Apple raked in two-thirds of the total industry profit and is set up for a good second half as some consumers who are on the fence get lured in by new unveilings, such as the expected next version of the iPhone: the iPhone 5, according to Morgan Keegan's Tavis McCourt.
According to CNET UK, iPhone 5 release date is likely to be September 7th 2011. We guess this is the first exact date prediction about launch of the next generation iPhone.
And Experian's surveys Apple iPhone 5 indicate the same. Some 35 percent of 3,000 U.S. consumers said they would buy the iPhone 5 upon its release, and nearly 48 percent prefer Apple's iOS platform to alternatives such as Google Android or Blackberry.
The Wall Street consensus expects Apple iPhone 5 to move nearly 17 million of its venerable iPhone 4 phones this quarter but Sanford Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi says the Street is not taking into account the slowdown due to the upcoming iPhone 5.
South-Korea's Samsung Electronics has emerged as the only company that could challenge Apple, after Nokia fell to No. 3.
Samsung reported its earnings Friday morning, and while not breaking out unit volume, Strategy Analytics estimates Samsung shipments grew 520 percent annually, for 17 percent of the global smartphone market share.
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