Apple iPhone 5 expected to ‘shatter’ sales records

October 3, 2011 By Andrew Couts

After an extra-long wait for the next iPhone, market analyst Brian White tells investors to expect record-breaking iPhone 5 sales due to unprecedented pre-release demand.

Over the 16 months since Apple released the iPhone 4, enthusiasm for the iPhone 5 (iPhone 4S?) has built to unprecedented level, according to a number of independent estimates. The latest assessment of iPhone 5 fever comes from Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White, who, according to Business Insider, says in a note to investors that sales of the next-generation iPhone will “shatter” first-day iPhone sales records.

White says he expects Apple to sell about 1.7 million iPhone 5 units in the first day alone. That’s up from the 1.5 million iPhone 4 units Apple is estimated to have sold the first day that device went on sale.

This estimate follows a survey by mobile ad network InMobi, which shows that 41 percent of North American mobile customers plan to purchase the iPhone 5 – the highest number ever recorded.

In line with previous speculation, White also says that he believes the iPhone 5 will “get a makeover with a sleek, aluminum unibody enclosure that more closely resembles the MacBook Air than the iPhone 4, which will not only prove more aesthetically pleasing but also stronger, lighter and avoid the back-side ‘glass breaks’ of last year.”

He also says the next iPhone will have a larger screen that measures “at least” 4 inches. A 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 8-megapixel camera capable of shooting 1080p video are also needed to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S II, which has both, he says. A wide range of iPhone 5 rumors point to the device packing the dual-core A5 processor that powers the iPad 2, as well as a 4-inch screen and 8MP camera.

Despite the long-running speculation that points to an iPhone 5 that matches the description above, a sudden wave of contradictory rumors that have arrived over the past few days show that Apple will not release a heavily redesigned iPhone this year, but instead will offer the iPhone 4S, which is said to look similar to the iPhone 4, but with the same list of updated internal components as the rumored iPhone 5.

Apple will announce its newest iPhone offering, whatever that may be, tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4 at 10am PST. So check back with DT then for the latest iPhone news.

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Robert Haston at 3:13am 5th October 2011 Oh wait...... There's no iphail5 RFLMAO! posted from my Motorola Droid Bionic.
Bill Roberson at 4:07am 4th October 2011 My 3GS has been a great phone. Strong batt two years on and I use the crap out of it: Netflix, iTunes, games, gps, flashlight, browser, I even make a call now and then. I'm in for 2 new units, got an overseas friend who wants one early. Dear god let it have 1080p!
Killian Tomonaga at 1:49am 4th October 2011 i'm getting it. mostly because i snapped my iphone 4 in half and i need a new phone.
Lucas Meyer at 1:29am 4th October 2011 Least rebrand an old phone and sell it as a new one.
Lucas Meyer at 1:29am 4th October 2011 Why? Gonna be over rated like the last 4 phones.
Damon Schmitt at 10:40pm 3rd October 2011 It is a miracle of modern marketing!
Blake Tibbetts at 10:08pm 3rd October 2011 No, but I hate cars that are reproduced year after year after year. It's been 5 years and they're still making the same phone, essentially.
Gil Cottrell at 10:03pm 3rd October 2011 Probably hated the invention of the car too!
Blake Tibbetts at 9:47pm 3rd October 2011 Shatter, as in hopefully shatter the Apple dominance.*Apple hater cued*
Doug Smith at 9:44pm 3rd October 2011 Cue the Apple haters in 3...2...1...
jesterking at 12:24pm 3rd October 2011 Yes because the cult is buying it for the name. It's all about fashion and being hip and trendy. Not functionality, or even ingenuitive. If that were the case, Apple wouldn't be in business.They steal ideas and technology from other companies, Patten it off, and re-bundle their old hardware/software each and every year at a premium for the cults to eat up... Of course their going to "shatter" their records... The brainless sheep will buy anything with an apple logo on it.
1. Mike Marra at 5:02pm 3rd October 2011 So your saying 30%+ of America are brainless idiots? People buy Apply cause they want to, and they what to be cool. As for the patent thing, everyone doesn't really, care. Apple copies. So does everyone else.