Here are your daily Apple rumors and news items for Monday: iPhone 4S
Pre-Orders Nearly Double Previous Model: Consumers and investors were somewhat
disappointed that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) didnt name its new smartphone the iPhone
5. So disappointed, in fact, that Apple shares actually dipped more than 4% in
late Tuesday trading after the phone was announced to the public. The stock
stabilized by the next morning, and if pre-orders for the iPhone 4S are anything
to go by, so have consumer expectations. Apple released a statement Monday
morning announcing more than 1 million pre-order sales for the new phone within
the first 24 hours of offering them, nearly doubling the iPhone pre-order sales
record set by the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4, the last major update to the iPhone
line, racked up just 600,000 pre-order sales ahead of its June 2010 release .
Any investors worried that Apple smartphone sales record-breaking run would end
with the iPhone 4S should take a deep breath. New Apple TV Inbound: The latest
version of the iOS operating system used in the iPhone and iPad iOS 5 hints
that Apple is preparing another Apple TV set-top box. A report at 9 to 5 Mac
said a reference to a new model can be found in the operating systems file
system. The current model has been referred to as Apple TV 2,1 in iOS
previously, but iOS 5 refers to something named the Apple TV 3,1. The Apple TV
set-top box has been the black sheep of Apples consumer products since it
originally debuted in 2007. While the iPad, iPhone and current lineup of MacBook
laptop PCs have all had a large part in building Apples current $355 market cap,
the Apple TV has always been what Steve Jobs called a hobby for the company.
Apple has sold just 2 million units of the current model, which was released in
September 2010. Persistent rumors have suggested that Apple is going to begin
making a full HD television set that would incoporate the Apple TV device.
Without a compelling set of new features like a streaming video service, though,
its hard to imagine that Apple TV will become a major earner for Apple in the
near future. AT&T Wants 4G on the iPhone 4S, Even if Its Just a Name: The new
iPhone sports two antennas that allow the device to download data at a speed of
around 14.4 megabits per second pretty fast in the smartphone world. So fast,
in fact, that it is comparable to speeds offered by the so-called 4G networks
marketed by Verzion (NYSE: VZ ), Sprint (NYSE: S ), and AT&T (NYSE: T ).
Meaningless branding or not , AT&T reportedly is pushing Apple hard to tie its
new phones speed to the telecoms 4G network. A report at TUAW said that AT&T
pressured Apple to have the iPhone 4S status bar read 4G rather than 3G. The
report also said that Apple caved to these demands. Its doubtful, however, that
Apples own marketing will tout the iPhone 4S as a 4G device. As of this writing,
Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
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