Tech giant Apple will launch five new products in 2013 beginning in March and extending through Novemeber, including a TV set, a radio and a new iPhone, experts said Thursday.

Analysts Gene Munster and Douglas Clinton from Piper Jaffray told CNN Money that Apple will likely release a free radio service, an iPad Mini with Retina Display, a new operating system, an updated iPhone 5 and Apple Television in the next 12 months. They also predicted the release of these items, likely begin in March, "will set the stage for bigger changed in the product lineup in 2014 and beyond."

Apple Radio, a free radio service that Apple would make money off of through ad revenues, has been an ongoing discussion in the tech world since October. Munster and Clinton believe it will be a part of iTunes in March and similar to many other Apple items, it will likely raise competitions in the field especially to the likes of Pandora and Spotify.

The day after Bloomberg News reported on the possibility of Apple Radio back in October 2012, Pandora stock fell 12 percent, CNN noted.

Apple released iPad 2 in March of 2011 and iPad with retina display in 2012. To follow with the recent release of its iPad Mini, the company is likely to combine the compactness of the iPad Mini with the clear image quality of a retina display. The current iPad Mini has 1024-by-768 resolution, the same as the iPad 2. Nearly 10 million Minis were sold in 2012 and those did not have retina display, so image the soaring numbers when a better picture quality is added to the already desired gadget.

A third item the analysts predicted Apple will release in 2013 is the iOS 7, expected to come out in June around the time of the annual Worldwide Developers Conferennce in San Francisco. The iOS 6 received mixed reviews about it did not include Google Maps and Youtube apps and the experts said the "pressure is on" for Apple to provide they can make a better operating system. Apple's own maps was so shameful in the eyes of company CEO Tim Cook that he issued an apology to customers in September and told them to use competitor's apps until Apple solved the problem.

Because the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 had a September release Munster and Clinton believe that the iPhone 5S will come out the same month in 2013. The new phone will reportedly have the same screen size and width as its predecessor but will have an updated camera and better battery life.

To end things off in November, the analysts predicted an Apple Television will be released in November in time for the holiday shopping season. The Apple Television, an actual television and not just a digital receiver box, could measure between 42 to 55 inches and cost between $1,500 and $2,000.

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