AppleInsider breaks down every record Apple smashed in its gargantuan fiscal quarter ending in December 2020. Apple's first fiscal quarter was one to remember, breaking records left and right on its way to a staggering $111.4 billion in total revenue. While that number was the biggest takeaway, it was far from the only record the company shattered. Total revenue Apple brought in a staggering $111.4B in Q1 2021 During the 1Q 2021 financial quarter, Apple raked in $111.4 billion in total revenue. This is the first time the company has passed $100 billion for a quarter, breaking its previous record of $91.8 billion in the prior year's December-ending quarter. It's all the more surprising that Apple did this during a global pandemic, as many working families cut down on luxury purchases. Impressive iPad and Mac sales boosts may have partially reflected the greater need for work-from-home and Zoom-friendly computing devices. However, the iPhone continued … [Read more...] about Ten records Apple broke in its historic holiday 2020 quarter
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Review: AirPods Max don’t make it easy to justify the price
Review The new AirPods Max are turning heads with a high price tag and excellent audio quality. But is what you get worth the $549? AirPods Max design AirPods Max come in five different colors, sky blue, green, pink, silver, and space gray. Each color is two-toned, featuring a lighter color on the anodized earcups and a darker one for the headband. AirPods Max have one of the most bespoke designs ever created for a set of headphones. The top portion of the headphones is made of stainless steel before being coated with a premium soft-touch material akin to silicone. The canopy is made from a proprietary mesh that is designed to wrest just atop your head. AirPods Max Each arm of the AirPods Max extend to accommodate user's heads of different sizes. Anodized aluminum makes up the cups themselves, which is lighter than the steel and allows for the svelte anodization Apple is known for. Each of the cushions on the earcups are a similar mesh … [Read more...] about Review: AirPods Max don’t make it easy to justify the price
Retail sector maintains robust growth
Retail sector maintains robust growth The Saigon Times Daily Customers select apples at Vinmart Royal City in Hanoi. Vinmart has announced plans to increase the number of convenience stores it operates nationwide to 4,000 facilities – PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The local retail sector has attracted significant foreign funding through merger and acquisition deals as well as business expansions. Last year, retail sales hit an estimated VND3,300 trillion, up 12.4% against sales in 2017, according to the General Statistics Office. Le Viet Nga, deputy director of the Domestic Market Department, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, was quoted by news site VietnamPlus as saying that many major foreign-invested retail firms had continued to expand their business scale as well as increase their market share in the local retail market. As for modern retail chains, the Saigon Union of Trading Cooperatives, also known as Saigon Co.op, last year took the lead with sales of nearly … [Read more...] about Retail sector maintains robust growth
Huawei Vietnam responds to Google’s Android suspension
Huawei Vietnam responds to Google’s Android suspension By Van Ly and Chi Thinh A woman uses the Google Chrome app on her Huawei smartphone. Google intends to suspend its business with China’s top mobile phone maker, threatening future access to Gmail, YouTube and Chrome – PHOTO: THUY DUNG HANOI, HCMC – Chinese technology firm Huawei Vietnam has said it will continue to build a “safe and sustainable software ecosystem” to provide the best experience for all users globally, following Huawei’s use of the Android operating system being restricted by Google. Huawei’s response followed a May 20 report from Reuters, which said that U.S. tech giant Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services, except those publicly available through open-source licensing, in a blow to China’s top mobile phone maker, which the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world. Holders of current Huawei smartphones … [Read more...] about Huawei Vietnam responds to Google’s Android suspension