Apple : Report: iPhone Christmas sales dominate Android at AT&T

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Report: iPhone Christmas sales dominate Android at AT&T Posted: Apple's iPhone made up a whopping 66 per cent of all sales made at AT&T retail stores during the Christmas period, according to a source within the mobile carrier. The Mac Observer reports that between December 1st and December 27th, AT&T sold 981,000 iPhone devices compared to just 128,000 Android phones. The Android figure accounts for 8.5 per cent of total sales made in store, which is even eclipsed by sales of basic flip and slider phones (8.6 per cent) made by the company. That means for every Android handset sold, AT&T shifted 7.8 iPhones, according to the unconfirmed numbers. AT&T's iPhone legacy RIM is said to have fared even worse than Android with only 5 per cent of all sales, but most observers would have expected the gap between iOS and Android to be much smaller. AT&T's chief rival Verizon has been the biggest backer of Android within the US, while it only began carrying the iPhone in April this year. Until that point the iPhone had been available exclusively on AT&T, since its launch in 2006, so the huge gap can partly be accounted for by customers upgrading to the recently released iPhone 4S. The figures, however, do not include sales made through Apple, authorised resellers or those made through AT&T's website or telephone lines.

Jonathan Ive knighted in New Year Honours list Posted: Apple's industrial design guru Jonathan Ive has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen's New Year Honours list. The Chingford-raised Head of Design began working for Apple in 1992 and inspired the look and feel of iconic products like the iMac, iPod, MacBook Air, iPhone and iPad. The Northumbria University industrial design graduate was often seen as the most important cog in the late Steve Jobs' well-oiled Apple machine. Ive, who will now be known as Sir Jonathan, released a statement saying he was both thrilled and honoured by the royal rocognition. Wonderful tradition "I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making,'' said the 44-year-old. "To be recognized with this honour is absolutely thrilling and I am both humbled and sincerely grateful. I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design. "I feel enormously fortunate that I continue to be able to design and make products with a truly remarkable group of people here at Apple." The timing of Ive's honour may be a further sign of the UK's recognition of tech as government presses on with plans to turn London's so-called Tech City into the new Silicon Valley. Arise, Sir Jony!

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