Apple has scheduled a September 9 event to unveil its long-anticipated large-screen iPhone, the online news site Re\/code reported Tuesday, 5 August 2014.<\/p>\n
While reports have been swirling in recent weeks about the new handsets, this was the first with a precise date.<\/p>\n
Apple did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n
Re\/Code said the event would be to announce Apple’s next-generation iPhones, with screen sizes stretched to 4.7 and 5.5 inches and with a faster processor.<\/p>\n
Apple sold some 35 million iPhone in the past quarter, lifted by growth in China, but its share of the smartphone market has been shrinking globally.<\/p>\n
The research firm Strategy Analytics said the rival Android operating system captured 85 percent of the worldwide market in the second quarter, and is threatening to marginalize rival platforms.<\/p>\n
Apple’s global market share fell to 11.9 percent from 13.4 percent a year ago, according to that survey.<\/p>\n
Apple cuts jobs at Beats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n