Earlier this week, rumors of a smaller, half-price iPhone from Apple started circulating from the Wall Street Journal . As someone who prefers mobile devices with screens between 4- and 7-inches , I quickly dismissed the idea of a mini iPhone. But after I started thinking about Apple’s various revenue sources, the fact that the current Apple TV is a streaming device, and how Apple manages the iPhone experience through iTunes, I began to see several reasons why a small, cloud-dependent iPhone makes sense. 1. It’s all about the price. The cost of the phone affects both Apple and consumers. Apple needs to find a way to keep its profit margin high while still reducing the price consumers pay, or risk not having a product that competes against Android phones in the free-to-$150 price range. One way to accomplish this: Design a smaller iPhone with less internal storage while squeezing component suppliers for better pricing through large prepayments. The bill of materials for Ap...
Ultimate luxury and class comes with a price tag. A price tag of 1.2 million pounds to be exact. The item it’s attached to is none other than the gorgeous Aston Martin One-77. But for some, money is no object for desires of the heart, which certainly applies to one customer who purchased 10 of these beauties. Word is that the £12 million customer in question is of Middle Eastern descent. It should be the biggest purchase from a single customer Gaydon has ever received. The 10 units also represent 13% of the One-77’s total production run of 77 cars. Each the cars were customised with different interiors. The One-77 has plenty of lucky sevens surrounding it – a 7.3-litre engine with 700 bhp and a limited run of 77 units. The most extreme Aston’s top speed is…no not 700, but an impressive 354 km/h. Acceleration to 96 km/h (60 mph) is achieved in 3.5 seconds. With this latest supermarket sweep, 65 of the 77 cars are already spoken for. So what are you waiting for? To help y...
Old or new, we’ve never been big fans of the Cayenne’s looks. Now, look what Topcar has done to the second-gen yet to be launched Cayenne. The Russian tuning firm has developed three different styling packages for the super SUV. Each model gets a 200 horsepower boost from 550 to 750 bhp and will sit on forged wheels. Other standard offerings include new side mirrors and added LED lighting. The first of the three packages is the Cayenne Advantage 2, which has Porsche 911 headlights and includes front and rear spoiler bumpers, extended fenders, side skirts, wide door caps and a new bonnet. Only 25 of these cars will be specially built. What do you think of those classic oval headlamps on the Cayenne? Another limited edition package would be the Vantage GTR 2 which retains the original headlights but comes with wider intakes as part of a new front bumper, front and rear fender extenders, a bonnet and side skirts which gives is said to give the “bird of prey” look. Finally,...
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