Counterpoint: the average selling price of iPhones could rise to $892 in Q3 and $944 in Q4, as buyers choose Pro models; the current record is $873 from Q4 2021 (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
A look at video site Rumble, which has been on an upward trajectory since 2020, when right-wing star Dan Bongino moved from YouTube and took an equity stake  —  The most serious of the “alt-tech” social-media platforms appealing to right-wing “anti-censorship” voices often slides under the radar.

Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research:
The global premium smartphone average selling price rose 8% YoY to $780 in Q2 2022, driven by sales of $1,000+ devices; Apple captured 57% of the premium market  —  – The global premium smartphone market ($400 and above wholesale price) average selling price (ASP) grew 8% YoY to reach $780, a second-quarter record, in Q2 2022.

Dan Seifert / The Verge:
iPad (10th gen) review: great performance and battery, lots of apps, and USB-C, but accessories are confusing and expensive, high price, and average display  —  Apple’s latest base-model iPad cribs a lot of features from the more expensive iPad Air.  But it also is considerably more expensive than before, making it a tough sell.

Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Counterpoint Research: Apple’s iPhone active user base overtook Android to pass 50% of the US smartphone market in Q2 2022, rising from 35% in 2019  —  Milestone was passed in quarter ending in June, says Counterpoint Research  —  Apple has overtaken Android devices to account for more than half …

Alexandra Muller / Bloomberg:
A wave of foreign buyers are planning to acquire fast-growing British tech companies, including Micro Focus, Avast, and Darktrace, thanks to a weakened pound  —  A wave of foreign buyers is coming after British technology companies, threatening to rob the UK market of what little exposure it still has to high-growth assets.

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Samsung launches a co-branded credit card with Axis Bank in India, where it has 175M customers, offering 10% cashback to customers buying Samsung products  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is targeting repeat purchases from its 175 million customers in India through a new cashback credit card …