The release of Apple's iPhone 5 is expected be met by unprecedented demand from the general public, a financial analyst has predicted.
Apple are expected to hold a press conference on October 5 to announce the release of their new phone, which is then expected to go on sale from October 15.
A survey conducted by ChangeWave for RBC Capital Markets showed that 31% of 2,200 early adopters surveyed were "very/somewhat likely" to purchase the iPhone 5, which is up from 25% of the same people asked the same question when the iPhone 4 was lanuched last year, MacVideo reports.
Despite fears that Appple could struggle against the continuing rise of Google Android phones, RBC financial analyist Mike Abramsky thinks that the new phone will represent a good opportunity for existing Apple customers to upgrade.
He said: "With the iPhone 4 nearly 15 months old, 66% of existing iPhone users are very/somewhat likely to buy the iPhone 5, pointing to a large pending upgrade cycle."
There was further good news for the software giant, with RBC raising Apple's revenue estimate for 2012 from $134 billion (£85bn) to $140 billion.
There has been recent speculation that Apple intends to launch the iPad 3 early in 2012, thus further boosting the firm's product line.
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