A financial analyst like Gene Munster is almost becoming a household name just about as much as the iPhone itself. He was quick to offer his take, as were a couple of other analysts, on just what iPhone 4 might bring to the table, according to Fortune.
"While the iPhone 4 isn't the leap forward that Apple paints it as," said Forrester's Charles Golvin, "it is an exceptionally beautiful device and is a substantial upgrade that will succeed in maintaining Apple's mind and market share growth." He thinks the FaceTime feature could be a deciding factor. "With its FaceTime video calling app the company has demonstrated what it does best: make technology usable by mainstream consumers."
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster was also quick to chime in. "While the announced features of the iPhone 4 were as expected, the reality is this phone is significantly more advanced than the next best alternative." Munster plans to raise his iPhone estimates for the third quarter of 2010 to 8.5 million which is down 3% from the prior quarter.
Munster feels that there are five key components that will lead to a flourish of users upgrading their handsets: 1) a thinner design, 2) longer life for the battery, 3) upgraded camera system, 4) the iMovie app and 5) the front-facing camera.
Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty was also encouraged by Apple's announcement. Two big reasons she thinks users will upgrade is because of multitasking and the A4 processor. She also thinks that AT&T's tiered pricing on their data plans could also bring in about 22 million customers, instead of driving them away.
Now that everyone has had a bit of time to digest the upgrade, do you agree with the analysts' views MaclLifers? Are the changes enough to make you upgrade? Or will you still hold out hope for a CDMA iPhone? Feel free to leave comments below!
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greggour
June 11, 2010 at 6:07pm
We the people want choices....And we want the iphone on the Verizon network.Give us a chance to prove it....
xzanthan
June 10, 2010 at 8:05pm
I will not be upgrading until they get another provider with unlimited data! My 3Gs my be with me for years but something has to give with the cap thing. I was hoping that the FCC would help but they are part of the problem.
1m3r1c
June 07, 2010 at 11:51pm
Im VERY VERY tired of waiting out the contract to end or for Verizon and Apple to join up. Im jumping ship for verizon and taking it to the big blue Deathstar called AT&T. The Flagship phone has enough power and apps to do everything I need and fills the gap the iPod Touch and Motorola Droid, and puts it all in one pocket.
