Report: Apple tablet could earn $3 billion in a year

Posted in iPhone News by admin. Published January 25th, 2010

There has been a lot of speculation as to what Apple’s rumored tablet will look like and how it will work. One analyst is now speculating on how much potential revenue the device, expected to be announced next week, could bring the Mac maker.

Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital estimates that Apple will sell each tablet for $600, according to an AppleInsider report. At that price, the “base case” scenario of 5 billion units sold during the first year would bring Apple an additional $2.8 billion in revenue.

Of course, we all know how important price is these days, when launching a new product, so Abramsky gave a couple of other scenarios to consider. If Apple sells the tablet for $800, Apple would see $777 million in revenue for the sale of 1 million units.

You can see the trend here–as the price goes up, the predicted number of units sold goes down.

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Google’s latest gadget bursts the iPhone tragic’s bubble

Posted in iPhone News by admin. Published January 10th, 2010

Scientologists have nothing on the zealotry of iPhone devotees.

ON AN average day in the life of the new economy, the release of a landmark gadget is generally cause for joy. Before resuming a wait for the next tiny, shiny thing, a culture fuelled by innovation is unified by a new consumer toy. That is, until last week.

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When Google announced the launch of its Nexus One mobile phone, many were aghast. That the planet’s information giant had unleashed a hot new phone was big news. But it was not, necessarily, happy news to millions of the world’s early adopters. Sure, the Nexus One might shed a better, brighter, faster light on online information. But it threatened to leave the iPhone in the dark.

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