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    Analysts raise Apple price targets into $360–$400 range on Q4 results and premium product strength

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    Several investment firms have lifted their Apple price targets into the $360–$400 range following the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results and recent product launches. Bernstein, Argus, Evercore ISI, and Rothschild & Co Redburn are among those expressing continued confidence in Apple’s ability to support premium hardware pricing while generating strong cash flow.

    Argus analyst Jim Kelleher raised the firm’s target to $400 from $375 and maintained a Buy rating after Apple’s earnings beat. He noted that the iPhone delivered a strong quarter despite global pressures on edge-device sales from elevated memory costs, with supply constraints continuing to ease. Apple also guided for annual revenue growth in the seasonally important holiday quarter.

    Bernstein raised its target to $380 from $370 while keeping an Outperform rating. Analyst Mark Newman highlighted Apple’s position as a consumer gateway to AI and its market-share gains in smartphones and PCs. Following CEO John Ternus’s description of Apple as “the best company on earth,” Newman observed that the stock remains an attractive option for investors seeking technology exposure with less direct reliance on AI infrastructure spending, supported by an installed base of more than 2.5 billion active devices.

    Evercore ISI has maintained a $380 target and Outperform rating. Analyst Amit Daryanani has pointed to pricing power as a key driver, with one survey showing aggregate average selling prices reaching $1,374 — up nearly 28% and well above the long-term average. He has also noted that refreshed Mac lineups pairing stronger performance with higher pricing offer a lever to defend gross margins, while Apple’s edge lies in distributing AI features across its large device base rather than winning frontier-model races.

    Rothschild & Co Redburn earlier upgraded Apple to Buy and raised its target to $400 from $260, driven by expectations for a premium foldable device. Analyst Timm Schulze-Melander said the firm was “sitting on this already pretty conservatively” and described the foldable as “a very strong contender.” The firm sees Apple potentially asserting itself as the gatekeeper of consumer AI by delegating workloads to open-source models monetized through Apple Pay and related platforms, with iPhone sales growing above consensus through fiscal 2030.

    Separately, JPMorgan, Citi, Bank of America, and HSBC have characterized Apple as a defensive stock. They cite support from a large, entrenched iPhone installed base, carrier promotions, and new devices including the iPhone Duo foldable and other iPhone 18 models. Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan said the iPhone Duo “stole the show,” bringing iPad-like productivity to a phone form factor. Citi has described the Duo as Apple’s biggest new hardware category since the Apple Watch and AirPods. HSBC has pointed to a strong product pipeline and the ability to leverage the installed base with revamped Apple Intelligence, while noting Apple’s relatively low capital-expenditure profile compared with hyperscalers.

    Collectively, these analysts identify product breadth across the iPhone lineup, Macs, and emerging form factors, together with AI capabilities running at the edge, as central pillars supporting longer-term growth. The elevated targets reflect the view that Apple can sustain premium pricing and robust cash generation even amid component-cost pressures and a staggered product launch schedule.
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    Even with these price target hikes, Apple today remains woefully undervalued by Wall St.

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    Source link: https://macdailynews.com/2026/11/09/analysts-raise-apple-price-targets-into-360-400-range-on-q4-results-and-premium-product-strength/

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    How to turn off or customize Always On display on Apple Watch

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    Learn how to fully disable the Always On display on your Apple Watch to save a lot of battery, or customize what’s shown and updated during Always On.

    Apple Watch showing dark watch face

    Like the iPhone, Always On display on Apple Watch keeps the watch face, along with things like complications and Live Activities, visible even when you put your wrist down.

    While the Always On display refreshes occasionally, like every minute (or every second if you use a watch face with a second hand on newer models), it still eats up a lot of battery. So turning off Always On display is among the top three things you can do to extend battery life and get more use per charge.

    If you like Always On display (since it’s cool and helps separate Apple Watch from cheaper wearables), customize it so only relevant apps and items show or refresh when your wrist is down.

    Turning off Always On or preventing Live Activities from showing there can also help if you often record voice memos and don’t want others to see the recording running on your watch screen. This also applies to other apps like timers that show up on the Always On display.

    Disable Always On display on Apple Watch

    You can turn it off temporarily by enabling Low Power Mode or Theater Mode on your Apple Watch. Or follow these steps to turn it off permanently.

    1. Open the watchOS Settings app.
    2. Tap Display & Brightness.
    3. Scroll down and tap Always On.
    4. Turn the Always On switch off (or on).

    Always On display turned off on Apple Watch

    If you turned it off, put your wrist down, and now the entire screen will be fully black.

    Customize Always On display

    watchOS lets you manage what appears on the Always On screen when your wrist is down. You can choose to show or hide complication data, Live Activities, notifications, or apps.

    You can also choose which apps in these four categories are allowed to show on the Always On screen. For instance, if you have the weather temperature complication on the watch face, it will show the current temperature even when your wrist is down. But if you go to Always On Complication settings and turn it off for Weather, the weather complication will still appear, but the temperature number won’t show on the Always On screen; it will just show “–”. Since no number is shown, that complication won’t refresh, saving you a bit of battery. But when you lift your wrist or your watch face wakes up, the temperature data will show and update there.

    Apple says that the time and added complications on the watch face usually update once every minute on the Always On display. Furthermore:

    • Complications that show live data, such as Compass and Noise, are not active.
    • Stopwatch and Timer complications round up their displayed information to the next minute. On newer models like Series 10, Ultra 3, or later, certain things like the second hand of the watch face or stopwatch can update once every second.
    • Calendar, Weather, third-party apps, and other complications refresh once per minute or as needed.

    Follow these steps to manage what’s shown on your Apple Watch’s Always On screen:

    1. Open the Settings app.
    2. Tap Display & Brightness.
    3. Tap Always On and make sure it’s activated.
    4. Tap Show Complication Data, Live Activities, Notifications, or Apps under the Wrist Down heading.
    5. Use the master switch at the top to turn off that entire category or fine-tune it by turning off certain apps.

    Managing information that appears on Always On display on Apple Watch

    For instance, if you go to Show Notifications and turn off WhatsApp, future WhatsApp notifications will not show their content when your wrist is down and the Always On screen is active. But if your watch face is fully awake, or if you lift your hand, you’ll see the new notification on the full screen as normal.

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    Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/11/09/always-on-display-apple-watch/