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Survey: iPhone retention rate at 94%, interest in iPhone 5 high

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 1st, 2011)

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggests interest in the iPhone remains strong. In a recent research note, he points to a small survey of 216 mobile phone owners in Minneapolis that shows 64% will buy an iPhone as their next handset. Breaking it down, 94% of iPhone owners plan to buy ...

NPD suggests Apple had another record Mac quarter

by Mike Schramm (Jul 18th, 2011)

A new report from NPD says that Apple has probably done it again, racking up yet another quarter of record Mac sales. NPD puts the number of Macs sold at 4.2 million, which would be a year-over-year gain of 12%, and make for the best record Apple's Mac sales have ever had. US Mac sales in ...

Research shows Apple customers buy more apps, pay more for them

by Mike Schramm (Jul 11th, 2011)

A new report by analyst Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray says that not only are Apple users buying more apps this year than in previous years, but they're also generally paying more for them. The average iPhone user will buy 83 apps in 2011, according to Munster's research, which is 61% more than ...

Wall Street analysts think iCloud's future has a silver lining

by Steven Sande (Jun 8th, 2011)

Apple fans and developers apparently weren't the only people who liked the iCloud announcement on Monday at WWDC. As reported by Fortune's Philip Elmer-Dewitt, Wall Street analysts are almost unanimous in their positive comments about iCloud's effect on the financial future of Apple. For ...

NPD: Mac sales up 47% in March

by Mike Schramm (Apr 18th, 2011)

The numbers are out on NPD's March report for computer sales, and our favorite Apple analyst, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, said MacBook Pro sales continued to drive Mac sales overall, boosting them up to a 47 percent year-over-year-growth. Munster says that despite an overall drop in the amount ...

iPhone use by teens at a record high and growing

by David Winograd (Apr 6th, 2011)

Piper Jaffray has been polling US teens on their iPhone adoption rates twice a year, and the current bi-annual report was released yesterday. In the survey, 4500 teens were asked about the iPhones that they already own or plan to purchase over the next six months. Of those surveyed, 17 ...

Tragedy in Japan hasn't "meaningfully impacted iPad 2 supply"

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 25th, 2011)

The Japanese earthquake had a devastating effect on the people of Japan and temporarily shut down many manufacturing facilites. Analysts speculated this disaster might have produced a shortage of key components used in the electronics manufacturing process, but according to Piper Jaffray ...

Apple: iPad 2 demand is "amazing"

by Dana Franklin (Mar 14th, 2011)

"Demand for the next generation iPad 2 has been amazing." That's what Apple's spokesperson Trudy Miller told The Loop, and it's consistent with everyone's anecdotal evidence. Apple released the iPad 2 at 5 PM on Friday evening. Long lines of customers greeted the launch, hoping to be one of the ...

70 percent of iPad 2 buyers are new customers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2011)

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 in line suggests 70 percent of those customers ...

Gene Munster: Don't expect long lines for iPad 2

by Dana Franklin (Mar 8th, 2011)

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 its first 28 days on the market. When the ...

Bloggers and analysts predict Apple's Q1 2011 performance

by David Winograd (Jan 17th, 2011)

Independent financial bloggers have traditionally been closer to the mark in predicting AAPL revenue and earnings than professional analysts, and one day away from the Apple earnings call, the differences are quite large -- about $2 billion dollars large. The professional analyst word on the street ...

Apple stock hits a new intra-day all time high and Gene Munster weighs in

by David Winograd (Jan 3rd, 2011)

Apple stock (AAPL) has hit a new all time intra-day high by a mile, rising 7.25 percent as of about 11 AM. At last look, it's sitting at $329.81 and is happily ringing in the new year on the first day of 2011 trading. It may be totally coincidental, but our old friend Gene Munster, analyst for ...

Piper Jaffray estimates a big boost in Mac sales

by Michael Rose (Apr 19th, 2010)

In a report issued today (cited by Apple 2.0 and SAI), Piper Jaffray's leading light on all things AAPL gazed into his crystal ball and served up some notes on NPD retail sales data. Gene Munster's numbers are especially interesting as we head into tomorrow's earnings report. The lowdown: Munster ...

Apple #56 in Fortune 500 rankings

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 15th, 2010)

Apple has moved up 15 spots in Fortune's annual Fortune 500 rankings to be the 56th largest company in the world by revenues. Apple had 2009 revenues of US$36.5 billion in 2009, up 12.5% from 2008. Despite the massive revenues, Apple still ranks third, behind HP (ranked 10th overall) and Dell ...

Piper Jaffray: Apple sold 600-700 thousand iPads the first day

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 4th, 2010)

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster issued a research note this morning that Apple likely sold 600-700 thousand iPads on Saturday. That's a far cry from the 200-300 thousand he originally predicted. His numbers included online pre-orders that started on March 12. It's unclear what information Munster ...