Apple Predicted to Sell 170 Million Units iPad & iPhone

CALIFORNIA - Apple is expected to be able to sell the joint between the iPhone and the iPad up to 170 million units in 2012 this year. Given the popularity of the devices are still awake, it is not impossible analyst Michael Walkey of Canaccord Genuity will be proven.

According Walkey, next year he has projected how the tablet and smartphone market will still shake the world. In his opinion, Apple is one of the stronger vendors who are able to master these two segments. Of the 170 million units sold Apple devices, the iPhone will be 116.4 million units 54.6 million units sold and donations from the iPad.

Launched by Apple Insider, Saturday (01/07/2012), Wakley also predicts that the IOS will retain 18 percent share of the mobile operating system, just came in second place behind Google Android with 51.9 percent. With 116.4 million units in 2012 that predicted this, Apple's sales during the next 12 months, 20 million larger than the sales in the previous year.

"We believe Apple is selling the iPhone at least 12 million in the U.S. market (U.S.) during the December quarter alone," wrote Walkley. "

"With Apple's new offerings for the iPhone 4S, we believe the U.S. market could exceed 14 million iPhones sold to the market during the December quarter," he added.

Outside the U.S., said Walkley has shown that the iPhone is also seeing a strong market share gains in countries such as Brazil and Russia. He also has high hopes for the upcoming launch of the iPhone 4S in China.

As for the iPad, Walkley has been estimated to Apple's market share will decline to 52.4 percent in 2012 on sales of 54.6 million. He thinks Apple is to close 2011 with total sales of 38.1 million iPad, with 13 million sold in the last quarter. With this result, during 2011 will represent 63.2 percent of the tablets sold this year.

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