Apple Smashes iPhone And iPad Sales Records

12:03pm UK, Wednesday July 20, 2011

Apple has beaten profit expectations for the three months to the end of June, thanks to big increases in iPhone and iPad sales.

Apple said it was 'delighted' by the diverse usage of iPads in businesses

The California-based company sold a record 20.3 million iPhones over the quarter, a rise of 140% on the same period a year ago, and a record 9.25 million iPads, up 183%.
Apple also saw sales of its Macs increase - albeit by a much more modest 14%.
"We're thrilled to deliver our best quarter ever, with revenue up 82% and profits up 125%," said Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive.

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In a conference with investors, Apple directors admitted that it was likely some customers purchased an iPad instead of a Mac.
But they added they thought even more customers decided to buy an iPad instead of a Windows PC.
Some may also have held back purchase of a Mac in anticipation of the latest update to Apple's operating system - the OS X Lion - which has just been released.
Only the iPod, once the driver of Apple's growth, fell in popularity, with 20% fewer units sold.
Analysts said the bumper iPhone sales helped Apple leapfrog Nokia and Samsung to become the world's biggest smartphone maker.

Apple said it saw an 'incredible opportunity' for further growth in China

But in the UK and several other countries, figures show Android-based smartphones - which tend to be cheaper than the iPhone - are selling faster than Apple's hit product.
"Share gain is important," chief operating officer Tim Cook told investors.
"Anywhere we're going the opposite way we're not happy and you can bet we're working hard to change that."
Apple also revealed it was turning its attention to China, where Mr Cook claimed the company was "only scratching the surface right now".
With a 600% increase in revenue from China over the quarter, he said Apple had an "incredible opportunity" there.

Apple Smashes iPhone And iPad Sales Records

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12:03pm UK, Wednesday July 20, 2011

Apple has beaten profit expectations for the three months to the end of June, thanks to big increases in iPhone and iPad sales.

Apple said it was 'delighted' by the diverse usage of iPads in businesses

Apple Share Price 1-Year Chart

Apple said it saw an 'incredible opportunity' for further growth in China

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Posted by: Skyman21 on July 20, 2011 5:00 PM

Apple products look better, tend to run more smoothly and are easier to use - they are also a LOT more expensive for a machine of similar specification - so you have a choice to make.

Posted by: michelleb on July 20, 2011 4:33 PM

I have been working in I.T. for 6 years now, and I can tell you with all certainty that Apple computers are NOT easier to use/figure out. They are much-harder to set up in an office environment, and heavens forbid if there's a problem that needs fixing in one of them!

What I will say is that they do look pretty than most PCs out there and have excellent displays. That said, you CAN get good-looking PCs and as-good (or better) monitors, and still spend a lot less money than a Mac. If you open a Mac up, you'll notice that these days, a lot of the stuff inside is PC-based technology.

with 41% profit margins on their products (from Apple's stock briefing), Apple sure is taking people for a ride.

I wonder when people will wisen up to the misinformation spewing forward by Apple's fans and stop putting up with the overpriced, harder-to-use garbage that the company puts out just to conform and look cool with the 'cool crowd'.

Posted by: cdtplug on July 20, 2011 4:29 PM

Here is a simple question for the apple fan boys, if apple makes so much money why do they have a tiny tiny share of both the home\office computer market? Also android is now the number one phone o\s in the world. Apple make thier money by hype and charging to much its as simple as that. Thier adverts make showing video and images on your tv look so simple but forget to mention how much extra kit you need to do that at the end of the ad in small greyed out letters. Nothing magical about that. I work in I.T and early iphone adopters are moving away from the iphone to android purely because of how easy it is to do what you want on those phones compared to iphones.

Posted by: RAS75 on July 20, 2011 4:01 PM

@Dave66
Minor mistake, do you not make any?
By the way a GATES machine and proud of it but doesn't match my Android device(s)

Posted by: Higg on July 20, 2011 3:03 PM

@bawsac

"...buy whatevers cheaper and easier to run."

The common consensus seems to be PC's are cheaper and Mac's are easier to use. So not sure how to help you on this one.

Posted by: unknown1 on July 20, 2011 2:48 PM

i don't Mind apple imacs but the trouble is it doesn't cut the Bread expensive to upgrade and gotta find the parts, with PC's it's easy, and Plus Gaming on apples forget it it's to Much hassle.. leave apple to the office workers sorry.

Posted by: BuzzLightYear on July 20, 2011 2:32 PM

@Walworth.
Can't stand Flash actually, and the day all sites have migrated to HTML5 the better. If you've tried running a Flash site on a mobile device you'll already appreciate how buggy, and how juddery the experience is, with random pauses, and crashes. It isn't a good user experience, and a far cry from the slick user experience that has helped the iPad become the success it is. What does irritate me is people, (and this is not directed at you), that say, "Oh but the iPad can't play Flash files", then dismiss it as overpriced technology, without actually even playing with all the different machines. If people want to go with one of the Android variants, fine. I was simply preempting the usual misinformed drivel from those that have to bash Apple and its users before it started. :-)

Posted by: bawsac on July 20, 2011 2:20 PM

Ok somebody is going to have to tell me what is best windows PCs or a mac because forgive if im wrong but at the end of the day are they not just two ways to do the same thing so in my own opinion buy whatevers cheaper and easier to run.

Posted by: JLinManchester on July 20, 2011 1:58 PM

Hey, guess what, it's a competitive market! If, like me, you like Apple products and they are within your budget then buy them and enjoy them. If you don't like them or think they are over-priced or have some other unfounded gripe based around a company working hard, creating lots of jobs and developing new technology then buy an alternative but don't waste your time moaning about something you haven't tried.

Posted by: huff-n-puff on July 20, 2011 1:45 PM

My brother was a PC Microsoft man for years. Eventually, as the price was right, he bought a s/h 17" Mac MBP. And has never looked back. He suffers none of the problems he took for granted on MS stuff, notes how easy it is to totally reinstall the OS (s/h unit needed cleaning-up). Things I'd been telling him for years. Macs work because they only buy-in selected and tested components that seamlessly work together, they don't just fit what's in the parts-bin as PC manufacturers do. This costs money, hence the higher price. They also make both the hardware and the software, thus this too works seamlessly. Sweden didn't get iPad 1, but when 2 arrived they had pre-sold 175,000 units, a phenomenal number for a country with only 9 mil poplice. Nobody wanted the clones. and still don't. Check it out, Apple have always led the way in hardware/software, the PC and Microsoft have always cloned Apple. Gates had tried to buy the Mac OS several times.

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