Following yesterday’s Q3 2010 profit and revenue news here are some important points and numbers from the conference call.
The following chart shows the revenue from Apple’s major products:
From The Mac Observer:
• Apple’s Mac unit sales increased 33% year over year to 3.47 million units, well ahead of IDC’s numbers for the overall PC market, which grew 22% year-over-year.
• Apple wasn’t specific, but said that both desktop and laptop Mac sales beat the overall market.
• iPod touch sales 48% year over year
• iPod revenue grew 4%, even while unit sales decreased 8%….
From World of Apple:
• Passed 5 billion App downloads.
• Apple will defer $175 million to buy cases which will be recognised upon delivery to customers.
• iPhone 4 demand is unprecedented. Tim Cook: “We are selling every unit we can make currently.â€
• $2.17bn made on sales of iPad and accessories. iPad sales alone was about $2.1bn….
From The Apple Blog:
• On the issue of the iPad cannibalizing the Mac, it was suggested instead that a kind of “synergy†could happen. Looking at the iPod, it was “felt the iPod created a halo for the Mac,†as “iPod volumes took off, you see a dramatic change in Mac sales back in time.†And people thought Apple forcing the iPad to be tethered to a computer was a mistake.
From Edible Apple:
• iTunes Store Revenue checked in at $1billion+ during the quarter
• Retail revenue is up 74%
• Cash on hand is an astounding $45.8 billion
• North Carolina data center should be operational by the end of the year
These points are listed on: The Mac Observer – World of Apple – The Apple Blog – Edible Apple.
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