Apple Pushes Back Against Qualcomm in China, Apple Hires Industrial Designer from Tesla, Update to App Store Trends 

Today's Above Avalon daily update includes the following topics: 

  • Apple Pushes Back Against Qualcomm in China

  • Apple Hires Industrial Designer from Tesla

  • Update to App Store Trends 

We kick off today’s email with an update on the Apple vs. Qualcomm battle in China. The discussion then turns to Apple hiring Andrew Kim from Tesla. Kim was a senior designer at Tesla focused most recently on the Model 3 interior. There’s an interesting story here, including some discoveries I came across regarding Apple’s industrial design group looking for new talent. The email concludes with a look at App Store trends on Black Friday and the top iOS apps according to revenue. We go over the numbers and then discuss a main takeaway from the data.

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