“Though activations of new Android devices are now significantly outpacing iOS, it is viewed as representative of a larger trend of surging growth in the smartphone market, which will also benefit Apple,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said Friday he remains comfortable with his estimate of 16 million iPhone units sold in the June quarter, despite Google’s announcement on Thursday that Android activations are now greater than 550,000 per day,” Hughes reports. “‘Apple’s numbers are deceivingly low given the shift in timing of the iPhone upgrade,’ Munster wrote in a note to investors. ‘We believe iOS devices would have been up ~20% (quarter over quarter) if iPhone 5 had shipped in June.'”
Hughes reports, “When that fifth-generation iPhone is released this year, Munster expects to see a “huge spike” in iPhone sales in the September quarter.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]