Shaw Wu

Analyst lowers third quarter iPhone estimate by 1.5 million units

But raises iPad unit sales to 3.5 million and lifts Apple price target to $349 per share

Here's something unusual for an Apple (AAPL) analyst. Two weeks before the company is scheduled to announce its fiscal third quarter earnings, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu has lowered his sales estimate for Apple's most important cash cow, the iPhone, while raising his price target for Apple's shares.

In a note to clients issued Tuesday morning, MORE

Analysts scramble to raise AAPL targets

The iPhone 4's momentum is beyond "our bullish expectations," says Kaufman's Shaw Wu

The Wall Street analysts who follow Apple (AAPL) -- and there are dozens of them -- continue to take a second look at their spreadsheets in the wake of those 3 million iPad sales, the extraordinary flood of iPhone 4 pre-orders and the glowing reviews this week in advance of Thursday's iPhone launch.

As is their wont when Apple MORE

An iPhone for T-Mobile?

T-Mobile, not Verizon, will be the next carrier to get Apple's smartphone, says an analyst

Like most analysts, Kaufman Bros. Shaw Wu believes Apple (AAPL) will eventually end its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) and give the iPhone to other U.S. carriers -- by 2011, most likely, and perhaps as early as this fall.

But unlike most analysts, who are rooting for Verizon (VZ), he believes T-Mobile (DT) will be the next MORE

Apple tablet may not ship until June

Analyst cites "minor issues" with battery life and durability

In an otherwise positive report Tuesday anticipating the introduction of Apple's (AAPL) tablet computer at next Wednesday's "latest creation" event, Kaufman Brothers' Shaw Wu introduces a note of uncertainty.

"We are also picking up," he writes, "that the product would most likely not ship in volume until the June timeframe, as there may [be] minor issues that need more work including battery life MORE

Wu: Apple's 'blowout' first quarter

Kaufman's chief Apple analyst sees strength in all three major product lines

In a note to clients posted Wednesday morning, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu gave three reasons for raising his Apple (AAPL) price target to $253 from $235.

Record-setting iPhone shipments. Wu's 9.5 million estimate is 700,000 higher that the Street's consensus of 8.8 million and only 600,000 below Research in Motion's (RIMM) best-ever BlackBerry quarter.
"Strong momentum" in the Mac product line driven MORE

Apple on track to sell 6.8 million iPhones in Q4 - analyst

In a note to clients issued Wednesday morning, Kaufman Bros.'s Shaw Wu reported on some interesting trends from his latest iPhone supply chain checks:

Expensive iPhones -- especially the $299 3GS -- are doing better than expected in a tough macroeconomic climate. "Customers," he writes, "have surprisingly opted for higher-end models where they are willing to pay a premium for a faster processor, video recording, more storage, voice control, and other MORE

Kaufman's Wu changes tune, ups Apple target 26%

Less than three weeks after sounding a bearish note on Apple (AAPL) by dropping the stock from his firm's "Focus List," Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu turned around Monday and raised his price target to $152 a share, up from $120.

With Apple scheduled to release its fiscal Q2 earnings report on April 22, many analysts are taking another look at the stock -- and most seem to like what they MORE

Apple building 5-6 million new iPhones - Analyst

Adding his voice to the drumbeat of speculation about Apple's (AAPL) future iPhone plans, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu weighed in early Wednesday with a new report from his supply chain and industry sources.

Among his findings:

Two out of three. Wu had heard that there are three new iPhones in the works, but based on clues that developers are finding in the beta iPhone 3.0 software, he now believes "only two will MORE

Analyst: iMac update "within a few weeks"

Adding to the growing buzz -- some of which he helped create -- around a possible refresh of Apple's (AAPL) iMac line of desktop computers, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu issued a report to clients Monday morning with the latest update from his supply chain sources.

Noting that AppleInsider reported Friday that Apple seems to be running short of iMacs, Wu makes the following bullet points:

Timing: "In our experience, when AAPL sends MORE

What's Macworld without its "living legend"?

If it was Steve Jobs' intention to take the wind out of Macworld's sails, he's done a pretty good job.

"Expectations are low," wrote Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster in a note to clients early Tuesday, one week before the first Macworld Expo keynote since 1997 that won't be delivered by Apple's charismatic CEO.  "No significant new products are expected."

"Fairly modest" is how Kaufmann Bros.' Shaw Wu described investor expectations for the MORE