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iPad magazines aren’t selling very well
Apple’s iPad – what was once thought to be the savior of magazine sales turns out to be nothing more than a false prophet. When Apple first launched their iOS tablet earlier this year, magazine publishers all saw it as a new way to distribute digital versions of their printed publications to consumers. However, not many magazines were successful in this aspect. But those that managed to sell digital copies, saw their sales slowly declining each month. For example, Wired debuted with over 100,000 downloads in June, but only sold 31,000 between July and September, and around 21,500 between October and November. Glamour only sold 4,301 copies in its first month, and dropped 20% in October, and another 20% in November, with only 2,775 sales. Many other magazines have faced the same drop in sales.
It turns out that people still preferred having printed copies instead. The main problem with these magazines is that most of them are merely digital replicas of the same (paper) magazine. They weren’t specially designed for the iPad to take advantage of how interactive an app can be. Consumers don’t want to pay for something digital when they can get a physical copy at the same price, especially if the only benefits of the digital version are that you can read it in the dark and you don’t have to collect stacks of magazines in your attic.
If publishers decide to spend some time and effort to ensure that their magazines translated well to the digital format, things might turn out very differently. If you subscribe to digital magazines on your iPad, drop us a comment and let us know what you think.
Now here’s an iPhone 6S case that will certainly turn heads, especially when you take into consideration its name which is known as the OnePlus iPhone 6S case. That’s rather weird, don’t you think so? It will certainly take some getting used to before the name rolls off your tongue naturally. Well, we do know that The OnePlus iPhone 6S case can now be purchased for $19.99 a pop, and no, you do not need any kind of invite before you can snag one for yourself.
Each purchase will also be accompanied by an invitation to purchase a OnePlus X, just in case, you know, you would like to tread the Android waters. All in all, it comes in the kind of material as found on the OnePlus One and OnePlus X, which makes it a whole lot harder to lose grip of when you hold it – which is good!
If you are on the lookout for either the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 6S Plus, then here is news for you – chances are pretty high that you can pick up either one, or perhaps even both if you are feeling fat in the pocket, this coming September 18th. First of all, there was a leaked internal memo from Vodafone alongside Japanese site ITHome and German tech experts Macerkopf claiming that the new iPhones 6S models will roll out this coming September 18th in their respective countries
With Japan, Germany and the UK being tier one Apple launch countries, this means that those living in the mentioned countries will receive the iPhones at the same time as folks living over in the US – traditionally speaking, of course. There really isn’t that much time left to wait, as it is less than a month away, and I am quite sure that the time will pass by sooner than you think.
It looks like the folks over at Digitimes have come up with their own interpretation of things to come – that there will be no iPad Air 3 released, at least for this year. Digitimes has had their fair share of hits and misses in the past, so it would be best to take this rumor concerning the non-release of the iPad Air 3 in 2015 with a pinch of salt.
Digitimes also laid claim that the iPad mini 4 will not be as supercharged as some of the rumors that had been going around, as it will bring with it only small and incremental upgrades when compared to its predecessor, the iPad mini 3. This does not seem to bode well for fans of the compact tablet, taking into consideration how the iPad mini 3 itself was improved over its predecessor with a new Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Since Apple tends to roll out a new iPad in October, we will just have to sit tight and see whether this particular rumor has enough “legs” to run.