Ticonderoga: Aluminum iPhone 5 is happening, launch to ‘shatter’ sales records

By on Oct 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Business October 3, 2011

Despite rumors, leaks and punditry that now suggest a worst case scenario — no iPhone 5, just an iPhone 4S and an entry-level iPhone 4 — Apple will indeed unveil the mythical aluminum unibody iPhone 5 on Tuesday that will “shatter” Apple’s previous smartphone sales records. In a note to investors on Monday, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White wrote that Apple has a blockbuster in store for consumers this fall, with unprecedented demand that will result in Apple’s biggest launch ever. Read on for more.

“We expect the iPhone 5 to get a makeover with a sleek, aluminum unibody enclosure that more closely resembles the MacBook Air than the iPhone 4, which will not only prove more aesthetically pleasing but also stronger, lighter and avoid the back-side “glass breaks” of last year,” White said. “With this new enclosure, we believe this will provide Apple with the opportunity to expand the display size by at least one half of an inch to 4 inches and hopefully bigger. Apple will clearly need to upgrade the processor speed to at least a Dual Core 1.2GHz to match the Samsung Galaxy S II, while upgrading to a 8 mega pixel 1080p camera that is now also on the Galaxy S II.”

The sleek new Apple smartphone will have consumers drooling like no iPhone before it, White believes, and the result will be astronomical opening weekend sales. “We believe Apple will benefit from pent up demand and will shatter the 1.7 million iPhone 4′s sold in the first three days last year,” the analyst stated. “Additionally, the iPhone is now sold to a record number of carriers (228 carriers at end of 3QFY11 vs. 154 at end of 3QFY10 during the iPhone 4 launch) and can operate on CDMA networks, and we believe China will play a more important role as well. We also expect Apple to be more aggressive in rolling out the iPhone 5 to international markets during this launch versus prior years, similar to what was experienced with the iPad 2.”

White reiterated his Buy rating on Apple stock with a price target of $666.

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  • Dillysang

    99%…..humm i don’t think so

  • Dawn

    WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. But man you sure sound like you know what you talk about. Unbelievable that BGR allows you to write crap like this. I thought BGR was a reputable place for information. I think I like Droid Life better. Peace out. 

  • Anonymous

    let me say once and for all,this is apple playing the saps again,rush out and get that iphone 4s,fill their coffers and just when you feel ok with wasting all that money they will then start leaking info on that radical iphone 5….please keep dumping your hard earned money on yesterdays technology….please …come one and all please tell me what about the 4s is revolutionary and magical….iphone 5 will be released after steves demise and they will market it as the last true product steve worked on …sure down the road they will say it was his vision they were trying to complete ….line up fanboys and non thinking consumer and pay, and pay and pay

  • CMC

    Really??? 

  • Asteng88

    Try predicting the weather pal, people are expecting you to be wrong with those predictions. You people don’t half write some crap.

  • Anonymous

    Hmm…wonder what people who try and predict things do when they are 100% wrong.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Fuller/584626026 Mike Fuller

    Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahhaahahahahahhahaahha

    FAIL

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