“Apple is set to finally unveil its next-generation iPhone 5 later this week, and it will be the company’s biggest iPhone launch ever according to just about every Apple analyst on the planet,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.

“In fact, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White went as far as to call it the “biggest upgrade in consumer electronics history,” in a note to investors Monday morning,” Epstein reports. “But according to White, investors should strap in for a crazy ride because Apple’s iPhone event on Wednesday is just the beginning.”

Epstein reports, “Beyond the new iPhone, Apple is prepping a new iPod lineup and new iMacs according to recent rumors, and White says the bigger catalysts later this year will be the new iPad mini and possibly an updated full-size iPad as well. Then, in 2013, he sees a relationship with China’s largest wireless carrier China Mobile finally taking shape in the first half of the year, and a new Apple-branded HDTV may finally launch as well.”

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