As we’ve followed DirecTV Now’s ongoing offer to get an Apple TV 4K at no extra cost when paying for three months of the live streaming TV service for $105, it’s been somewhat unclear how long the deal would last. According to our affiliate, today’s the last day to take advantage of the deal, as the three month offer will expire later tonight.
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Afterwards, the deal will return back to prepaying for four months of DirecTV Now at $140 to get the Apple TV 4K at no cost, [...]
Since November 2017, AT&T has offered customers the chance to get the 32GB Apple TV 4K at no extra cost when they sign up and pay for either four months or three months of DirecTV Now. Since this means you pay just $105 for an Apple TV 4K (under the current offer), it’s been the best deal available online for Apple’s latest streaming box. According to our affiliate, an end date for this sale is set for one week from today, May 31, but AT&T has been known to extend these expiration dates in the past.
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iPhone X was the world’s most popular smartphone for the second consecutive quarter, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
Strategy Analytics estimates that iPhone X shipments totaled 16 million units in the first three months of 2018, making it the best-selling smartphone model during that period, as it was during the final three months of 2017.
„For the second quarter running, the iPhone X remains the world’s most popular smartphone model overall, due to a blend of good design, sophisticated camera, extensive apps, and widespread retail presence for the device,“ said Juha Winter, a senior analyst at Strategy Analytics.
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Apple’s share of the worldwide smartphone market grew slightly in the first three months of 2018, despite Samsung launching the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in March, according to research firms IDC and Strategy Analytics.
Apple on Tuesday reported that it sold 52.2 million iPhones last quarter. Based on that, the research firms estimate that the iPhone accounted for around 15.5 percent of smartphone shipments during the quarter, a slight increase from 14.7 percent in the year-ago period.
While the single-percentage-point growth is modest, the slight gain becomes more impressive when considering that the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ launched March 16 in several [...]
