You probably already know that Apple allocated 3.9 billion dollars from its budget for some major strategic investments that will help develop new products. The famous American analyst Gene Munster stands up that this investment will be made in screens for devices produced by Apple and we are talking about screens of different sizes, from the one suitable for the iPhone to the one suitable for the iMac of 27 inches or even larger. In a note sent to potential investors on Tuesday, Munster claims that Apple will invest heavily in LCD screens and that it could launch a line of HDTVs as early as 2012.
"While Apple's commitment to the living room remains a 'hobby,' we continue to believe the company will enter the TV market with a full focus, as an all-in-one Apple television could move the needle when connected TVs proliferate," Munster said.
The analyst is convinced that in 2012 Apple could sell 1.4 million HDTVs, generating revenues of 2.5 billion dollars, so you can imagine that these devices would not be even remotely affordable. Of course, the American analyst is not the first to make a prediction of this kind, he has been suggesting for many years that Apple will enter the TV market at some point with a product that will work "in the cloud", that is, based on an Internet connection. Apple now offers Apple TV 2G, a product that can be connected to the Internet and a TV and allows viewing movies available in Apple's online store, but will also allow running applications in the near future. Of course, it also allows streaming audio/video/photos and much more, and it is possible to find something like this in a future TV produced by Apple.
Until then, my opinion is that Apple will invest massively in LCD screens for iDevices because they bring the most money to the company's budget and 2011 is expected to be extremely "busy" for the company. The stock for the iPhone 4 CDMA was sold out in just 17 hours after its release and soon we will have the iPad 2 on the market, followed by the iPhone 5 and Apple will probably be in the same situation as last summer, that is, unable to satisfy the demand.
