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GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) Unlikely in iPhone 6L; Rosenblatt Comments on Apple's (AAPL) Sept. Event

September 4, 2014 2:09 PM EDT

Rosenblatt Securities is commenting on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) ahead of the company's September 9th event.

Analyst Brian Blair sees Apple's event signalling three key trends:

1) A Payment Platform that leverages the 700+ million iTunes accounts and utilizes Apples TouchID biometric authentication, as well as NFC.

2) A Wearable that combines key features from the various smartwatches on the market (Pebble/Galaxy/Fuelband/Fitbit) into a single device, leapfrogging existing products on the market much as the iPod did in the burgeoning MP3 player market in 2001. Blair... More