Trading Apple stock before the earnings

Apple has been battered this year due to Samsung taking away market share in the smartphone business. Last year in September of 2012, it almost hit 700. This is roughly the time of when it announced its new Ipad, Ipad mini and Iphone 5. Since then it dropped below 400 but it has started coming back up. Also note that Carl Icahn who is a great investor still thinks the stock is cheap. I think it would be a good time to lock in some stock in Apple before their 2013 Q4 earnings.