Several analysts found early posting of prices for the various flavors of CS3 on Amazon.com (AMZN). There seem to be at least six versions: Design Premium and Design Standard; Web Premium and Web Standard; Production Premium and Master Collection.
Heather Bellini, an analyst at UBS, reports that prices listed on Amazon showed CS3 Design Premium at $1,599 and CS3 Master Collection (the most complete bundle) at $2,499. Bellini notes that the Design Premium bundle showed an April 20 ship date, while Master Collection showed a July 1 ship date.
Ross MacMillan, an analyst at Jefferies, points out that the Master Collection price listed on Amazon is almost 20% higher than the highest Creative Suite 2 bundle. MacMillan notes that the April 20 ship date applies to the standard and premium versions of both the Web and Design bundles; with Production Premium shipping July 1 along with Master Collection.
MacMillan notes that according to the information on Amazon.com, the Master Collection bundle will be available on the Mac Intel architecture, but not for non-Intel Macs.
Sarah Friar, analyst at Goldman Sachs, found additional info on pricing on JR.com, as well as the Web site Apple Insider. She says the pricing scheme “should be a positive for the stock,” noting that “the uplift in pricing and the slightly earlier launch data suggests potential upside to our estimates."
After a quick search, it looks like most of the data has been pulled from Amazon; Apple Insider, though, points to some Canadian pricing for some of the new Adobe products.
Adobe yesterday was down 18 cents at $42.61.
