Citing Verizon’s recent announcement that it sold 4.2 million iPhone units in Q4 2011, UBS today said that figure was above their estimate of 4 million units.
Verizon’s strong iPhone unit sales number is consistent with AT&T’s, UBS stated, while saying that there could be upside to its 30 million unit iPhone estimate for the 2011 holiday quarter.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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I’m gonna be pissed if these idiots raise thier estimates too much and then punish APPL, even though it handily beats it’s own guidance.idiots!!!
… SNAFU? Situation Normal, All Fouled Up? Apple has been intentionally low-balling its guidance since forever, and the analysts have been offering more reasonable – still low – targets for, at least, the past decade and a half, yet should Apple miss even a PART of those higher guesstimates … BOOM!
The big boys say “total sales were high but desktop sales were low” and they sell near the top. The price drops. They buy back in at a lower price point. And we, who missed the top. And didn’t have the funds to get back in near the bottom. Are shocked. Shocked! I say! At their behavior.
Yes, please keep moving the target so when Apple misses by .01%, everyone will panic and start dumping the stock. That would be great.
It would be great, because I would like to pick up some more AAPL on the cheap.