Owning iDevices is expensive and not only because you pay a premium for the device itself.
Since 2007, Americans have flushed $5.9 billion down the drain to have their iPhones repaired.
Flush, it seems, is a pretty apt word for all this money spent as it turns out that nearly 2 out of 10 of damaged iPhones and iPads in the U.S. have been victims of falling into either a pool or toilet.
That’s according to Cupertino Phone Repair which made the insightful infographic below.
Other insights that …

The Apple iPad is dominating the Chinese tablet market amid strong growth of the niche in the country.
That is according to data from research firm Analysys International which reveals that the iPad had the lion’s share of the Chinese tablet market at 71.4 percent.
This is as the tablet market in China booms, Reuters reports. The market for tablets in the country saw a boost of 62.5 percent.
Nonetheless, there are still fewer tablets sold in the country compared to other developed …

The Apple iPad still remains king of the hill in tablet market share as new data suggests that the Apple tablet still reigns in the industry.
The development comes even though the iPad experienced a decline in market share during the third quarter of the year, data from ABI Research suggests.
According to ABI Research, the iPad “continued to best all others with 55% unit shipment share in the period.”
The market intelligence firm’s report reveals the iPad has led the way for 10 …

Apple may have just switched battery suppliers as Samsung has reportedly stopped supplying batteries for iPad tablets and MacBook computers.
The rumor comes from China Business News which says in a report that Apple may be tapping Chinese battery makers Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery.
According to the report, which comes to us via this report from TechCrunch, Samsung SDI has reportedly stopped supplying batteries for the mentioned Apple products.
The development, if true, …

Apple needed only three days to reach the three million mark in iPad sales since it launched the new iPad mini and iPad 4, the company said in a statement.
The milestone doubled the 1.5 million record sales set by Wi-Fi only models of the iPad 3 during its first weekend in March.
Apple managed to achieve the feat despite the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of both iPad mini and iPad 4 not hitting US shelves until a few weeks from now, and in many more countries later this year.
“Customers around …

Apple’s revised message to Samsung has appeared in UK papers.
On Thursday, November 1, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ordered Apple to rewrite its original message to the South Korean smartphone maker. The American tech giant wangled words from the first version to take a jab at its rival for releasing products nowhere near the iPad and for losing similar patent infringement cases in other courtrooms.
While Apple claimed it would take two weeks to create a revised copy …

The tablet market share of the Apple iPad lineup shrunk in the third quarter while Android market share grew, a research firm reveals.
According to Strategy Analytics, the iPad lineup’s tablet market share contracted to 57 percent for the July to September quarter, down 7 percentage point from its 64 percent market share showing for the same quarter a year ago.
Meanwhile, Android tablets continue to eat up market share as they now account for 41 percent of the whole tablet market.
While still …

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 …

A mysterious new Apple iPad tablet running on what is believed to be an A6 chip has been spotted by a developer.
The iPad which had the “iPad 3,6” designation was spotted by a developer in his app analytics, a report from MacRumors says.
What sets this iPad apart, aside from its “3,6” designation, is its processor that is said to be on the new ARMv7 architecture.
That processor architecture is what is known to be in the next iteration of Apple’s own applications processor, the A6 …

You go to the store, get the products you want, you go to the cash register and pay. That’s how you do groceries now. Over several years, however, this could be different. What about the following scenario?
Want to buy a pair of jeans. But the shop is full of stuff and you can’t decide between a couple of models. You have an idea regarding the design and color desired, but many can not find pants exactly like what each of us desires.
Luckily there is an iPod in the store in which …