Apple is, as usual, expected to beat expectations in its upcoming quarterly earnings call, with RBC Capital Markets Analyst Mike Abramsky forecasting sales of seven million iPads and 17 million iPhones in the second quarter of fiscal 2011.
As noted by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com), he tells clients in a note that he expects Apple to beat Wall Street forecasts for iPad 2 sales, with the second-generation device reaching between two and three million units moved in the quarter. In all, he sees seven million iPads being sold in the second quarter of fiscal 2011.
The second quarter of fiscal 2011 saw the launch of the CDMA Verizon iPhone 4, which Abramsky believes was a strong seller in the three-month span. He has estimated that Apple sold about two million of the Verizon iPhone in the quarter.
The analyst has also called for Apple to report sales of 3.6 million Macs. Abramsky thinks Apple sold about 700,000 of the MacBook Air during the last quarter.