Iron News 14.01.2012

Briefly about the main announcements of recent days in one article: Apple is forced to reduce orders for components due to low demand for the iPhone 5, Samsung has reported on the success of the Galaxy S, Asus has finally introduced an ultra-tablet for emerging markets.

Apple reduces orders

According to Reuters, Apple is reducing orders for LCD screens and other iPhone 5 components due to low demand. More precisely, it is significantly lower than what was expected in the company of Tim Cook. The total order of Sharp and LG for January-March was 65 million screens. Now it’s half the size.

The iPhone 5 is no longer needed by anyoneGalaxy S has crossed a new frontier

Samsung announced that global sales of all Galaxy S flagships (there are currently three of them) since May 2010 amounted to 100 million. Only the Galaxy S3, launched in May 2010, sold 40 million devices. 

Galaxy S3 hit the jackpotUltra from Asus

Asus has finally announced its ultra-budget tablet, which we wrote about a month ago. As it turned out, the company does it without the support of Google, and the price for it starts at $ 149. Apparently, a decent tablet for $99 is still a matter of the distant future. 

Although it is budget-friendly, but there is plenty to choose fromThe novelty is called MeMO Pad and it is very similar to the Nexus 7. The same fluted back, a 7-inch screen.

Only here the resolution is an undignified 1024 by 600 pixels. The tablet runs on Android 4.1, in its chest is a 1 GHz WM8950 single-core processor from VIA, a Mali-400 graphics chip and 1 GB RAM.

The version with 8 GB of flash memory will cost just the stated $149. I am glad that there is microSD support. The tablet is capable of supporting cards up to 32 GB. 3G is not provided for either the 8 GB or 16 GB versions. 

The device is primarily focused on emerging markets.

Photo sources: AP Photo, Samsung, Asus