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Apple roundup: iPhone tops 2017 tech sales, more battery woes

Published 12/29/2017, 01:22 PM
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  • GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives says Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will sell 223M iPhones in 2017, up from 211M units last year, to top the list of best-selling tech products.
  • Ives composed the list for USA Today and put Samsung (KS:005930) Galaxy S8 and Note 8 smartphones at 33M units for second place, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Echo Dot speakers in third with 24M, and Apple Watch in fourth with 20M. Nintendo finished out the top five with 15M Nintendo Switch units.
  • AppleInsider has an opinion piece rebuttal to Ives’ list.
  • More battery woes: Internet repair guide iFixit cuts its iPhone battery replacement kits down to $29 or less from the usual $39 to $49 range. The price drop is in response to Apple’s $29 battery offer for iPhone 6 or later from January to December.
  • Samsung and LG join HTC and Motorola (NYSE:MSI) in saying the companies don’t slow the performance of phones with older batteries.
  • Previously: Apple's apology letter to consumers includes $29 batteries (Dec. 28)
  • Now read: Best Buy Today: Apple Or Microsoft? Why?


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