Apple company reported quarterly report .
The company's revenue for the quarter ended in 24 September this year, 28.27 billion - a year ago the figure was $ 20.34 billion, an increase of 39%. Net income over the same period last year, up from $ 4.31 to $ 6.69 billion Profit margin increased from 36.9% to 40.3%. Sales outside the U.S. had 63% of revenue.
During the last quarter, Apple sold 17.07 million iPhone (+21% ), iPad tablet sales growed by 166%, reaching a volume of 11.12 million shares. This Quarter was a record for Mac, which increased sales by 26% to 4.89 million units. The share of laptops MacBook Air accounted 74% of sales of Apple computers traditional form factors. iMac desktop computers were sold at record volumes. Sales of iPod for the year decreased from 9.1 to 6.6 million units.
Commenting on the analysts questions about the potential threat from Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple representatives expressed absolute confidence in the success of iPad. According to IDC, three of the four tablets sold have Apple logo. More than 90% of Internet traffic in the country now generates the manufacturer devices. With iOS 5, iCloud and further expansion of library applications in AppStore, Apple is expected to strengthen its market position in Tablet PCs.
Apple representatives also indicated that they see good potential in the Russian market, but did not go into details about its plans for its development. Apple representatives believe that iPhone 4S stocks are large enough. They also refused to make specific predictions about the impact of floods in Thailand on business for the sale of Apple personal computers.
Note that analysts predicted more successful quarter for Apple: revenue : $ 29.69 billion and earnings per share of $ 7.39. Experts also expect that the company will sell in the last quarter about 19 million iPhone, and the actual result was only 17 million smart phones.