Business. They maintain they made that decision for sound commercial reasons. We will bring you more on this is the story does develop. Switching focus to the other story that we have been tracking and that is of apples new series of iphones. The new design comes in a Titanium Shell and improved video game abilities. It will return to usb cable. It did not raise prices. That decision does reflect the Global Smartphone stand that we have been seeing especially here in Southeast Asia. Now, the market in terms of sales saw a 15 drop in the april to june quarter this year compared to the same period last year. That said, the insight firm his figures were putting out expects an uptick in the second half of this year. South Koreas Samsung and china Market Leaders when it comes to smartphones and apple wants to target more affluent customers here in asia. It target more affluent customers here in asia here in asia. It is a very rice here in asia. It is a very price empathetic here in asia. It
Acknowledges and accepts the high court decision. We will have more reactions on that head on bbc as well. The new design comes in a titanium shell, a faster chip and improved video game playing abilities. It also ditched its Lightning Charging Port and will return to the usb cable. One big surprise it that it did not raise prices. That decison reflects the Global Smartphone slump, especially felt here in Southeast Asia. The market in terms of sales, saw a 15 drop in the april tojune quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. That said, Insight Firm Canalys expects an uptick in the second half of this year. South Koreas Samsung and chinas oppo are Market Leaders in this part of the world. Tech analyst Le Xuan Chiew says the apple wants to target younger, more affluent customers in here in asia. If we look at asia, its a Price Sensitive Market and the landscape, given that the Channel Requirements for apple it is something that apple has not done in a very long time. So
South Koreas Samsung and chinas oppo are Market Leaders in this part of the world. Tech analyst Le Xuan Chiew says the apple wants to target younger, more affluent customers in here in asia. If we look at asia, its a Price Sensitive Market and the landscape, given that the Channel Requirements for apple it is Channel Requirements for apple it is somethin Channel Requirements for apple it is somethin that Channel Requirements for apple it is somethin that Apple Channel requirements for apple it is something that apple has not done in a very long time. So i think that apple has been looking to do in Southeast Asia is investing in channel relationships, its presence in the operator channel, so this will help to bring in the price back of the iphones. You know, there is also back of the iphones. You know, there is also news back of the iphones. You know, there is also news of back of the iphones. You know, there is also news of apple there is also news of apple making that made in india ip
He cuts off innovation and those trying to provide a better User Experience and all of those kind of things. If the government alleges that its true in the case, that if google did offer this money to the smartphone and device makers and the default option on their phones then that means no other option really gets a chance in the market to compete on fair terms. People cannot use being and other programmes like duckduckgo. People cannot use bing. New and build a better Search Engine in a more innovative product, they look at the market and they say, we are not going to get into this and spends kind of money and waste this timejust this and spends kind of money and waste this time just to compete with google s 90 share of the market. Those kinds of issues you find across the Big Tech Sector and lots of sectors. That is the magnitude, it is high profile and it is the governments first crack at using the courts to really rein in the power of the big Tech Monopolies that includes not only
was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month. also in november, the ceo of binance, the world s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty to anti money laundering and us sanctions violations. he paid a $50 million fine and the company paid a $4.3 billion fine. but bitcoin, it seems, is no worse for the wear. the price climbed above $44,000 tuesday and shares of coinbase global, the largest us crypto exchange, were up as well. bitcoin miners traded higher too. here s some of the wind in their sails. us regulators are expected to approve an exchange traded fund that directly holds bitcoin. it could happen as early as next month and traders are betting on it. data out overnight said higher interest rates are causing businesses to cut costs including recruiting new workers. we re nearly half way in to this year s round of climate talks known as cop28 and there seems to have been progress on some deals already. under one agreement, 110 governments have commi