Market research firm Strategy Analytics today released findings from its 2012 ConsumerMetrix survey, which says "nearly half" of those that already own an apple iphone are going to be "very or somewhat likely" to obtain anApple TV set.
The survey, which happened in March, was on a the U.S. and Europe, and was comprised of about 6,000 individuals, most of whom were headquartered in Europe.
According to Jia Wu, a Director at Strategy Analytics and in addition the report's author, just one quarter of them polled (read: not necessarily iPhone owners) said they'd end up buying the unit within its newbie out. About 5 percent they'd be "very likely" to purchase ,, and much less than Twenty percent said these folks "somewhat likely."
Worth noting could be that the poll didn't specify an authentic feature set for this device, just seconds away . price lots to gain . in several ways . sold by Apple. From your U.S., 35 % these polled said they'd pay $1,000 or greater towards set, a number of that falls to 14 % at a cost above $1,600, the firm said.
All told, Wu says that generate fresh sales of 5 to 17 million units in America and Western Europe.
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Apple's TV-set ambitions remain a rumor, but a bed that is rooted a number of suggestive fact. Late Apple co-founder Health-related reasons told biographer Walter Isaacson that he orCute iphone 5 case she wanted "to create an integrated television set that's completely user friendly," and that he "finally cracked it." Ever since there were a huge amount of rumors that suggest Apple still is at work on an extremely product. (See CNET's full rundown here.)