Apple has reportedly cut orders for LCD panels for the iPhone 5 from Japan Display, LG Display and Sharp. Nikkei reports that the orders have been cut down by as much as 80 percent from Japan Display and 40 percent from Sharp when compared to the orders during October-December period. This has led many to think about weakening demand for the iPhone 5, which would have a big impact on Apple’s stock price considering the iPhone accounts for over half of Apple’s revenues. But is there more to it than...

If you are out shopping for an iPhone 5 in India, you are most likely to be asked to wait or pre-book one as it is sold out. Most cellphone retailers will tell you that they are expecting Apple’s distributors to get the next shipment soon. Many will even crib about the limited stock they received, which is not even enough to satiate the pre-bookings they already have from their customers. ET’s Hitesh Raj Bhagat (disclosure: he happens to be a friend of mine) reported about it a couple of days ago ...

Google has updated its Google Drive app with spreadsheet editing capabilities. The app lets you edit Google Sheets on your handheld device just like you can edit Google Docs and it comes to you as the holiday season approaches. (more…)Google+

A few hours after Apple’s Indian distributor partners revealed the November 2 launch date and pricing for the iPhone 5, Aircel has put up a coming soon teaser on its website. The company has not revealed any other details yet but then that’s what we are there for, isn’t it? (more…)Google+

Many of our readers have been pinging us with the iPhone 5 pricing and we have been hearing the same prices from our sources too. But we had been waiting for some sort of official confirmation about the same before reporting it. And now we seem to have it, courtesy Redington, one of Apple’s two distribution partners in India. As expected, the iPhone 5 will start from Rs 45,500 for the 16GB version, Rs 52,500 for 32GB and Rs 59,500 for 64GB.Apple’s other distribution partner today announced that th...

Apple’s partners have announced today that the iPhone 5 will be available in India on November 2 just like BGR India exclusively reported earlier this week. However, the pricing has not been confirmed, but is expected to start from slightly over Rs 45,000. Today Apple also introduced app pricing in Indian Rupees in its App Store. Earlier this month Apple slashed prices of the iPhone 4S to Rs 38,500 and the iPhone 4 to Rs 26,500 in preparation for the iPhone 5 launch.According to a statement issued by In...

We exclusively reported earlier about Apple’s plans to launch the iPhone 5 in India on October 26. Since our exclusive report, we have had the mainstream press citing their own “industry sources” claiming the same. Some even reported about pre-orders for the iPhone 5 going live on October 19 in India, which of course did not happen. We are less than a week away from October 26 and we have been hearing a lot of chatter from our sources in the past couple of weeks. We have been getting a lot o...

The iPhone 5 is launching in India in the coming weeks and we are told all major carriers are busy testing Nano SIMs on the phone to ensure everything runs smoothly at the time of launch. BGR India had earlier exclusively reported that carriers were placing orders for Nano SIMs and today one of our readers has sent us photographs of a sample Nano SIM card that Airtel might use. (more…)Google+

This is the news you all had been waiting for and you read it first on BGR India! Multiple sources have confirmed to us that Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone 5 in India on the last Friday of this month, which happens to be October 26.  As we had exclusively reported earlier, Apple will be distributing the iPhone 5 in India on its own rather than relying on its carrier partners. (more…)Google+

Apple has now officially acknowledged the purple flaring in some photographs that happens especially when there is a source of bright light hitting from an angle that isn’t in the frame. We have noticed the same happening at times but it can be fixed by simply changing the camera frame a little. It is not really rocket science and considering it only happens some times and is not the case always, we believe it is a non-issue. Apple is essentially telling iPhone 5 users the same that they can resolve thi...

Apple’s Indian carrier partners Aircel and Airtel won’t sell the iPhone 5 in India this year. Instead, Apple will take over the distribution process for the iPhone 5 as well as the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, multiple sources have confirmed to BGR India. Apple India has appointed Ingram Micro and Redington for distributing iPhones and has already ramped up its sales team to prepare for the iPhone 5 launch. (more…)Google+

Delhi’s grey markets have started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5. Some retailers are offering the iPhone 5 for as much as Rs 1,20,000 and are promising it will be available a couple of days after the phone goes on sale on September 21. (more…)Google+