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Apple posts Black Friday savings teaser, leaves iPhone out of potential deals to be had

Come Friday, there shall be savings. And probably shoving to get to those savings. So, look, try to be polite and don’t shove other people for the savings, all right? Per MacStories, Apple has placed a teaser on its web site, saying that it will be holding a “special one-day Apple shopping event” on Friday. […]

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Apple now requiring customers to go through online reservation system before purchasing an iPhone 4S at an Apple Store retail location

You’re going to need to call ahead. Per AppleInsider, Apple said on Monday that customers looking to purchase a new iPhone 4S from its US or Canadian based retail outlets will first be asked to make a reservation online, suggesting that record-setting sales of the device coupled with an upcoming international expansion are straining availability. […]

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Apple sells over four million iPhone 4S units in first weekend of availability

If you were alive on Friday, you probably made an effort to snag a brand new iPhone 4S. So did several million other people. Per AppleInsider, Apple sold a total of 4 million units in its first three days of availability. “iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold […]

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iPhone 4 ship times extend ahead of iPhone 5 launch

This might be a bit unexpected, depending on your point of view. According to AppleInsider, all new iPhone 4 orders in the U.S. now take one to three business days to ship through Apple, a sign that the company is running low on inventory ahead of introducing its fifth-generation model. Previously, orders of the iPhone […]

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Series of UK employment ads may point towards mid-August iPhone 5 launch

A series of job postings for a number of seasonal iPhone sales staff in the U.K. this summer appear to suggest a mid-August launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone. Per CNET UK, the ads were discovered on the U.K. employment site Reed. “Our client, Apple, one of the largest consumer electronic hardware and software companies in […]