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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 ...

The kids are iAlright, says Gene Munster

by Ken Ray (Apr 13th, 2010)

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says more kids want iPhones. The Apple 2.0 blog has Mr. Munster hanging out with high schoolers for one of his semi-annual surveys of teen buying habits in the US. In a research note on the survey, Munster said, "Apple's dominance in the [consumer electronics] ...

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 ...

First iPad sales estimates: four million this year, double that in 2011

by Chris Rawson (Jan 27th, 2010)

Even though the device won't be released for another two months, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has been quick to revise his sales estimates for the iPad. His former estimate of 1.9 million units sold in the first 12 months was based on an estimated average price tag of $600; now that we know the ...

Munster: Apple will sell more than 36 million iPhones worldwide in 2010

by Steven Sande (Jan 6th, 2010)

The wizard of tech on Wall Street, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, is bullish on AAPL. Not only does the senior research analyst (who looks nothing like our artistic portrait at right) project that the company will sell 36 million iPhones in 2010, but he believes that the number is conservative for ...

Munster: Apple to sell 500,000 units of iPhone 3G S this weekend

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2009)

Everyone's favorite Apple analyst, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, is positively bullish on Apple and the iPhone. In a forecast released today and reported in AppleInsider, Munster says he expects Apple to sell a half-million units of the iPhone 3G S this weekend. This is much more than the 270,000 ...

Munster: Apple suppliers negotiating parts deals for sub-$700 tablet

by Robert Palmer (May 21st, 2009)

In a research note to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggested that Apple is developing a 7-to-10-inch tablet priced at $500 to $700, perhaps ready for the public in 2010. According to AppleInsider, Munster's contacts in the supply chain haven't seen a prototype of the device, but are ...

Analyst Roundup: Morgan Stanley pooh-poohs, iPhone sales looking bright

by Robert Palmer (Dec 11th, 2008)

Morgan Stanley analysts yesterday cut AAPL's price target to $95, mostly citing the weak economy. They said that despite price cuts, extreme interest in the iPhone, Mac users' high satisfaction, and marketshare momentum for Mac sales, the quarter will be slow for Apple. Blog Notable Calls said it ...

Munster: Apple overestimated Q3 margin impacts

by Robert Palmer (Oct 8th, 2008)

Gene Munster is skeptical that Apple's guidance of lower margins for the rest of the year in its Q3 conference call back in July, and expects the company to continue to outperform expectations. The Piper Jaffray analyst said that lower prices for NAND flash memory will offset any reductions in ...

Apple expected to beat the Street in September quarter

by Steven Sande (Aug 26th, 2008)

We recently reported on Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster's expectations of phenomenal iPhone sales over the next year, and now he's back with more happy Apple news! As reported on Macsimum News, Munster looked at preliminary July sales results from NPD Group, did some extrapolation, and came up ...

Analyst: 45M iPhones in 2009

by Steven Sande (Aug 22nd, 2008)

Despite issues with the iPhone 3G -- less-than-stellar battery life, dropped calls, crashes, etc. -- stock market analysts are very bullish on Apple's product. BusinessWeek reported that Piper Jaffray tech analyst Gene Munster is forecasting sales of 13 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008, and a whopping 45 ...

Piper Jaffray analyst predicts Sept. MacBook updates

by Robert Palmer (Aug 7th, 2008)

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is speculating that Apple will hold a special event in early September to announce new iPods and MacBooks, according to a research note he released. Munster is bullish on seeing Apple enter the sub-$1,000 market for its MacBook line, and has been saying so since ...

How much are you worth to Apple?

by Erica Sadun (Jul 20th, 2007)

Think you're worth 3 bucks a month? Or even 11 bucks a month? Those are the figures being bandied around today over at Seeking Alpha regarding the secret details of AT&T's revenue sharing with Apple. The post suggests that AT&T may be paying Apple $3/month for AT&T customers who switch ...

Apple TV analysis from Piper Jaffray

by David Chartier (Mar 19th, 2007)

While you're waiting for the Apple TV to ship any day now, MacNN has some interesting snippets of analysis on the device from Piper Jaffray's senior analyst, Gene Munster. Of note, there are a surprising estimate of 118 million 'active' iTunes users compared to Windows Media Center's 12 million ...