Apple is rumored to unveil a 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro this coming Tuesday which will start at about $1,699, a new report says.
According to 9to5Mac, they “have now received pricing information on the base model and the ‘best’ model.”
Based on wholesale prices the publication claims to have received, it estimates the price of the “entry model” 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro “will cost roughly $1,699 at launch.”
Furthermore, the site says that the “higher spec …

Apple is being forced to reveal to the world one if not its biggest secret: how much profit the company makes on each iPhone.
Judge Lucy Koh of the US District Court of San Jose has ordered Apple to bare product-specific (read: iPhone-specific, iPad-specific, etc.) information including profit margin.
That’s telling the company to say exactly how profitable the iPhone is per unit.
In a filing on Wednesday, Judge Koh denied Apple’s motion to seal or redact certain information from its …

After the first non-apple made Lightning cable went on sale earlier this month, an analysis of Apple’s circuitry for the new connector and cable reveals that it may not have been too hard to crack the new technology.
According to Chipworks which conducted a teardown on the new Apple Lightning Cable, the new connecting cable has security but just not industry leading.
In fact, it pales in comparison to security implemented by tech companies in, say, computer printer cartridges.
Chipworks …

Apple and Samsung’s notorious patent lawsuits against each other have tainted their relationship, so much so that latest reports from CNET and other sources have claimed that Apple might no longer rely in Samsung for its product chips.
Instead, Apple will supposedly strike a deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company or TSMC for quad-core processors.
However, Apple has shown interest in the nanometer processes used by TSMC, providing more efficient and powerful chips than those …

The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), after an investigation, has certified “ultra-thin” notebook computers which include the Apple MacBook Air as conforming to their green standards.
In a press release published by EPEAT, it said that these “ultra-thin” notebooks “had come under close scrutiny in public discussions this past summer.”
“Products from Apple, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba were investigated in this verification process. All products investigated …

Apple will likely officially launch the much-awaited iPhone 5 in India on Thursday, October 26, a new rumor suggests.
According to BGR India, unnamed “multiple sources have confirmed” that Apple is getting ready “to launch the iPhone 5 in India on the last Friday of this month, which happens to be October 26.”
The publication says that Apple will not be partnering with mobile carriers to launch the iPhone 5 in India.
BGR India says that Apple will handle the sales of the iPhone 5 in …

Google executive chair Eric Schmidt has claimed the current legal skirmish between Apple and Google for utter domination in the mobile industry is the only struggle worthy of mention and discussion, ignoring subjects related to Microsoft and Research In Motion.
In his privilege speech at the AllThingsD conference on Wednesday, Schmidt said as the two tech giants battle for supremacy of the mobile market, the eventual winners will be consumers.
“The Android-Apple platform fight is the …

The first Lightning cable not made by Apple is now on sale which may be the beginning of a flood of third-party cables for the newly-unveiled Lightning connector.
The site iPhone5Mod is now currently selling the “iPhone 5 Flash Lightning Dock”, we’ve learned via a report from M.I.C. Gadget.
A Chinese company has succeeded in cloning the authentication chip put in by Apple for its Lightning Cable.

iPhone5Mod describes the new dock as such:
“iPhone 5 Flash Lightning Dock
The iPhone 5 …

Google and Samsung are making a 10-inch high-end tablet the duo plan to battle the ubiquitous Apple iPad with.
The news comes from a report by CNET which cites NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim as their source.
According to Shim, the new 10-inch tablet made by Samsung at the behest of Google will have a screen with an even higher pixel density than the Retina Display of the iPad 3.
Just when you thought a pixel density of 264 pixels-per-inch would not be one-upped easily (the iPad 3 has a …

Apple may get a boost in iPads sold during the holiday season in the form of 8 million iPad Mini units sold, an investment bank forecasts.
If Apple will indeed release a smaller iPad, it could mean that the company may sell up to 30 million iPads during the holidays.
The forecast comes from RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani in a note sent to investors on Monday.
The analyst estimates that Apple will sell 21.6 million iPads during the holiday seasons.
If Apple launches the iPad Mini, …