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Apple’s mobile devices are some of the most sought-after gifts during the holiday season. The company has topped new device activations during the holiday season almost every year and 2017 is no different. The latest report from Flurry Analytics shows that iOS devices have accounted for 44 percent of all smartphone and tablet activations over the holiday season. A third of those activations were accounted by new devices like the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus.
Even though the new devices have accounted for a third of all activations, the top two spots for Apple activations have actually gone to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6 with 15.1 percent and 14.9 percent respectively.
The report is based on data that was analyzed by Flurry Analytics during the holiday period. The firm examined activations of new smartphones and tablets in the week leading up to Christmas and the end of Chanukah.
The report mentions that Samsung’s activation rate has increased five percent compared to last year. The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 possibly contributed to that. However, Samsung devices only accounted for 26 percent of all 2017 holiday activations. That’s almost half of Apple’s 44 percent.
Besides these top two manufacturies, the companies that saw the most number of activations in the week leading up to Christmas include Huawei, Xiaomi, Motorola, LG, Oppo, and Vivo.
Apple Tops Holiday Device Activations Yet Again , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
It was confirmed a couple of months ago that Microsoft is going to launch the Surface Pro with LTE in December. The company announced the launch formally recently but it also mentioned that the December 1st release date was for enterprise customers. Businesses could order the device through a partner retail website while consumers had to wait until 2018. The Surface Pro with LTE wasn’t available through the general Microsoft Store until today. Consumers can head over to the store now and place an order for this device.
Microsoft’s online store now lists the Surface Pro with LTE in stock. There are no limitations so anyone can head over to the store right now and purchase the Surface Pro with LTE.
It’s available in two configurations. The base model costs $1,149 and comes with an Intel Core i5 processor with a 128GB SSD and 4GB of RAM. The $1,449 model comes with the Core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage.
The latter is the only configuration that’s listed as available on the online store right now. Customers will be able to find both configurations at physical store locations. They can search for a store location where they’re available via the online store itself.
The Surface Pro with LTE also offers up to 13.5 hours of battery life with a high-resolution PixelSense touchscreen display and newly redesigned front-facing speakers.
Surface Pro With LTE Available Now From Microsoft Store , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
I’ve never really gotten the appeal of Louis Vuitton’s fashions. Not only are they ridiculously expensive, but you have to walk around with somebody’s ugly brand logo stamped all over your stuff. The way I figure it, they should pay you for the free advertising. I suppose if you’re going to have to have all those “LV” logos on your things, they might as well be something cool, like these Star Wars sculptures.
Artist Gabriel Dishaw takes used Louis Vuitton purses and bags and transforms them into awesome Star Wars sculptures. His collection includes stormtrooper and Darth Vader helmets, a crazy Vader-tank, Boba Fett, C-3PO, and an adorable little AT-AT which I’d be happy to have as a pet.
You can check out these and many more of Dishaw’s amazing works of art over on his website and his Instagram feed. I particularly love his toy series. I want that Optimus Subzero on my desk now!
[via Laughing Squid]
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