70 percent of iPad 2 buyers are new customers
Did you buy an iPad 2 at launch? Is this your first iPad? If you answered yes to both those questions, then you are similar to most people buying the iPad 2 according to Piper Jaffray analysts. Results from an informal survey of 236 people waiting...
Gene Munster: Don’t expect long lines for iPad 2
Gene Munster, a senior research analyst for Piper Jaffray, expects the lines for Apple's iPad 2 to be shorter than they were for the original iPad in 2010. Even so, Munster predicts Apple will sell over 1 million of the hotly anticipated iPad 2 in it...
iPad 2: Will there be long lines?
That depends on a host of variables -- including the day, the time and the weather After the enormous queues that many had predicted failed to materialize the day of the Verizon (VZ) iPhone launch, it was hard not to take it as bad omen. "The best indicator for underlying demand for a product is...
Piper Jaffray: Apple’s earnings set to grow 25%-30% per year through 2015
The key, says Gene Munster, is the iPhone's addressable subscriber base Apple's (AAPL) shares have dropped $24.52 (6.8%) in the past three trading days for reasons that have nothing to do with the company's underlying business. In a note to clients issued Wednesday, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster tries to bring the subject back to Apple's...
Munster: Mac sales up 20 percent this year
Apple's Mac sales are up 20 percent year-over-year and on target to meet expected sales of 3.6 million units in the March quarter, according to
new domestic sales data from the NPD Group.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster revealed the figures, an...
Steve Jobs’ leave: Analysts weigh in
Apple's CEO, says one, is both the company's biggest asset and its biggest risk The U.S. financial markets were closed, but a few analysts took a break from their Martin Luther King Day remembrances to say a few words about what Steve Jobs' latest health advisory might mean to Apple (AAPL) shareholders. Morgan Stanley's Katy...
Munster: Apple’s lineup for 2011
Piper Jaffray's top Apple analyst offers his annual product predictions Apple (AAPL) is unlikely to break into any new hardware categories in 2011, according to a note to clients issued Monday by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster. But that doesn't mean the company won't have a busy year. Here's what he sees as the major announcements...
Gene Munster: Verizon will sell 9 million to 15 million iPhones in 2011
Piper Jaffray's senior Apple analyst offers two scenarios for next year's U.S. iPhone sales Joining the growing list of analysts who have "baked in" the launch of a Verizon (VZ) iPhone in the first quarter of 2011, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster offered two sets of estimates Wednesday: A "conservative" scenario in which Verizon sells 9...
Munster: Apple made two big mistakes when it launched the iPhone
No, they weren't the sealed battery and the lack of Adobe Flash support "We believe that Apple has made two meaningful errors since its entrance into the iPhone business in 2007." That's how Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster begins the answer to his own question -- "(When) will Apple launch the iPhone on Verizon?" -- one...
How much is an iPad worth?
A couple hundred dollars less than Apple charges, according to a new consumer survey This one is a little hard to follow, so you might want to mute your TV for a minute. Gene Munster's team at Piper Jaffray recently ran a small survey of 65 consumers who don't presently own tablet computers. They were...
How to get on Steve Jobs’ naughty list
If T.J. Maxx had dreams of becoming an Apple reseller, it can forget them now Few companies keep as tight reins on their retail partners -- and on the suggested retail prices of their products -- as Apple (AAPL). Which is why Engadget's discovery Thursday that the discount chain T.J. Maxx (TJX) was selling $499...
Gene Munster sees his own shadow
Once the darling of the Apple bulls, Piper Jaffray's senior analyst now walks a cautious line In June 2007, three weeks before Steve Jobs sold his first iPhone, Gene Munster predicted that within two years Apple (AAPL) would be shipping them at the rate of 45 million a year -- a call he reiterated 9...
