According to foreign media reports, Peter Misek, an analyst at the investment Company Jefferies & Company, predicts that Apple will release TV products at the global Developer Conference (WWDC) next week. Miesek predicts that Apple TV sets will be called iPanel at about $1250. This price is not too high, but miesek points out that cable TV companies can provide a subsidy of $500 to increase the attractiveness of iPanel to consumers.
Miesek pointed out that although the industry has a negative attitude towards subsidies, Apple TV "is a rare new opportunity for telecom companies to enter the saturated TV market ".
Miesek said in an investment report that Foxconn has started to produce iPanel, And the release date is the second half of this year. AT&T, Verizon, Rogers, Deutsche Telekom, and France Telecom are testing iPanel in the lab.
Gene Munster, an analyst at investment company Piper Jaffray, expects apple to announce a TV set in May, with retail prices between $1500 and $2000, ranging from 41 inch to 55 inch, the release date is early next year.