“Sales of Apple Inc’s new iPhone 5 may be double those of the previous model in its first week on the market, and up to 33 million iPhones may be sold this quarter, brokerage houses forecast on Thursday,” Aditi Sharma and Sayantani Ghosh report for Reuters.
“Many expressed surprise at how quickly Apple planned to roll out the new model around the world, saying this suggested it would be able to keep up with demand for a bigger, faster and slimmer iPhone, which goes on sale this Friday,” Sharma and Ghosh report. “Several analysts raised forecasts for Apple’s share price by as much as $60, to between $750 and $820. The stock closed at$669.79 on Wednesday.”
Sharma and Ghosh report, “‘The iPhone 4 will be sold for free after subsidies, replacing the 3GS and providing a strong product to compete in the high-growth, low-end smartphone market,’ William Blair said. The brokerage raised its sales forecast for all iPhone models by 29 percent to 33 million for the July-September quarter, at the top of forecasts that ranged from about 20 million to about 30 million in brokerage notes seen by Reuters. RBC Capital Markets said it expected Apple to ship 8 million to 10 million of the new models by the end of the month.”
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The huge volume size and immediate rollout worldwide is exactly attributable to Tim Cook’s mastery of inventory, parts and marketing savvy.
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The downside of having the product ready for immediate shipping in huge numbers is that it’s almost impossible to prevent key parts being illicitly photographed prior to release, so Apple’s lock down on security is undermined to a certain extent. However I think we can live with ‘problems’ like that.
That’s the trade-off, for sure.
I need it unlocked, any news about the date release for unlocked version?
I bought my iPhone 4S last December and added three more in June for my spousal unit and our two tax deductions. I checked with ATnT today and found I’m eligible to upgrade. That was fast.
What a difference between Apple’s announcement compare to say Nokia or Microsoft’s small asses tablet…clear spaces, pricing and availability.
No vapor ware here.