It’s Going to be an Apple Christmas!

The Holiday Season is, as always, targeted for a number of high-tech gift requests.  It’s no big secret that anything with the Apple logo on it is always amongst the most desired. Parents, don’t be shocked to find an iPad, iPod Touch or the iPhone 4 at the top of your kid’s wish list this year. 

Don’t believe me? Keep reading!

•  39% of children want an Apple gadget for Christmas
•  17% of 5-8 year olds want Apple products
•  50% of 9-12 year olds most want an Apple iGadget
•  66% of 13-16 year olds have Apple products at the top of their list
  (0SX Daily, October 2010)

Projected Christmas 2010 Apple Gadget Sales (all ages):

• iPhone 4 – Apple released this fourth generation smartphone on June 24^th of this year.  The iPhone 4 is the successor to the iPhone 3GS and is marketed for video calling, media consumption such as books and periodicals, movies, music, and games, and for general web and e-mail access.  Apple reported sales of 14.1 million iPhone 4's in fiscal Q4, up 91% from 2009.

• iPad -  The iPad is a tablet computer that is marketed as a platform for audio and visual media such as books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content.  Apple describes the iPad as “The best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. Hands Down.”  There are about 200,000 applications available for the iPad.  Apps that have been previously downloaded to an iPhone or iPod Touch can be synced to the iPad from a Mac or PC.  Add up the 2,300 Wal-Mart stores,  221 Apple Stores, 1,093 Best Buy's and 1,743 Target stores retailing the device, Americans have more than 5,300 places to walk out of with the gift of an iPad for someone special this Holiday Season.

• iPod – The iPod has revolutionized the world of MP3 players.  The iPod makes the purchase of music very easy, but also provides the most intuitive user friendly MP3 player of them all.  In September, Apple introduced a complete iPod line redesign, going back to buttons on the iPod shuffle and making the iPod Touch even more like an iPhone.
  • Nano – The most radical redesign is the nearly square iPod Nano. The Nano touch screen itself is square with a built-in camera and FM radio.  The only buttons are sleep/wake and volume up/down. The iPod dock connector remains on the bottom, and for the first time ever there is a built-in clip on the back to attach to your pocket, belt, watch strap, etc.
  • Shuffle – Everything old is new again for the iPod shuffle. The Shuffle abandons the no-button design of the past two generations in favor of the traditional iPod control wheel.
  • Touch – The new iPod touch has the same G4 processor, the same Retina Display, and the same front-facing camera as an iPhone 4, but now has enough megapixels to capture HD video and low resolution photos.  With the new features and computing power, the 2010 iPod touch offers incredible value. For those of us who would love an iPhone 4 but are locked into a mobile contract, it's one way to have most of the iPhone 4 experience without a two-year service contract.

• MacBook Pro –  In April, Apple unveiled updates to its MacBook Pro line of computers introducing new features that will include faster processors, better graphics, and improved battery life.  The new 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models are now carrying Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, which are up to 50% faster than the previous systems.

Many Apple products and their accessories can be purchased on our new loyalty shopping site, BargainMatch.com.   BargainMatch is a shopping portal that combines product and coupon search while paying cash back when purchases are made on the site from the web's top merchants.   

What is on your Christmas wish list this year?