Almost the most popular iPhone ever, and more

Credit where it’s due: Apple’s sales of the iPhone 12 series topped the 100 million mark in just seven months, beating the iPhone 11 series by two full months to 100 million.

This means that around 476,190 of the devices were sold per day. So much for the lack of chips, right?

The detail:

• According to Counterpoint Research, “global cumulative sales of the iPhone 12 series exceeded 100 million in April 2021”.
• From that percentage, Apple somehow convinced more people than ever to opt for the top-of-the-range device at $ 1,099 (excluding the 256/512 GB variants).
• Sales of the iPhone 12 Pro Max accounted for 29% of total serial sales. That’s four percentage points more than the iPhone 11 Pro Max last year, and for the same price.
• Even if the iPhone 12 Mini is a “failure”. For any other company, having a top 10 devices sold in any given month would be a tremendous achievement. For Apple, that means stopping production(MacRumors).
• Overall, it’s the fastest-selling iPhone since the iPhone 6, which was a monster.

📂 There is a leaked video from Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3 even though the external screen is not turned on (Android authority).

⌚ Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic leaks completely just hours after we heard it existed (Android authority).

🤔 Google is downgrading the APK format for new Android apps, which means smaller app sizes; good news for storage savings and downloads on the device, but bad news for sideloading as redistribution requires an additional step (Android authority).

🔋 Tested: 160W fast charge that won’t melt your phone basically by not charging 160W for long through temperature conscious charging, which is a good move (Android authority).

📈 Xiaomi phones and televisions in India rise in price as supply chain bottlenecks occur: 3-6% more expensive (Android authority).

😬 Um: Google reportedly admits that Assistant sometimes secretly records your audio (Android authority).

🍎 Apple is releasing the iOS 15 public beta, and features like SharePlay, Focus, Safari’s makeover, and more are now available In addition, iPadOS 15 (multitasking!), WatchOS 8 (more control!) And tvOS 15 are now available (9to5Mac). To get any or all of these, you’ll need to go to Apple’s beta software portal and register your devices (beta.apple.com).

🍏 “Apple has always sold itself as anti-Microsoft. Now Windows 11 is the anti-Apple ” (CNET).

🎫 Spotify is reportedly considering expanding to events with tickets (Engage).

📹 Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, says it’s no longer a photo-sharing app as it is about videos and names YouTube and TikTok competitors. I don’t know, a few people probably don’t want their nice photo-sharing app turned into a video game, but the Zuckerberg playbook doesn’t allow anything other than hyper-aggressive growth (The edge).

🔋 Volvo’s new electric concept car is a “manifesto” for the future (The edge).

💸 Robinhood’s $ 70 million fine: $ 57 million in fines, $ 12.6 million in refunds (FINRA).

📡 Starlink’s “next generation” user terminal could cost as little as $ 250 versus $ 500, says Elon Musk (who says many things) (Ars-Technica).

😮 Drop it all and watch these air-to-air supersonic shockwave interactions from jets burning through the air from NASA (Instagram).

⚡ “Since there is no resistance in space, is it possible to reach the speed of light?” The question is a little basic, but the answers in the thread are wonderful (r / askscience).

Hotmail was launched this week in 1996, a July 4th publication by two coworkers who met while working at Apple, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.

The idea was to move from ISP-blocked emails to an inbox that was available everywhere, hence the start of Independence Day.

There is an write-up about Wired from 1998, following the acquisition of Microsoft, which at the time was a $ 400 million sale – Microsoft’s S-3 filing revealed 2,769,148 shares were paid to acquire Hotmail, worth more than $ 6 billion when you consider stock splits?

Anyway, quotes:

• “From the first moment I met him, Sabeer Bhatia praised the power of the idea. The idea was so convincing that Sabeer heard a sentence about it when his friend and colleague Jack Smith, who was driving to Livermore, called Sabeer on his car phone to collect the pregnant thought that had just crossed his mind – mine! Hang up the cell phone and call me back on a secure line when you get to your home! We don’t want anyone to overhear! “
• “He stayed up all night writing the business plan he brought to his day job the next morning to show Jack and looked so emaciated that his boss stopped him and said,” You have to skip the partying, Sabeer . “And Sabeer – feared the idea might jump out of his mouth if he even opened it – just nodded. He was afraid to make a single photocopy of the printed plan so that a stray page would not end up in the wastebasket and then someone else’s eyes. “

Cheers,

Tristan Rayner, Managing Editor.