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Trading for Apple stock halted briefly in January as Tim Cook issued a letter providing revised guidance for the company’s first-quarter 2019 earnings estimates. The new estimates are as follows: • Revenue of approximately $84 billion • Gross margin of approximately 38 per cent • Operating expenses of approximately $8.7bn • Other income/(expense) of approximately $550 million • Tax rate of approximately 16.5 per cent before discrete items Most of the numbers are not very different from the guidance the company issued back in November, but there is one big change – revenue is projected to be down about $5- to $9bn from the company’s previous $89- to $93bn estimate. Why Apple’s revenue is expected to dip In his letter, Cook details four reasons for the expected dip. First, the…

Apple is well known for its centralized approach, not just in terms of hardware and software, but also in geography. The company has previously pushed hard to locate as many of its non-retail employees as possible in its home town of Cupertino, in large part because of its belief that its employees work better on physically proximate teams. Look no further than its enormous new home base, Apple Park (pictured above), which opened there earlier this year. But the company recently announced that it would be expanding its footprint in several US cities outside the Bay Area, most notably in Austin, Texas, where it already has its largest non-Cupertino presence, but also in a few other key locations. In particular, Apple projects that in the next three years it will…

Screen protectors can be a nuisance to get on your iPhone, but they’re essential for protecting your handset’s screen from drops and scratches. A countless amount of screen protectors exist on the market today, and many of them are frustratingly poor quality. So we did the heavy lifting and found some of the best that money can buy. How we tested We did two things to test these screen protectors. First, we applied them to make if they fit well and didn’t bubble excessively. Then, we used a sharp pair of scissors to see if they resisted scratches. Without further ado, here are our favourite screen protectors for the iPhone. Zagg InvisibleShield Glass Price: From £24.99 inc VAT from fave.co/2QtzTzQ Models: iPhone 8 and up Scratch test: No marks from…

The turn of the year is when we take stock of our habits and strive to do better. Many people pledge to improve their health with diet and exercise. Others make a commitment to the environment, like compositing. For some, this is the year they’ll finally quit smoking. But kicking bad old habits and starting good new habits should extend to your digital life, too. Our iPhones are ever-present tools that we spend so much of our waking hours with, so it’s important to cast our self-improvement gaze on how we use them, too. Here are five New Year’s resolutions for iPhone users that will help you form lasting good technology habits. 1. Curb excessive use with Screen Time Apple gave us quite a gift in iOS 12 with Screen…

All anybody is talking about in the office is Apple’s admission that it’s going to miss its guidance for the first quarter of 2019. We won’t get any more information until the company’s next quarterly financial results, due out on 29 January, and the winter is genuinely a dreary time for any other significant Apple news. So let’s jump right in. The water’s fine. The China syndrome Apple has been betting big on China for the past few years, a fact borne out both by Tim Cook’s repeated visits to the region and his fairly consistent declarations of the fact on those quarterly conference calls. The reason for that is pretty simple: the biggest opportunity for Apple’s growth is in the world’s second-largest economy, where there’s a rapidly increasing middle…

Surfing the web on a public Wi-Fi network can be a dangerous business, opening your iPhone or iPad up to spying eyes. To avoid that, you could use a VPN (virtual private network) to stay private and anonymous. It also hides your location online, which can allow you to access blocked content and blocked sites such as US Netflix when you are in the UK or BBC iPlayer when you are abroad. Here we talk you through the best iOS VPN options. It’s important to note that it is against Netflix, BBC iPlayer and other blocked content’s terms and conditions to access them using a VPN, so proceed with caution as you risk getting your account blocked. NordVPN Price: $2.75 (around £2) per month from fave.co/2kXSrut Our pick of the…

The App Store has an amazing selection of games. It’s filled with fresh incarnations of old favourites, such as The Room: Old Sins, Alto’s Odyssey and Reigns: Game of Thrones, but there are also surprises, such as Fortnite and its almost unbelievably effective port of its Mac and console counterparts. From a pool of many worthy contenders, these games stand out ahead of all the rest. Alto’s Odyssey Price: £4.99 from fave.co/2ABThp5 Alto’s Odyssey is a game about maintaining momentum, and follows much the same design we saw in 2015’s beloved Alto’s Adventure. Back then, though, you were a snowboarder gliding down mountain peaks; in Odyssey, we’re sliding down slopes of sand in tranquil deserts. It’s lovely, both in sound and sight. It’s deceptively simple, involving no more gameplay than…

I’m on the record with my hopes and dreams for the Mac in 2019; for my money, it’s going to be a huge year of change on the Mac side. But what about on iOS, home of Apple’s two best-selling products, the iPhone and iPad? Not to worry. I’ve got hopes and dreams there too. There’s much to do, so let’s dive in. An iPhone reckoning? As we’ve reported, Apple has announced it’s missing its initial forecast for the holiday quarter 2018 based in large part on lower than expected iPhone sales. The reasons for the shortfall are probably numerous and complex, but there’s no denying that in the past two years Apple has dramatically revamped the iPhone product line and ramped up prices. Did higher priced iPhones lead to…

Apple’s new year isn’t off to a great start. Instead of celebrating another stellar quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a lengthy letter to investors warning about subpar iPhone sales and an overall dip in revenue to the tune of about $6 billion. That mean Apple is only going to make around $84bn in revenue over the three-month holiday quarter, an impressive number for sure, but one that represents a five per cent dip from the same quarter last year and confirmation that all is not right in Cupertino. But while the news today is certainly grim, it could represent something of an opportunity for Apple. With some of the pressure of both the stock price and its streak of quarterly earnings growth, Apple could use this as a chance…

Earbud makers have been busy doing away with wires – a good thing whether or not your phone still has a headset jack. You no longer have to deal with cords if you don’t want to. True wireless earbuds connect to one another and your audio source via Bluetooth. No wires mean no inline microphones or controls, but truly wireless earbuds sound just as good as traditional Bluetooth counterparts (for better or worse). They also boast all of the features we’ve come to expect from earbuds designed to work with your smartphone, tablet, or PC. Since Apple’s AirPods became a runaway hit, an endless stream of companies have rolled out their own true wireless earbuds and earphones. As you might expect, not all of them are worth your time or…

If 2017 was a year in which Apple let some products stagnate while over-aggressively trying to update others, 2018 was the exact opposite. Long-neglected favourites like the MacBook Air and Mac mini were finally refreshed, and iOS 12 focused on addressing long-standing complaints. For the most part, Apple didn’t wow us in 2018 with breakthrough designs or never-seen-it-before features. Just as iPhones have ‘S’ years (iPhone 4s, 5s, 6s, and so on) where the design stays the same but everything is just better, this was an ‘S’ year for Apple as a company. With the exception of the Apple Watch Series 4, most of 2018’s product and service releases were safe and predictable. Apple didn’t launch major new services. It didn’t drastically change the designs and features of products we’re…