Analysts on Apple: Looking to iPhone 6 upside

iPhone 6 mock-up.

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Wedge Partners and Pacific Crest weighed in on the rumored iPhone 6 this week, with Wedge also offering speculation on other possible products like the iWatch and a bigger iPad as well as strategies for services at Apple.

Overall, the research note from Wedge Partners' Brian Blair, as posted by Barron's, was upbeat, stating that "Apple's next array of products" provide an "opportunity" for investors. Apple shares have an upside this year of more than 20 percent, he said.

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Andy Hargreaves at Pacific Crest was also optimistic, citing the iPhone 6.

"Apple is likely to choose its opportunities and timing extraordinarily carefully and release new products or services only when it feels it has the best chance to succeed," Hargreaves said.

Here's what Blair and Hargreaves expect from Apple this year.

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Apple: New apps 'must be optimized for iOS 7'

Apple's iOS 7.

(Credit:Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET) Apple is taking a sterner approach in trying to move app developers into the world of iOS 7.

Related postsApple iOS 7 beta update hints at upcoming 'car display' featurePinterest updates iPad app for iOS 7Apple shows 74 percent of devices now run iOS 7 Heads up Apple, Android to make big gains in 2014, IDC predictsFour iOS 7 privacy tips The company on Tuesday said that all new apps and app updates submitted after February 1, 2014, "must be optimized for iOS 7" and built with the latest version of Xcode 5, a software application for developers.

It's nothing new for Apple to want to push developers toward its most current operating system, and that sentiment could be intensified for iOS 7, it's most drastic overhaul of the mobile OS. But the company has at times been more lenient with developers clinging to older versions, letting individual app makers decide whether they wanted to make old versions of the app -- like those compatible with iOS 6 -- available for download. The new app store restriction looks like it's trying to put all developers on the same page.

Topics: iOS Tags: Apple, developers, iOS 7

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