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Apple tweaks entry-level iPad, midrange iPhone

Midway between mobile product launches, Apple (AAPL) has decided to tweak the specifications of its entry-level iPad and midrange iPhone in hopes of boosting sales. Apple on Tuesday discontinued its 3-year-old iPad 2 and replaced it with a new version of its fourth-generation iPad, a tablet family that debuted November 2012 but was discontinued a year later. The new entry-level, full-size iPad comes with 16 gigabytes of data storage and costs $399 or the Wi-Fi only model and $529 for a version with cellular connectivity. For the same price as the iPad 2, consumers will get a tablet with a high-resolution Retina display, a faster processor and better cameras. The new tablet offers “a dramatic upgrade in power, performance and value compared to the iPad 2 it replaces,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said in a press release. The eintroduced fourth-generation iPad joins the flagship iPad…

Size matters: Apple iPhone users suffer ‘large-screen envy’

Apple (AAPL) iPhone users have “large-screen envy,” and a rumored big-screen iPhone 6 could alleviate that and rectify the company’s “biggest product miscue in recent years,” says ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall. The lack of a larger iPhone is “jeopardizing the smartphone dominance (Apple) has achieved through a best-in-class ecosystem (e.g., iOS, iTunes, iCloud, etc.),” Marshall said in a research note late Sunday. The current iPhone 5 series has a 4-inch display vs. 5.1 inches for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 and 5.7 inches for its current Galaxy Note 3. A 5-inch class iPhone “would spark a massive upgrade cycle” and attract many “Android switchers” to return to the iPhone, Marshall said. He expects Apple (AAPL) to launch two new iPhones this summer: one with a 4.7-inch display and a second model with a 5.5-inch display. Other analysts say Apple will stick with its annual fall release schedule for new smartphones…

Apple Sapphire Crystal Display Rumors Buoy GT Stock

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) stock was up 2.5% in early afternoon trading in the stock market today, after Canaccord Genuity reiterated its buy rating on the shares based on the firm’s possible opportunities as a supplier of sapphire displays for Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6 and other smart devices. Canaccord also says GT will benefit from a global rebound in demand for solar products following a four-year slump. GT makes advanced materials and