Aggressive iPhone launch plan boosts Apple outlook

EARNINGS BOOST: Sales of the new iPhone 5 could be double those of the previous model in its first week on the market, thanks to Apple Inc’s most aggressive smartphone launch plan yet, analysts said. — Reuters

CUPERTINO: Sales of the new iPhone 5 could be double those of the previous model in its first week on the market, thanks to Apple Inc’s most aggressive smartphone launch plan yet, and up to 33 million iPhones may be sold this quarter, analysts said.

Many expressed surprise at how quickly Apple planned to roll out the new model around the world, saying this showed supply constraints that afflicted past releases would not be a problem this time for the bigger, faster and slimmer iPhone 5.