“The ‘next big thing’ from Apple might not be a smartphone, tablet, computer or a television,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR. “It might not even be a service like a Pandora competitor or a new TV service tied to an Apple set-top box.”
“Instead, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty believes the next big thing for Apple will be a deal,” Epstein reports. “In the December 10th issue of Forbes magazine, Connie Guglielmo writes that the iPhone’s eventual arrival on China Mobile, China’s biggest wireless carrier, will be Apple’s next big catalyst.”
Epstein reports, “If Apple’s older, low-priced iPhone models are picked up by China Mobile, Huberty thinks Apple stock will explode to as much as $980 a share.”
Read more in the full article here.
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I’m ready. Bring it on.
It’s a huge, basically unserved market because China Mobile is the dominant provider. This deal is a must-do for Apple.
I’m not Chinese or a stock holder, so this next big thing really is nothing at all to me.
May I interest you in some shares of RIM, the resurrection of The Next Great Thing? Or perhaps some MSFT? The Last Great Thing?
Congratulations! You have kicked yourself free of the earth!
So, if Apple makes even more money, you don’t think that the influx of addition capital would bring about new innovations, products, services and possibly lower prices on older items? Think outside your box.
No, it wouldn’t. Apple already has more than 100b$ in bank. There is zero ideas that Apple is not having or projects they are postponing due lack off financing. Also, if Apple would want to lower their pricing, they have had enough capital to do that for a looong time.
they have not released their iShuttle to the moon!
Marvellous. Somewhat off topic but does anyone have any idea why this website hasn’t been loading properly for the last couple of weeks? I’ve tried it on a PC in Explorer and on a Mac in Safari with the same results – the frames are all over the place and the page just appears as one long list of items.
Working fine for me on all my machines.
As for me. I do run Adblock so I don’t see any of the ads on the page. Don’t know if that would have anything to do with it.
That happens to me randomly (not recently though) but is corrected with a simple page refresh. It’s never happened consistently like you’re describing.
Dunno, happens to me too – only on MBP running Safari though.
IOS seems unaffected.
No, I have had the same problem on my third generation iPad. A number of times in the last week.
Maybe someone messed with your Safari preferences? Specifically, under Advanced, “Style sheet” should say “None Selected.” Some other value there could cause what you’re seeing.
Cache?
Me too – it loads and looks fine at home on my MBP but is a straight list on my works iMac (just once in a while it does actually load correctly) – both machines are running ML with Safari 6.0.2. No issues with any other site.
Odd.
As for the “next big thing” – why don’t they just wait and see? I’m sure it will be more good stuff from Apple whatever happens.
I am slightly more looking forward to seeing what fate has in store for Microsoft over the next few weeks – they just seem to be getting dafter with every passing day now. They’ve been a great source of amusement these last few months, long may it continue!
Everything is good.
I hope her record has improved. Do you remember her past iCaled doom and gloom?
I want Apple’s next big thing to be a kick-ass update to iWork.
Has Katy Huberty considered that Apple’s older model phones won’t run on China Mobile’s system?
wait, wait, wait,… Zach Epstein reports that Katy Huberty believes that Connie Guglielmo writes that Apples iPhone deal in China will be big. This just in …water is wet. I need a cut and paste journalism job. gees.
Awesome analysis on cut/paste journalism!
next big deal is to conquer the PC and Search world. little by little
IPad and Siri……
I dunno. Everyone on Wall Street says only about .05% of Chinese consumers can afford iPhones. That leaves about 99.95% of China’s population left to buy affordable Android smartphones. All the articles will still tell how the iPhone is being crushed by Android in market share just as they are now. If anything, it will be pointed out how the iPhone is falling further and further behind in smartphone market share. Market share appears to be the only measure that matters to boost a stock’s share price.
/s & /t
@Laughing… What does /t mean? I get the end sarcasm tag but not the other.
Thanks!
Twat?
Twit? Twaddle? Thhhhpt?
Tirade?
Attaining access to the mainland Chinese market would be a tremendous boon to Apple. Tim Cook better be practicing his Mandarin.
Yeah right! … then they could open 7 Apple stores in China, and plan 5 more.
If the china mobile deal comes true , I don’t think Apple will rise as people only buys in rumor and sell on fact .