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9to5 Mac reports that Apple has today officially confirmed that the iPhone 7 will be launching in seven more countries later this month. The new countries that will be getting Apple’s latest flagship phone include Egypt on October 20, Korea and Colombia on October 21, and several other countries, including Cameroon, Botswana, Kenya, and Mozambique on October 28.
Korea and Colombia will also be getting the new Apple Watch Series 2 on October 21 as well as the iPhone 7.
Amidst all these new launches, and Samsung’s troubles with the permanent withdrawal of the Galaxy Note 7, Apple is due to report its fiscal Q4 earnings on October 25, which will be the first report to show something of the first month of iPhone 7 sales, following on from the device’s launch in September. Industry watchers are therefore eagerly awaiting these first figures, which should make very interesting reading, what with Apple not having provided opening weekend figures for the iPhone 7 because of supply constraints.
Source: Apple confirms iPhone 7 launching in 7 more countries later this month
MacRumors reports that Apple has built a fail-safe software workaround into the iPhone 7 in case the new Taptic Engine home button fails. The iPhone 7 is the first iPhone not to have a physical home button, replacing the old click-enabled home button with a “solid-state” pressure sensitive button that works using haptic feedback instead of button presses.
The iPhone 7’s Taptic Engine feedback is an integral part of iOS 10, and so in case of failure, the phone will automatically prompt you about a temporary workaround if it should fail.
A MacRumors forum member, “iwayne,” discovered the workaround when his haptic feedback button started glitching after his phone switched itself off when it was charging. A notification dialogue alerted iwayne that “The Home Button May Need Service. In the meantime, you can use the onscreen Home button below.” Below the notification is an onscreen Home button that can be used until the phone is fixed.
Source: Apple Offers a Temporary Workaround if the Home Button Fails on an iPhone 7
According to highly credible KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, via MacRumors, both Apple and Huawei are set to profit from Samsung’s withdrawal from sale of the Galaxy Note 7.
Kuo says that both companies can expect to see their orders increased due to previous Note 7 customers wanting to find a dual-camera smartphone, which at present is primarily Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus and Huawei’s forthcoming Mate 9.
Kuo adds that while he thinks Apple will profit greatly from Samsung’s misfortune, these benefits will be “largely reflected in raised forecasts,” rather than in actual iPhone shipping figures.
Kuo estimates that approximately 5 to 7 million of the potential 12 to 14 million Galaxy Note 7 buyers would now buy an iPhone 7 instead, or, more precisely, an iPhone 7 Plus.
Kuo cites “no trust in the Samsung brand anymore” and “like dual camera feature” as two of the characteristics of consumers that have switched over to the iPhone after the Note 7 was discontinued.
Source: Apple and Huawei Will Benefit Most From Note 7's Failure, but Profit May Have Already 'Peaked Out'
CNBC reports that Sony has announced that it is to launch at least five smartphone/tablet games in the year ending March 2018 in a bid to compete with console rival Nintendo, which is about to launch several iOS games, including the highly anticipated Super Mario Run.
The games will be released by Sony’s ForwardWorks subsidiary, which was launched earlier this year as Sony’s mobile games wing.
Sony’s home country of Japan, as well as other Asian countries, will get the games before any other territories, in contrast with Nintendo, which is releasing Super Mario Run worldwide.
Mobile gaming is making massive revenues in Japan currently, and console makers are suffering because of it, unlike in other major gaming territories around the world.
Source: Sony PlayStation is launching mobile games on Android and iOS to take on Nintendo
Touch Arcade reports that world-famous ticked-off kitty Grumpy Cat (real cat name, Tardar Sauce) is to feature in her own iOS game, Grumpy Cat—Ready, Set, NO, based around madcap WarioWare-style gameplay.
Developed by Lucky Kat Studios, the game features over 60 “awful” mini-games featuring Grumpy Cat in pixel art style doing all sorts of un-catlike stuff such as catching falling glasses, flipping burgers, and performing magic tricks.
Lucky Kat Studios unashamedly cites WarioWare as being one of its main inspirations for the free-to-play game, which is due to launch in December. However, this is clearly much more than just a WarioWare clone, as Grumpy Cat’s famously miserable persona is always in evidence. Lucky Kat promises, in suitably grumpy fashion, that this will be “the worst mobile game you will ever play.”
If you’re interested in getting involved in beta testing for the game, you can sign up here: Grumpy Cat - Ready, Set, NO [Beta Testing]
Source: 'Grumpy Cat - Ready, Set, NO' Takes the Minigames From WarioWare and Adds Furious Felines, Coming Soon
Winning the award for the best game name of the week, and also possibly the most imaginative and unusual game of the week, we have Arcane Circus’s Crap! I’m Broke: Out of Pocket. Billed as a comedic take on adulthood with a Cubist aesthetic art style, Crap! I’m Broke addresses the issue of underemployment with mini-games and a wry sense of humour.
The game begins with you attempting to find work in order to keep the wolves from the door. Each “Help Wanted” sign offers a time-limited mini-game, or mini-job, such as scrubbing dishes at the local diner, flipping burgers at a burger joint, or putting coloured cans in the right bins at a factory.
All the while you’re working against the pressure of a countdown timer and a hunger meter. If you don’t pay your bills on time then you’ll be evicted, and if you don’t save up enough money for food, you’ll starve. But, on the up side, if you pay your bills early then you will unlock micro-games that you can play without a time limit.
You can also complete special “Employee of the Month” challenges to earn extra bonuses after each successful job.
And just like in real life, surprise random events can conspire to ruin your week and increase you bills at the end of the month.
To make more money, you can earn lifetime achievements and buy items to unlock higher paying jobs. You can also sell your achievements and items to make ends meet. Or, you can simply allow yourself to go into debt, but if you don’t pay your debts in time, you’ll be evicted.
The game also has a karma system that rewards good behaviour, such as donating to charity or competing challenges. Karma increases your chances of winning lottery tickets, getting gifts in the mail, and so on. On the down side, bad behaviour will result in a streak of ill fortune.
MacRumors reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been visiting Japan, where he has
been getting hands-on time with Super Mario Run at Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters. While visiting Nintendo’s headquarters, Cook also met with legendary Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and his staff.
“Getting the hang of Super Mario Run, thanks to Miyamoto-san and his awesome team at Nintendo,” tweeted Cook.
No mention of a release date just yet, unfortunately, but it should be before the end of the year. Nintendo has also promised to release Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem games this fall.
Cook has clearly been getting around in Japan, as today he also tweeted a picture of himself using Apple Pay on Tokyo’s Yamanote line; Apple Pay will be available to iPhone users in Japan later on this month.
Prior to arriving in Japan, Cook also visited Shenzhen, China, where he announced that Apple would be building a new research and development centre in the region.
Photo credit: Tim Cook
Source: Apple's Tim Cook Meets Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto During Japan Visit
Capcom announced today that it will be bringing Nintendo DS game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney to iOS this winter. The fourth game in the series sees the player starring as rookie defence attorney Apollo Justice as he visits crime scenes, questions key witnesses, and collects vital evidence, and then attempts to prove his clients’ innocence in the courtroom.Apollo may be young and inexperienced, but he excels in his trademark skill of being able to uncover witnesses’ lies purely by studying their body language, making for some exciting courtroom drama.
Klavier Gavin is the prosecutor who faces Apollo in court. The flamboyant legal genius also happens to be the lead singer of a highly successful rock band, the Gavinners. Not sure how he manages to make two such demanding careers work together, but clearly he does!
Capcom says that it has optimized the UI and graphics for the iOS version of the game in order to take advantage of the superior resolution and aspect ratio. It will also have full English and Japanese language support.
Click here to pre-register for information about the game’s release: APOLLO JUSTICE
Source: Capcom
King, the company that gave the world Candy Crush, has today launched a brand new game, Shuffle Cats, which is King’s first ever live multiplayer card game.
Shuffle Cats takes place on the rooftops of London in the 1920s, and stars a gang of crafty and competitive street cats who are all trying to win their way to the best Card Clubs in town and progress along Lucky Lane.
The free-to-play game features a new style of gameplay, where players around the world get to compete against each other in real time in an updated mobile version of the traditional card game Rummy.
Players will first be dealt seven cards each, then have to create as many Melds as possible on the game board, with the winner being the first player to reach 10 points. Winners earn Gems, which are the key currency of the game, and which are used to gain entry into one of the eight Card Clubs on Lucky Lane.
The cast of characters in the game include Montie, the friendly mentor to new players, and Walter, the mini-game master and maker of Lucky Charms.
Shuffle Cats has several new features, multiple game modes, and social chat mechanics, so that you can communicate with your friends and rivals across the game board.
Click here to download for free: Shuffle Cats on the App Store
Source: King
According to reports in DigiTimes, via AppleInsider, Apple is set to gain ground on Samsung as the market leader in smartphone sales, although Samsung is still expected to be the number one smartphone vendor on into 2017. Apple will continue to have the highest-number of high-end device sales, however, while Samsung’s dominance continues to be across the whole range, from virtually free phones to flagship handsets.
DigiTimes says that Samsung’s shipments will at best be flat in the second half of this year and the first quarter of next year, with only 2.2% growth next year, which would be less growth than the expected market expansion for both 2016 and 2017 of 7%.
Samsung had been expected to produce between 12 million and 13 million Galaxy Note 7 phablets for the second half of 2016, but of course this plan is now in tatters due to the complete discontinuation of the exploding device.
For this reason, DigiTimes says that Samsung’s total smartphone production for the fourth quarter, including all of its phones, will fall to around 70-75 million units, down from the expected 80 million.
Apple’s iPhone 7 is expected to sell approximately 75 million units by the end of 2016, although some estimates have said that Apple could even sell as many as 100 million units.
Apple is then expected to grow its sales by 12% in 2017, based on the sales of the iPhone 7 this year, and a new iPhone next year.
Should Apple actually manage to overhaul Samsung, it would mark the first time since the fourth quarter of 2010 that Apple had topped the smartphone market.
Source: Supply chain reports claim Apple will gain smartphone marketshare in 2016, 2017
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