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Consumers Waiting: With the next generation iPhone set to debut next week, a Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC)?analyst says Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could sell between 6 million and 10 million units by the end of the month, InformationWeek notes. The analyst says that while Samsung?s Galaxy III smartphone eclipsed iPhone 4S sales domestically last month, that was likely due to iPhone customers postponing new phone purchases in advance of the new iPhone?s launch. Adding support to the analyst?s view is a study released by PriceGrabber.com yesterday showing that 21% of Internet shoppers want an iPhone 5. Of those who said they planned to purchase the new iPhone,?16% indicated that they would buy?it as soon as it is available. Another 36% planned to purchase an iPhone 5 by the end of the year.
3G Claims Investigated: Apple has filed a complaint with South Korean regulators over Samsung?s marketplace conduct in regard to 3G wireless technology, the Wall Street Journal noted. Regulators did not reveal the specific charges in the complaint, but confirmed that an?investigation is under way. Last year, Apple sued Samsung in a California court over violations of its design and software patents, prompting a counter-suit from Samsung, in which the South Korean electronics giant claimed that Apple had copied its patented telecommunications technology. Last month, a California jury awarded Apple $1 billion in damages and dismissed Samsung?s complaint. However, last week a Japanese court dismissed Apple?s patent infringement claims and order it to pay Samsung?s court costs.
No Leaked Data: Apple is rejecting claims made by a group of hackers, who say they stole data on 12 million Apple user accounts from the FBI, Bloomberg notes. The hacker group, which calls itself Anonymous, claimed to have infiltrated a laptop belonging to the FBI and copied the data. On Tuesday, the FBI said that it had never obtained the data cited by the hacker group. Apple says that the FBI?never?asked for?the data, nor had it given any user data to the federal agency. Analysts who viewed data released by the hacker group said it contained what might have been real identity codes from iPhones, iPads and iPods, but couldn?t determine where?they had come from, and termed the data ?not a very serious breach.? Without further evidence from the hackers, the analyst dismissed their claims, suggesting they may have fabricated the FBI computer hacking story.
For more about the company, check out our previous Apple Rumors stories.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, http://www.investorplace.com/2012/09/thursday-apple-rumors-iphone-5-demand-strong-as-debut-looms/.
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Source: http://www.investorplace.com/2012/09/thursday-apple-rumors-iphone-5-demand-strong-as-debut-looms/
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