Apple:
Apple today announced it has sold over five million of its new iPhone® 5, just three days after its launch on September 21, and more than 100 million iOS devices have been updated with iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system.
All Things D:
During the June quarter, Mac shipments to business in the U.S. grew 56.6 percent, even as overall PC sales slipped 8.8 percent, according to Needham analyst Charlie Wolf.
Washington Post:
The company yesterday forecast third-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates and cut its profit outlook by 20 percent, as competition from Apple Inc.’s iPad and an anemic global economic recovery drags down PC demand.
Time to close, sell, and give back to the shareholders?
Computerworld:
Motorola Mobility is cutting 4,000 employees as the company shifts its emphasis from feature phones to focus on high-end devices, the company said late Sunday.
Motorola plans to cut the number of devices the company makes from the 27 it introduced last year to just a few, Dennis Woodside, Motorola’s new chief executive, told The New York Times.
Instead of a “New” Android whatever phone every two weeks, they plan to make just a few models… I wonder where they got that idea from?
Motorola to cut 4,000 employees as it focuses on high-end devices
“Our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform,” Microsoft said in the 10-K filed for the second calendar quarter of 2012.
Really? You think?
Apple reported net income of $8.82 billion, or $9.32 a share, up from $7.31 billion, or $7.79 a share, in the period a year earlier. Revenue was $35.02 billion compared with $28.57 billion a year earlier.
This is exactly what is wrong with all the analysts and all the headlines everywhere. Apple sells more of everything when compared with the same quarter a year ago (except for iPods, which are being cannibalized by iPhones I guess), and yet, everyone is alarmed that Apple did not meet their expectations. Expectations based on estimates created with numbers that came from God knows where, because they were not made from rational or scientific data I can assure you.
Apple had one hell of a quarter, for a tech company or for any kind of company, and yet these clowns complain. But what else is new. Analysts are always wrong on their Apple estimates, and yet they get paid and websites cite them. I would love to get a job in one of those firms. Imagine making money by inventing crap, being wrong all the time, and still get paid obscene amounts of money. Is either analyst or politician.
The Company sold 26.0 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 28 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 17.0 million iPads during the quarter, an 84 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.0 million Macs during the quarter, a two percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.8 million iPods, a 10 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.6 billion and net profit of $7.3 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.
Another quarter, another set of stelar numbers. Especially the 17 million iPads, previous record was 15 million in the Holiday quarter.
AT&T:
Strong Smartphone Sales Continue. AT&T sold 5.1 million smartphones in the second quarter. Smartphones represented 77 percent of postpaid device sales.
In the quarter, the company activated 3.7 million iPhones, with 22 percent new to AT&T.
Despite being nine months into the cycle, iPhone made up 73% of sales at AT&T.
