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To: sylvester80 who wrote (21972)	9/19/2012 5:42:46 PM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

The chief executives of AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that demand for Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 5 looks to be high and is a sign that consumers are still willing to pay a premium for the latest iteration of the iconic smartphone. Reuters Apple shows the iPhone 5 at an event last week. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in New York, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the iPhone 5 is “selling very, very well,” and AT&T T +0.27% is making good progress in building out its LTE, or 4G wireless network. “We’re having record sales with iPhones, and across the board, the portfolio of all that the smartphone business is hot,” Stephenson said. Stephenson did not give any figures on iPhone 5 pre-orders with AT&T. On Monday, Apple AAPL +0.03% said that more than 2 million iPhone 5 units had been sold in the first 24 hours that pre-orders were available. The iPhone 5 begins shipping on Friday. Stephenson said AT&T is seeing a willingness on the part of customers to buy an iPhone 5 even before the end of their upgrade cycles. However, as far as any data on pre-orders is concerned, “We don’t have any insight, yet, as to the magnitude of that. So we will see. But this continues to be a product that just has incredible demand, and people are willing to pay for it.” Appearing separately from Stephenson, Sprint S +7.13% CEO Dan Hesse didn’t divulge any iPhone sales figures for his company, but he anticipated that it will be a strong-selling device. “I don’t know how it compares with our competitors, but I would expect it’s doing well,” Hesse said. “I’m just glad we have it.” Verizon Communications Inc. VZ +0.80% will also offer the iPhone 5 to its subscribers. Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam will speak at the Goldman conference Thursday morning. Click to Play Hulbert: How is Apple like Enron?Before you read too much into Wall Street's bullish take on Apple, you should remember Enron. Mark Hulbert joins Markets Hub to discuss.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (21972)	9/19/2012 6:00:52 PM
From: Eric L	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

Android branded OEM or whitebox manufacturers << I very much doubt there are 40... >> There were over 35 as of CQ2 end last year. There are over 20 branded OHA members manufacturing or having their branded (or whitebox) Android phones and/or tablets manufactured for them. Add to that the manifold firms delivering white box smartphones and or tablets manufactured for them by CCI, Foxconn, Haier et al. << we are talking big name brands that ship in volume here... >> We ... or thee? I'm not ... << unless you have a link or care to name those 40... >> You are the resident Android guru and promoter who tried to tell us from the very beginning of this year this year that WinPhone (as opposed to WinMob) volume and share was declining. You tell us who the over 35 firms that had delivered Android phones and/or tablets over a year ago. - Eric -