Sprint continues to chug along with modest customer growth. Not that it really matters. For the quarter just ended, the Overland Park, Kansas, wireless carrier posted total customer growth of 57,000 net new customers and, most importantly, 87,000 net new phone customers in the lucrative postpaid category. But ultimately, the results, announced Wednesday, are less …
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People just kept scooping up Apple’s iPhone X. The company said Tuesday it sold 41.3 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter. That performance isn’t bad for a gadget that’s been on the market for roughly six months, though it missed the consensus estimate of 41.8 million units, according to Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein. By comparison, the …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple posts its fiscal third-quarter results Tuesday. Are we getting any new iPhone hints? Nintendo is enjoying continued Switch momentum. MoviePass raised its prices and limited the kinds of movies you can see. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET …
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When it comes to Apple’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report Tuesday, the only thing that really matters is what it says about the next iPhone. And while Apple doesn’t give many — or really, any — details about its next iPhone during earnings calls, it gives small hints. CEO Tim Cook occasionally will make comments like Apple’s expecting an “exciting fall,” …
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Apple appears to be making some big changes to the chips in its upcoming iPhones — and that could mean your next iPhone downloads data slower than rival Android devices. Qualcomm, a major supplier of 4G chips for smartphones, on Wednesday said it doesn’t expect to supply modems for any upcoming iPhones. “We believe Apple intends to solely use our …
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Amazon raised the price of its Prime memberships in the US by 20 percent, but so far that isn’t harming renewals. That’s according to Amazon finance chief Brian Olsavsky, who said on an earnings call with reporters Thursday that Prime renewals are “looking really, really good” despite the price hike. Last week’s Prime Day sale also brought in a single-day …
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Qualcomm’s proposed $44 billion takeover of Dutch chipmaker NXP has become a casualty of the US trade war with China. Qualcomm on Wednesday didn’t extend its deadline for closing the deal, opting instead to buy back up to $30 billion in shares from investors. The deal had been on hold for nearly two years as China mulled the regulatory implications …
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It’s a new world for AT&T in the post-Time Warner merger era. On Tuesday, the company reported a mixed bag of results for the second quarter. It missed Wall Street expectations on revenue but beat the Street’s predictions when it came to earnings per share, as well as number of wireless subscribers. AT&T reported earnings of 91 cents per share, …
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Netflix can stake claim to being the media king of the world, booking more revenue from streaming outside the US than within it for the first time. Still, the streaming-video company reported lower-than-expected overall subscriber growth in its second-quarter report on Monday, missing its own guidance by more than a million members. Wall Street was unforgiving at first. Netflix shares tanked …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s Prime Day 2018 started off with a lot of glitches, but the e-tailer says sales were strong anyway. Netflix’s subscriber growth underwhelms. Preview of this year’s Comic-Con. Now playing: Watch this: Prime Day 2018 and the 404 dogs of Amazon 2:25 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories …
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