22 December 2012

Apple challengers in next year


Apple faces challenges that could take a bit of iPhone and iPad sales next year, at least according to one analyst.


In a note today to investors, analyst Steven Milunovich UBS slashed its estimates of sales of iPhones for the quarter, March, June and September 2013 of District 5 million units for iPad sales decreased by 2 million per quarter for the three periods.


The analyst now expects Apple to sell iPhone 41 million during the quarter in March, 36 million during the month of June, 4th, and 33 million in the September quarter. iPad sales are planned at 21.7 million during the quarter, 24.5 million in the June quarter and 22.9 million during the quarter to September.

According to a low estimate of the sale, Milunovich had also trimmed their estimates for Apple's profit for fiscal 2013 and 2014 and lowering the price of the stock from $ 780 to $ 700.

Check the event supply chain to reduce the proportion of production for iPhone to 25 million units in the March quarter. The IPhone 5 is just beginning to sell in China, but Chinese sources of UBS does not believe in as well as the iPhone 4.

The lowest price for research Mini iPad to cannibalizing sales of the iPad, the larger and more expensive

And, finally, the analyst considers that its previous estimates were too aggressive in light of the bad economy in Europe and tougher competition from other smartphones.

Analysts throw Apple OS, citing optimism in the future.

"We hope that China Mobile will start selling the iPhone in the December quarter, a 5s summer with recognition of fingerprints and TD-SCDMA is therefore possible," Milunovich said. "Apple is driven to make fine products." ""-If it is an iTV, laptops or any new category of products, we believe that innovation is not dead ".

Earlier this week, analysts at Jefferies Peter Misek, a ton of bearish when it cut its price target for the shares of Apple at $ 800-$ 900

Apple was once the dominant player in the smartphone and Tablet PC. But lately, the company has been questioned on both fronts. Adjustment of the Samsung Galaxy S and other Android smartphones the iPhone a run for its money. And the iPad, market share was cut off by a number of cheap Android tablets.
The company has also introduced a vibratory impact position release as many new products at the same time-iPhone 5, iPad, Mini, fourth-generation iPad. Despite the new devices are positioned to take advantage of the holiday buying season, which puts them a temporary pressure on margins for Apple.
Apple steps have been achieved in recent months. The stock slipped passes over $ 700 in September, almost 200 points. Early in the morning trade, the shares were hovering around $ 514