iPhone 5 Release Date
Monday, July 2, 2012
Even though widely expected, there was no iPhone 5 in 2011 after all, though apple has announced the iPhone 4S.
So we'll surely see a total revision of the iPhone during 2012. We've gathered some news about iPhone 5 release date to give you a reasonable picture.
The iPhone 5 Smartphone will be top dog in the 2013 smartphone arena, says J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz.
The new iPhone should debut this September, according to the analyst, with a rampup in production throughout the fourth quarter. Offering support for 4G LTE and other upgrades, the iPhone 5 will make a big splash this year, ensuring its dominance into 2013.
"We think that a combination of revolutionary hardware enhancements and software-driven services (i.e., Passbook, Maps, FaceTime over cellular) stand to reaffirm the iPhone as the leading smartphone in 2013," Moskowitz wrote in an investors note out today
In the meantime, Apple may face a couple of bumps in the road.
J.P. Morgan has slightly trimmed its calendar-year second-quarter sales and earnings estimates for Apple based on "macroeconomic challenges," meaning tough times are expected for hardware vendors.
The firm has also lowered its projections for iPhone sales for the third quarter. But a slowdown in iPhone sales isn't unusual in the quarter before a new model is released.
Based on anticipated demand for the iPhone 5, J.P. Morgan has increased its fourth-quarter sales estimates for the new phone. And Apple may need to rely more on the iPhone if J.P. Morgan's lower sales expectations for the iPad and Mac prove accurate.
"Overall, our expectation of stronger iPhone unit sales and the related mix benefits partially counters our lower growth assumptions for the iPad and Mac businesses," Moskowitz added.
The iPhone celebrates its fifth birthday tomorrow. Despite several doubts about that initial phone, Apple sold a million of them in the first 74 days. The company has since managed to sell more than 218 million iPhones, generating around $150 billion in sales.
The big comment drop of the week came from J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz, who said "We think that a combination of revolutionary hardware enhancements and software-driven services (i.e., Passbook, Maps, FaceTime over cellular) stand to reaffirm the iPhone as the leading smartphone in 2013." Although there's no mention of a specific month or time as the real iPhone 5 release date, he’s building on the notion that Apple will release it sometime in the Fall as it did last year. The leading consensus for this year is that the iPhone 5 release date will follow a similar route, with Apple announcing the iPhone 5 at a presentation in the Fall, leading to an iPhone 5 release in time for holiday shopping. Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the final quarter of last year, after its introduction in October.
This dovetails nicely with comments from Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves. Forbes reported that Hargreaves thinks there will be “'extraordinary demand' for Apple products through fiscal 2013. He thinks the company is likely to be supply constrained on iPhone 5 for the first several months after launch, 'which will likely make Apple’s ability to ramp supply the key driver of FY 2013 earnings.'” I guess the big question with both of these comments is do they know something about the IPhone 5 release date that we don't, or are they just reviewing the same materials as the rest of us and throwing their comments out there?
So we'll surely see a total revision of the iPhone during 2012. We've gathered some news about iPhone 5 release date to give you a reasonable picture.
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iPhone 5 release date: by cnet
The iPhone 5 Smartphone will be top dog in the 2013 smartphone arena, says J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz.
The new iPhone should debut this September, according to the analyst, with a rampup in production throughout the fourth quarter. Offering support for 4G LTE and other upgrades, the iPhone 5 will make a big splash this year, ensuring its dominance into 2013.
"We think that a combination of revolutionary hardware enhancements and software-driven services (i.e., Passbook, Maps, FaceTime over cellular) stand to reaffirm the iPhone as the leading smartphone in 2013," Moskowitz wrote in an investors note out today
In the meantime, Apple may face a couple of bumps in the road.
J.P. Morgan has slightly trimmed its calendar-year second-quarter sales and earnings estimates for Apple based on "macroeconomic challenges," meaning tough times are expected for hardware vendors.
The firm has also lowered its projections for iPhone sales for the third quarter. But a slowdown in iPhone sales isn't unusual in the quarter before a new model is released.
Based on anticipated demand for the iPhone 5, J.P. Morgan has increased its fourth-quarter sales estimates for the new phone. And Apple may need to rely more on the iPhone if J.P. Morgan's lower sales expectations for the iPad and Mac prove accurate.
"Overall, our expectation of stronger iPhone unit sales and the related mix benefits partially counters our lower growth assumptions for the iPad and Mac businesses," Moskowitz added.
The iPhone celebrates its fifth birthday tomorrow. Despite several doubts about that initial phone, Apple sold a million of them in the first 74 days. The company has since managed to sell more than 218 million iPhones, generating around $150 billion in sales.
iPhone 5 Release Date: by Spacelab
The big comment drop of the week came from J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz, who said "We think that a combination of revolutionary hardware enhancements and software-driven services (i.e., Passbook, Maps, FaceTime over cellular) stand to reaffirm the iPhone as the leading smartphone in 2013." Although there's no mention of a specific month or time as the real iPhone 5 release date, he’s building on the notion that Apple will release it sometime in the Fall as it did last year. The leading consensus for this year is that the iPhone 5 release date will follow a similar route, with Apple announcing the iPhone 5 at a presentation in the Fall, leading to an iPhone 5 release in time for holiday shopping. Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the final quarter of last year, after its introduction in October.
This dovetails nicely with comments from Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves. Forbes reported that Hargreaves thinks there will be “'extraordinary demand' for Apple products through fiscal 2013. He thinks the company is likely to be supply constrained on iPhone 5 for the first several months after launch, 'which will likely make Apple’s ability to ramp supply the key driver of FY 2013 earnings.'” I guess the big question with both of these comments is do they know something about the IPhone 5 release date that we don't, or are they just reviewing the same materials as the rest of us and throwing their comments out there?
iPhone 5 Release Date: by iDT
JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz wrote in a note to investors on Thursday that he expects the next generation Apple smartphone, presumably called the "iPhone 5," to be released this September, CNET reported.
A number of industry analysts are predicting that Apple will likely face a short drop in sales as the new iPhone's release date approaches and consumers hold off on purchasing a new smartphone. However, the release of the iPhone 5 will provide an instant boon to Apple's sales and help the tech company dominate the market throughout 2013.
The highly anticipated iPhone 5 will feature 4G LTE connectivity as well as a number of other upgrades that Apple hopes will keep them ahead of their competition.
"We think that a combination of revolutionary hardware enhancements and software-driven services (i.e. Passbook, Maps, FaceTime over cellular) stand to reaffirm the iPhone as the leading smartphone in 2013," Moskowitz told investors.
However, Moskowitz is not predicting a smooth ride for Apple. He expects to see a significant decline in sales as the iPhone 5 release date approaches. In his note, the JP Morgan analyst predicted a slight drop in calendar-year second-quarter sales and earnings estimates for Apple due to "macroeconomic challenges."
Moskowitz's prediction follows a similar one from Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves, who claimed last week that anticipation or the iPhone 5 will mean a decline in Apple sales as the release date approaches. However, Hargreaves also noted that "extraordinary demand" for the iPhone 5 will mean strong sales numbers for Apple throughout fiscal 2013.
JP Morgan's Moskowitz noted that his analysis is nothing out of the ordinary, and that tech sales usually drop noticeably before the expected release of an updated model. The analyst dropped his earnings and revenue estimates for Apple's June-ending quarter by 0.5 percent and 0.8 percent respectively. He expects Apple to show fiscal third-quarter earnings of $10.20 per share with a revenue of $36. billion, according to MSN Money.
Moskowitz also noted that holiday sales will boost Apple's sales. Last year the company sold a record 37.4 million iPhones in its fourth quarter.
"Overall, our expectation of stronger iPhone unit sales and the related mix benefits partially counter our lower growth assumptions for the iPad and Mac businesses," Moskowitz wrote. "We think that the company's incremental market penetration opportunities can help the Mac become a major contributor to overall company growth in the coming years."
Apple celebrated the fifth anniversary of the iPhone's release today. The smartphone was first launched on June 29, 2007 and Apple has shipped 250 million iPhones worldwide, generating $150 billion in revenue, according to AppleInsider.
"The iPhone portfolio has become a huge generator of cash and profit for Apple," said Neil Mawston, executive director at Strategy Analytics. "A quarter of a billion iPhones have been shipped cumulatively worldwide in the first five years since launch and Apple reaches its fifth birthday at the top of its game."
Popular rumors surrounding the iPhone 5 say that the next generation Apple smartphone will boast a larger 4-inch Retina display screen, an A5X Variant chip, 4G LTE technology, Near Field Communication (NFC) and a smaller dock connector, as well as 1GB RAM, iOS 6, improved Siri, liquidmetal casing, 8 megapixel (or higher) rear camera, 2 megapixel front-facing camera for video chatting, and improved battery life.
iPhone 5 release date: by Tech radar
Given the pattern of Apple's iPhone launches, we're expecting the next-gen iPhone 5 release date to be mid to late 2012.
At Apple's WWDC 2012 event in early June we learnt a lot more about iOS 6, but there was no hardware (well, apart from new Macs). Check out the launch news as well as iOS 6: everything you need to know.
We reported in February that the new iPhone would be launched in October, falling into line with the same release schedule from last year.
According to analyst Shaw Wu, the Cupertino firm has reduced the number of iPhone orders by 20%-25% for this quarter ahead of the release.
It seems that Foxconn will again be manufacturing the handset. It'll put the Samsung Galaxy S3 "to shame" according to the CEO of Foxconn, Terry Gou - though he didn't say how.
However, a "Taiwan-based supply chain source" told DigiTimes in early May that Chinese firm Pegatron Technology has the iPhone 5 order ahead of a scheduled September launch.
According to the report Pegatron has also received orders for a 10-inch iPad, which is due to launch at the end of this year - which sounds equally spurious.
iPhone 5 release date: by examiner
The iPhone 5 release date has been speculated for a while, and though it is pretty agreed in the Apple community that the handset will arrive this Fall, fans continue to search for new iPhone 5 features, specs, and user submitted concept designs. Fans cannot get enough of the unconfirmed 6th generation iPhone, which will likely be good for Apple stocks once the gadget finally launches.
According to rumor, new leaked information suggests the upcoming iPhone will launch in both black, and white colors. Earlier concept designs had revealed both colors, but since they were user submitted it was not clear what color the new iPhone would be. If the new leaked documents are indeed from Apple, then it appears the technology giant may be planning to debut both colors when the iPhone 5 release date arrives.
New Apple products are always well loved, like the new MacBook Pro releases, but new iPhones are usually the most highly-anticipated gadgets to drop from the Apple tree each year. It would be nice if the new Apple smartphone came in both colors, that way consumers would have options.
The iPhone 5 release date is expected shortly after the iOS 6 release date. Apple stated at the 2012 WWDC that iOS 6 will debut in the Fall, so iPhone enthusiasts will soon know if they will have a choice between a white or black iPhone 5.
iPhone 5 release date: By BGR
Apple will likely launch its sixth-generation iPhone in early September according to a new report from a well-connected insider. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Monday told clients that Apple will likely launch its “iPhone 5″ smartphone in early September following the release of the Gold Master version of its iOS 6 software, which will debut on Monday during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Pacific. ”Based on the release schedule for iOS 6 GM, there is a very good chance iPhone 5 will start shipping also in early September,” Ming-Chi wrote in a note to investors on Monday. The analyst, who has a solid track record of reporting accurate information regarding unannounced Apple products, said last week that Apple’s next-generation iPhone will feature a new 4.08-inch display that utilizes in-cell touchscreen technology.
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