to sell iPhones to some 760 million people.
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Planned obsolescence: Yes, they do want you to buy a new phone every year

by Molly Wood
Oct 30, 2013
Notice how your iPhone 4 started to become unreliable just as the iPhone 5S came out? You're not the only one.
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Higher iPhone sales don't equal higher profits for Apple

by Molly Wood
Oct 29, 2013
A look at Apple's quarterly earnings.
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