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October 13, 2020 Apple today will hold an event that, according to rumors, will concern the presentation of the new iPhone 12 line, of which the version capable of using 5G connections is expected.
Meanwhile, Cupertino CEO Tim Cook anticipates some contents of the conference, all in streaming, to be held in California: the tweet recalls the voice assistant Siri and Apple Music:
Hey Siri, play my event day playlist!
See you all soon!
#AppleEvent https://t.co/CDTYPczjCz
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 13, 2020
As with any presentation, it's not just Apple users who are interested in these events, but scammers too.
During the first nine months of 2020, one of the cybersecurity firms, Russia's Kaspersky, found scammers' constant interest in Apple users and their accounts.
Researchers from the company detected about 100 new suspicious domains around the world that mention the "Apple" brand each month.
Most of these websites require users to enter their Apple ID and password.
By the end of September, 1,950 such domains had already been detected.
Some offer to find lost phones while others offer assistance to restore access to users' accounts, which are regularly found in the hands of hackers.
5G Boom
The new iPhones come at a time when global shipments of 5G smartphones are estimated to reach 251 million units in 2020, an increase of 1,282% compared to 18.2 million units sold in 2019
. forecasts the boom of phones compatible with the new mobile networks are the researchers of Strategy Analytics, according to which this year the devices of Samsung and Huawei but also of Apple will drive the growth.
These three brands, according to estimates, will account for two thirds of total sales.
As for the markets, the first will be China, followed by the United States.