iPhone may bolster Apple earnings 22%
updated 05:40 pm EST, Wed November 15, 2006
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Industry analyst Andy Neff of research firm Bear Stearns today responded to claims by a Chinese newspaper claiming that Foxconn will manufacture 12 million iPhones for Apple, predicting an additional $0.70 in earnings-per-share for the Cupertino-based company with an extra $6 billion in revenue. The analyst's calculations include 30 percent potential 'cannibalization' of current iPod sales as a result of customers purchasing a new iPhone instead. Neff assumed Apple would price the phone around $300 without wireless carrier subsidies when calculating the device's revenue potential, according to AppleInsider, which would fall below the PALM Treo with an average selling price (ASP) of $489 and the RIMM Blackberry with an ASP of $349. "ASPs could end up higher/lower depending on features," Neff added.



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No way at $300
There is no way that Apple will sell the iPhone for $300 -- they'll make it at least $349, and probably $399 for a while. I expect them to come way down, which sounds weird when talking about Apple... how are they going to make money on this if in a year the mobile company(ies) are giving them away? For instance, the original Razr was $600 when it first came out, and now the carriers are practically giving them away.
Maybe Apple will get a cut of the carrier's monthly contract?