Unconfirmed Apple Rumors
These are products and features that have not been officially announced by Apple Inc. Estimated dates and odds are based on a combination of analyst forecasts, prior product announcements, and upcoming Apple events.
Est. Date | Odds | Product / Feature |
3Q/09 |
5:1 |
MacBook Pro: 17" Core 2 Quad |
3Q/09 |
10:1 |
30" LED Cinema Display with DisplayPort |
3Q/09 |
20:1 |
iPod touch: 3-megapixel camera |
3Q/09 |
20:1 |
iPod touch: SD card slot |
2009 |
20:1 |
Mac Pro: Blu-Ray drive option |
2009 |
20:1 |
MacBook Pro: Quad-core Penryn |
2009 |
30:1 |
Mac tablet form-factor (Newton 2) |
n/a |
n/a |
iPhone nano |
n/a |
n/a |
iTunes music subscription service |
n/a |
n/a |
The Beatles discography on iTunes |
n/a |
n/a |
Pre-loaded Beatles Special Edition iPod |
n/a |
n/a |
OS X 10.6: Intel only |
n/a |
n/a |
OS X 10.6: ZFS |
n/a |
n/a |
OS X 10.6: Resolution independence |
n/a |
n/a |
OS X 10.6: 64-bit Finder |
n/a |
n/a |
iPhone: Dual screen clamshell |
n/a |
n/a |
iPhone: Haptic feedback |
n/a |
n/a |
Song lyric download in iTunes |
n/a |
n/a |
Apple HDTV with WiFi |
n/a |
n/a |
AppleTV: 1080p playback |
n/a |
n/a |
AppleTV: 7.1 audio |
n/a |
n/a |
AppleTV: Divx / Xvid compatible |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: WiMAX |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: h.264 encoding chip |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: Hybrid HDD (NAND flash + spinning disk) |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: Integrated HSPDA connectivity |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: Carbon-fiber casing |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: Fingerprint security |
n/a |
n/a |
MacBook Pro: Multi-touch display |
n/a |
n/a |
iTunes Store: Lossless encoded music downloads |
n/a |
n/a |
iMac: Multi-touch display |
n/a |
n/a |
Mac DVR / Mac mini DVR |
n/a |
n/a |
Handheld gaming device (not iPod/iPhone) |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod nano: Camera |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: OLED display |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: Voice control |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: Swappable batteries |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: FM receiver/tuner |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: XM/Sirius satellite radio receiver |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: GPS |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: Song sharing |
n/a |
n/a |
iPod: Black headphones |
n/a |
n/a |
In-dash iPod dock in car: Integration with navigation systems |
Past Rumors
Est. Date |
Odds |
Product / Feature |
2Q/09 |
 |
iPhone: 600 MHz CPU (up from 412 MHz) |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: 256 MB RAM (up from 128 MB) |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: 32GB storage |
2Q/09 |
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iPhone: Magnetometer |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: Video recording |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: 3+ megapixel camera |
2Q/09 |
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iPhone: HSDPA compatible |
2Q/09 |
 |
iPhone: Front-facing camera |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: FM receiver |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: Matte exterior |
2Q/09 |
|
iPhone: Illuminated Apple logo |
2Q/09 |
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iPhone: LED flash |
2Q/09 |
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iPhone: OLED display |
3Q/09 |
|
OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" release |
3Q/09 |
|
iPhone: Keyboard in landscape view (coming in iPhone OS 3.0) |
3Q/09 |
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iPhone: Cross app cut & paste (coming in iPhone OS 3.0) |
1Q/09 |
|
Mac mini: Nvidia 9400M |
1Q/09 |
|
iMac: Core 2 Quad |
1Q/09 |
|
Mac mini: Thinner AL casing, easy access to RAM/HDD |
1Q/09 |
|
iMac: Core i7 |
1Q/09 |
|
iMac: 28" LED |
1Q/09 |
|
Mac mini / Apple TV hybrid "macTV" |
4Q/08 |
|
Cinema Display with DisplayPort |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook: Redesigned aluminum form-factor |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook Pro: Revised form-factor |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook: DisplayPort |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook: Glass trackpad |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook: Black aluminum casing |
4Q/08 |
|
MacBook: 11" LED display |
4Q/08 |
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Cinema Display with HDMI |
4Q/08 |
|
Mac Pro: HDMI |
3Q/08 |
|
iPod touch: HD capable |
3Q/08 |
|
iPod touch: larger display |
3Q/08 |
|
iPod nano: new form factor |
3Q/08 |
|
iPhone: 3G (announced at WWDC '08) |
3Q/08 |
|
iPhone: GPS (announced at WWDC '08) |
3Q/08 |
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iPhone: Plastic enclosure (announced at WWDC '08) |
3Q/08 |
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iPhone: Non-recessed headphone jack (announced at WWDC '08) |
3Q/08 |
|
.Mac rebranding/redesign (mobileme announced at WWDC '08) |
3Q/08 |
|
iPhone: Background application support (will use push service with persistent IP instead) |
1Q/08 |
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Ultra-portable Mac (<4lbs, < |
1Q/08 |
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iTunes Store: High Definition downloads (720/ |
1Q/08 |
|
iTunes Store: Movie rentals |
1Q/08 |
|
Mac Pro: 45nm Intel "Harpertown" |
2007 |
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Apple & T-mobile partnership |
2007 |
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Apple & Tivo partnership or Apple buyout of Tivo |
2007 |
|
Merger with Google |
4Q/07 |
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Leopard: Run Windows applications seamlessly in OS X |
4Q/07 |
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Leopard: Fast user switching to Windows XP/Vista |
4Q/07 |
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Leopard: BitTorrent Software Updates |
3Q/07 |
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Redesigned 20"/24" Cinema Displays with iSight |
3Q/07 |
|
iMac: No display (Cinema Display integration) |
3Q/07 |
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iMac: New slim keyboard |
3Q/07 |
|
Glossy iMac / |
3Q/07 |
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iMac: Black exterior (partly) |
3Q/07 |
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iMac: Rotating display with accelerometer |
3Q/07 |
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iWork spreadsheet application (Numbers/ |
3Q/07 |
|
Mac mini to be discontinued |
3Q/07 |
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iPod Video: Widescreen without phone functionality |
3Q/07 |
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iPod Video: Aluminum casing |
3Q/07 |
|
iPod Video: 64GB NAND flash |
3Q/07 |
|
iPod Video: 120GB HDD |
2Q/07 |
|
Dual Quad-core Intel "Clovertown" Mac Pro |
2Q/07 |
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Leopard: 802.11n 540Mbps connectivity |
2Q/07 |
|
Leopard: Re-designed Finder |
2Q/07 |
|
802.11n Airport |
2Q/07 |
|
YouTube on iPhone (using h.264 like AppleTV) |
2Q/07 |
|
Apple buys Parallels |
2Q/07 |
|
Leopard: iTunes upload credits |
1Q/07 |
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Apple Phone, also known as the Apple:
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October 1, 2008 - Apple Earnings Predictions
| Analyst | Target | Rating | FY08 EPS | FY09 EPS | FY10 EPS |
| BMO Capital Keith Bachman |
$180 | Outperform | $5.82 | ||
| RBC Capital Mike Abramsky |
$140 | Outperform | $5.26 | $5.75 | $7.38 |
| Morgan Stanley Kathryn Huberty |
$115 | Equal Weight | $5.47 | $6.92 | |
| Citigroup Richard Gardner |
$170 | Buy | $5.29 | $5.43 | |
| Goldman Sachs David Baily |
$200 | Buy | $5.80 | ||
| Lehman Brothers Ben Reitzes |
$180 | Overweight | |||
| Piper Jaffray Gene Munster |
$250 | Buy | |||
| Bernstein Research Tonu Sacconagh |
$135 | Outperform | $5.60 |
| Analyst | FQ4 Mac Units | FY09 Mac Units | FQ4 iPhone Units | FY09 iPhone Units |
| BMO Capital Keith Bachman |
2.71M | 12M | 5M | 23.4M |
| RBC Capital Mike Abramsky |
2.9M | 6M | ||
| Morgan Stanley Kathryn Huberty |
18.5M | |||
| Goldman Sachs David Baily |
2.7M | 4.6M | ||
| Piper Jaffray Gene Munster |
2.8M | 5M |
July 3, 2008
July 2007
Apple reported 270,000 iPhone units were sold in the first weekend. The estimates shown below were made after the first weekend.
First Weekend iPhone Sales Prediction Scorecard |
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Analyst |
Estimates |
Off by |
David Bailey of Goldman Sachs |
700,000 |
+430,000 |
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray |
500,000 |
+230,000 |
Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital |
400,000+ |
+130,000* |
Bill Shope of JP Morgan |
312,000 |
+42,000 |
Harry E. Blount of Lehman Brothers |
270,000+ |
0* |
Shaw Wu of American Technology Research |
250,000 |
-20,000 |
Richard Farmer of Merrill Lynch |
200,000+ |
-70,000* |
Benjamin Reitzes of UBS |
150,000 |
-120,000 |
*If a range was estimated, the lower limit value was used to calculate the difference.
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