SLIDESHOW: iPhone XL, China Mobile Deal And More From The First Week Of December - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

AppleAAPL

is once again the leader of tech headlines. With investors support for an extra-large smartphone (an iPhone XL, perhaps?), news of a

China MobileCHL

deal and a report that President Obama

can't

use an iPhone due to security reasons, this week proved to be fairly exciting.

SonySNE

also made some noise after announcing that PlayStation 4 had reached a new sales milestone. Windows 8 users increased, though not as much as

MicrosoftMSFT

may have hoped.

NikeNKE

is rumored to be developing a new smart watch. And

NintendoNTDOY

is expected to miss another sales forecast. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this report.Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ

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