appleinsider.com — The Royal Bank of Canada is maintaining its bearish near-term outlook on shares of Apple, claiming that although consumer interest in a new version of the iPhone remains healthy, sales of the new device are unlikely to provide the company with the same boost seen during the transition from the original iPhone to the iPhone 3G.
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lili009Mar 31, 2009
It has to do with marketing accessories. I've had a hard time looking for a replacement sleeve for my first generation iphone. The sleeves for the 3G phones don't fit my phone. Also, the plastic screen protector doesn't quite fit my original iphone either. So, when and if the new 32G iphone rolls out this summer, many of the accessories for the 3G 16G iphone might also become obsolete except in China and South Korea where they make pirated products.
dannymacukApr 1, 2009
I personally need extra storage. My music collection is huge, and i am down to my last 500mb to save for apps and other stuff on the handset. Im more interested in better camera features (a flash and other cool s**t) and a new design. Theres nothing wrong with the current models looks, but its just nice to have a little change every now and then.. That combined with the 3.0 software, and I'm a happy bunny.
Closed AccountApr 1, 2009
Why won't anyone trust a bank these day, especially from Canada. The way I look at it, no one can predict s**t these days, but one thing I do know, the iPhone will do well, it's has very little competition.
fredfredricksonApr 1, 2009
Haha, I'm a sad, lonely basement dweller because I think upgrading your phone every year is stupid?Hate to break it to you, but idiotic consumerism like this is what drove our economy into the ground.
foohookups311Apr 2, 2009
Would you even when the same people that sit on RIMM's board of directors sit on RBC's? Jim Cramer or not this is RBC trying to protect their client in which they have a strong banking relationship with....It won't work Apple's innovation will always trump tired old RIMM technologies. The Real Article Everyone Should READ:<a class="user" href="http://idannyb.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/2nd-dean-wormer-award-goes-to-canadian-research-firms/">http://idannyb.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/2nd-dean-w ...</a>
idannybApr 2, 2009
More here > <a class="user" href="http://idannyb.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/opinion-does-rbc-have-a-leaky-chinese-wall/">http://idannyb.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/opinion-do ...</a>Where you can learn more about RBC conflicts and take the following poll ...Will RBC's Mike Abramsky raise his $70 price target on Apple (AAPL)?* Only after RBC tears up and rewrites its policy for managing conflicts of interest* Only when Trip Chowdhry and Katie Huberty say so, and not before!* When Apple (AAPL) hits 140 (2Xs his original target)* Never! Abramsky is going down with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald* When James (Jim) Balsillie resigns from the RBC Venture Partners Advisory Board* When RBC Group Head, Strategy, Treasury & Corporate Services resigns from RIM's Board* When RBC pulls their $150 million investment in BlackBerry Partners Fund* Mike Abramsky: "Whoops! Did I say $70?! I meant $170! ... my bad"View ResultsPolldaddy.com
mrbitchApr 3, 2009
@ Fred RE: "..Hate to break it to you, but idiotic consumerism like this is what drove our economy into the ground."You obviously need to get out of that basement... it was not consumerism that drove the U.S. economy into the ground, it was the sheer greed of wrapping up bad loans into a candy wrapper with "double your investment" on the cover.Consumerism? You truly are an idiot.
diggnatiousApr 5, 2009
RBC has unclean hands in its direct involvement with Microsoft in the SCO case. They're hardly neutral.