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Survey: 20% of non-iPad buyers would buy a $399 iPad 2
March 8, 2012: 11:45 AM ETA relatively small price cut, it seems, can make a big difference
Source: RBC (taken Nov 30, 2011-Dec 16, 2011)
In a proprietary survey conducted last fall and released Wednesday, RBC Capital's Mike Abramsky asked some price-sensitive customers who said they had no intention of buying an iPad whether a $100 price cut might change their minds.
Among 1,100 respondents, 17% said they would be "somewhat likely" to buy a $399 iPad and 3% said they would be "very likely" to do so.
A separate survey conducted for Morgan Stanley got similar results. According to Katy Huberty:
Our survey also asked about a potential $100 price cut to the iPad 2 and the responses indicated 15-20 million incremental US unit demand and 38 million global demand. For reference, each incremental one million iPads could add $0.20 of EPS.
A $100 price cut on the iPad 2, it turns out, is exactly what Apple (AAPL) delivered on Wednesday.
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Survey: 26% of likely Fire buyers delaying iPad purchase
Pent-up demand for the new Kindle is even stronger than for the iPad 2
In a note to clients issued Thursday, RBC's Mike Abramsky shares the results of a ChangeWave survey of 2,600 early adopter types. Two key findings:
5% of those surveyed said they had pre-ordered or were very likely to buy Amazon's (AMZN) new Kindle Fire, exceeding the 4% who said they were very likely to buy the original iPad MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 9, 2011 8:38 AM ET -
Survey shows 'unprecedented' demand for Apple's iPhone 5
Demand for the iPad is also rising, according to data from a ChangeWave survey
RBC Capital's Mike Abramsky has raised his fourth quarter iPhone and iPad estimates based on the results of a survey of 2,200 potential buyers. The survey, conducted in August by ChangeWave research, showed what Abramsky called "unprecedented iPhone 5 demand and strong back-to-school iPad buying intentions."
In a note to clients issued Tuesday he ticked off the main MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 13, 2011 8:23 AM ET -
Survey: iCloud likely to launch with 150 million subscribers
76% say they'll sign up for free e-mail; 30% for the $25/year music matching service
Apple (AAPL) is not a company known for giving things away for free, but when they do, people tend to respond positively. According to a survey conducted for RBC Capital the week after Steve Jobs' iCloud keynote:
76% of respondents said they were likely to sign up for iCloud, Apple's free e-mail, back-up and data syncing service
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 21, 2011 11:17 AM ET
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iCloud: What the analysts say
The sell-side analysts liked the show. The market, not so much.
With one exception (ahem, J.M.P.'s Alex Gauna), the analysts who follow Apple (AAPL) seemed to understand what the traders who drove Apple's shares down Monday $5.40 (1.57%) to $338.04 did not: The hundreds of improvements in its software ecosystem -- big and small -- that Apple announced Monday could, in the long run, sell more devices, convert more customers, and make MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 7, 2011 8:18 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Deutsche Bank, iCloud, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Mobile, MobileMe, PCs, Piper Jaffray, RBC, Steve Jobs, Susquehanna, Tablets -
iPad 2: The analysts weigh in - updated
Pleased to see Steve Jobs, wowed by the device's performance, fearful for the competitors
A sampling of analysts' reactions to Apple's (AAPL) iPad 2 event. By midday Thursday we'd received 20 reports.
Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner: The just unveiled iPad 2 offers the kind of incremental improvements consumers have come to expect from a second-generation Apple device. While it doesn't include any new breakthrough features or functionalities, the sum total of its refinements MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 3, 2011 10:44 AM ET -
Verizon halts iPhone orders. An estimated 100,000 units pre-sold
In two hours, Apple's smartphone breaks all the carrier's first-day launch sales
That didn't take long.
Verizon (VZ) announced Friday that it had halted pre-sales of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, having burned through its first shipment in less than a day.
It took only two hours -- from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. EST Thursday -- for the company to sell more phones than any first-day launch in its history, according to Verizon Wireless MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 4, 2011 10:14 AM ET -
Apple tablet: For video, not books?
Chatting with a Canadian analyst, Cupertino execs offer hints about Apple's future plans
Apple executives (AAPL) have strict rules about not discussing products that the company has not announced. But they'll talk about market opportunities, as three of them did on Thursday at a special event for RBC Capital. And sometimes that's enough to discern what direction the company is heading.
In a report to clients issued Friday, RBC's Mike Abramsky ticks MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 30, 2009 8:16 AM ET -
Analyst gives Apple a boost
Eight months ago, Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital both downgraded Apple (AAPL), triggering the company's worst selloff in eight years, a 23-point drop that lopped nearly $18 billion off its market cap.
RBC's Mike Abramsky reversed his position last month, raising his price target for Apple from $95 to $165.
On Tuesday Morgan Stanley's Kathryn Huberty followed suit, raising her target from $105 to $180 and sparking a rally that lifted Apple's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 26, 2009 12:43 PM ET
