What's the Next Big Thing from Apple in 2012?

Hint: it's coming before Apple Television.

Hint #2: It's not the iPad 3.

Hint #3: It's not the new line of MacBooks, but that won't stop us from dreaming of the ultimate MacBook Air/MacBook Pro combo.

Hint #4: It's not the next iPod.

Hint #5: Do you really need another hint?

“The next big thing is going to be the iPhone 5, which will be out in the summer of next year,” said Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who told Benzinga that he expects the iPhone 5 to be an LTE phone with a four-inch screen.

“The next really big thing will be Apple Television, which we think is [due] late in 2012,” Munster added.

Interview by Jason Raznick. Story by Louis Bedigian.

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