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Actually, if you go to the source, that refers to Facebook. The sentence should read "84 percent increase to $153.3 billion". (Note that "increased" should be "increase." hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.242.118 (talk) 05:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC) Fixed Dbrodbeck (talk) 14:09, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

The typo hasn't fully been fixed. The typo now stands as "84 percent increase to $19.1 billion", which confuses the 84% jump of Apple with the $19.1 billion brand value of Facebook, according to the source mentioned above. The source gives Apple's brand value at $153.3 billion. Thus the numbers should be: 84% increase to $153.3 billion.

Done ^Jguy_Talk^Done 14:42, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

[edit] can we add in market capitalisation figure to company details box (top right of page)

here is a list of market capitalisation figures for 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization#2011

best to reference List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization wiki page rather than the ref that List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization page references!

here is the page for 'market capitalisation' it is basically the value/size of the company (number of shares inssued * current share price) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_capitalization

so i'd like to see

Market Capitalization 321.072 billion (2011) ^[1]

[edit] Siri

Regarding this sentence:

"On October 4, 2011, Apple announced the iPhone 4S, which includes an improved camera with 1080p video recording, a dual core A5 chip capable of 7 times faster graphics than the A4, a voice recognition system named Siri, and cloud-sourced data with iCloud."

Siri is not a voice recognition software, it is instead an "Intelligent software assistant", as stated in the first sentence of the Siri article and another sentence in this article, in the iPhone section: "Another notable feature of the iPhone 4S was Siri voice assistant technology, which Apple had acquired in 2010" 178.148.246.169 (talk) 20:19, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. Sanpitch (talk) 03:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Motorola wins patent suit, Europe-wide sales ban on iPhone/iPad

9 December 2011, In Germany, Motorola prevails in Apple patent suit, wins Europe-wide sales ban on iOS devices, 9to5Mac

Would this belong in the Apple Inc. article, the iOS article, or the iPhone and iPad articles? -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email 13:47, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Article refers to vague terms & itself

For example. "On October 4, 2011, Apple announced the iPhone 4S, which includes an improved camera with 1080p video recording, a dual core A5 chip capable of 7 times faster graphics than the A4, an 'intelligent software assistant' named Siri, and cloud-sourced data with iCloud." How about: "On the 4th of October 2011, Apple announced the next release in the acclaimed "iPhone" series of smartphones called the "iPhone 4S", touting "Siri", an application that integrates client-side hardware with an Apple-hosted server(s), utilizing Nuance's "Dragon Dictation", resulting in both reasonably swift & comparatively accurate interactions between "Siri" & the consumer. Other notable changes in software & design include: a newly-implemented 8Mp camera capable of recording digital videos in 1080p, Apple-backed "iCloud" integration, which offers specific data & storage synchronization, as well as implementing an Apple-branded, dual-core processor dubbed the "A5" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcalight (talk • contribs) 04:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Current patent dispute(s) legal stuff

Could we expand a section, to include the current issues regarding Apple, and other companies; namely Google and Samsung, and their patent disputes and outcomes. As this is quite important in regards to technological advancements in the future. Not to mention that a concise list of events would be quite easy to categorise and display.

Or on reflection perhaps create a new page entitled, 'List of legal disputes involving Apple' with a link to this under the 'Culture' section.

--XyZAn (talk) 16:31, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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[edit] Brand value typos

[edit] can we add in market capitalisation figure to company details box (top right of page)

[edit] Siri

[edit] Motorola wins patent suit, Europe-wide sales ban on iPhone/iPad

[edit] Article refers to vague terms & itself

[edit] Current patent dispute(s) legal stuff

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