Apple breaks record with 74.5 million iPhones sold in previous quarter, revenue of $74.6 billion

Apple's iPhone models have broken sales record for the company with 74.5 million units sold in the previous quarter. Apple's financial results for its fiscal 2015 first quarter ended December 27, 2014. Apple posted a record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and record quarterly net profit of $18 billion, or $3.06 per diluted share which is the largest in its history.

Apple shattered expectations from analysts and Wall Street who were 'only' expecting sales of 65 million units sold for the iPhone.

Aside from strong iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales, Mac sales have also surged for Apple. “We’d like to thank our customers for an incredible quarter, which saw demand for Apple products soar to an all-time high,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Our revenue grew 30 percent over last year to $74.6 billion, and the execution by our teams to achieve these results was simply phenomenal.” 

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge coming to Canada on Feb 18, preorders available today

Samsung's anticipated curved phablet, the Galaxy Note Edge, is finally coming to Canada on February 18, pre-orders are available starting today. We know that Rogers will definitely be carrying the Note Edge as it prepares to showcase its recently launched CAT6 network which combines the AWS and 2600 MHz spectrum to increase speeds. The Note Edge is the first device in Canada that can take advantage of these faster network speeds.

Revealed last year, the  Note Edge sets itself apart from the multitude of phablets through its curved screen that runs along the right side of the device. This was designed to deliver access to email, Internet, apps, notifications, news without interrupting the content on the main screen. Its a novel concept that should add excitement to an already popular line of devices. As for pricing, Rogers has the device available for preorder starting at $399 for two-year plans.

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Review: Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Alcatel has been ramping up its product offerings as well as its range of devices. It showed off a number of notable smartphones, tablets and even a smart watch at CES 2015. While those products haven't been slated for Canadian release, their OneTouch Idol X+ smartphone, an update to the Idol X we reviewed last year, is already here and available at TELUS and Koodo.

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Leaked images, details of HTC One M9 smartphone emerge

HTC is expected to be releasing the successor to the HTC One M8 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The updated flagship expects to carry on the look and feel of its predecessors while adding a new 20 megapixel rear camera. Some images claiming to be photos of a pre-release unit have surfaced, giving us a sneak peek at what to expect. 

We've also heard that this handset will be packing some powerful specs starting with a Snapdragon 810 chipset with Adreno 430 GPU based on an octa-core processor. 3GB of RAM and a 5-inch 1080p HD display plus a 2,840mAh battery round out the specs of this phone which is expected to run Android Lollipop under the latest HTC Sense 7 UI. The photos do show many similarities to the HTC One (M8) but that rear camera looks more imposing thant the Ultrapixel shooter from previous HTC Ones. 

Source: Phandroid