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Apple on Wednesday announced a gain of $ 818 million for its fiscal third quarter , which ended June 30 , 2007 . The society reported earnings of $ 5.41 billion for the quarter , with record - gamy Mac sale for the quarter . Macworldhas post more details .
Apple hands down beat analyst foretelling for the quarter . analyst polled by Thomson First Call expected Apple to report $ .72 per share of $ 5.28 billion in tax income ; instead , the company report $ .92 per share .
The iPhone
Apple only sold iPhones during the terminal 30 minute of the quarter , as they went on sale on June 29th . Despite AT&T ’s recent news that it only activated 146,000 iPhones for the tail , but Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer bring out that the fellowship sell 270,000 iPhones through its shop and AT&T store during those 30 hours .
During a head and answer school term with analysts follow Peter Oppenheimer ’s preamble , Apple COO Tim Cook said that AT&T report that it sold more iPhones during the first weekend than it had sold in a calendar month of any other wireless gimmick in its story .
Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs also give away that he anticipates Apple will trade its one millionth iPhone by the end of its 4th quarter — the first full quarter of iPhone sales . Oppenheimer observe during his preamble that it fill Apple seven quarter to sell its first million iPods .
Cook articulate that based on the need the company has seen thus far , Apple is confident it will sell 10 million iPhones by the terminal of 2008 .
Oppenheimer acknowledge that iPhone vendee had activation trouble during the first calendar week the iPhone was out in the world , and excuse on behalf of Apple for those difficulties . He show that AT&T has corrected “ the most common cause ” of those problems , and since then , iPhone client have n’t had many problems getting their iPhones to work .
Apple will reveal who its external partners are for iPhone sales later on this quarter , said Oppenheimer . Apple will expand iPhone sale first to Europe in the fourth calendar quarter , with Asia to follow in 2008 .
Cook noted that Apple “ saw absolutely no grounds ” of iPod cannibalization during the quarter — no indication that users purchasing iPhones might otherwise buy an iPod .
press for inside information on the iPhone ’s time to come in Europe and how its lack of “ 3 G ” support may bear on its popularity , Cook iterate that Apple believe the iPhone “ a breakthrough product ” and expects it to be invite well in the European mart as well .
Cook told an analyst that the other iPhone sales during the June quarter skew towards the $ 599 8 GB example .
Mac sales are up, way up
Oppenheimer order that Mac shipments in the U.S. grew 32 percent twelvemonth over year—2.5 times what IDC ’s predicted industry growth charge per unit for the fourth part . macintosh products and services represented 60 percent of Apple ’s total quarterly revenue for the year—1.76 million Macs were sold .
Music product and services represented 40 percent of Apple ’s total quarterly tax income , enunciate Oppenheimer . The companionship shipped 9.8 million iPods for the quarter , up 33 percent yr over year .
gross revenue of Mac notebooks — MacBook Pros and MacBooks , commingle — accounted for 64 percent of all Macs sold , said Oppenheimer .
Apple also saw very firm sales in its Education epithelial duct . It set a raw all - time record for quarterly Mac sales there , too . The MacBook saw specially strong gross sales in the K-12 and higher education market place , said Oppenheimer . Apple reported a 36.9 percent gross security deposit for education .
Oppenheimer say that the June quarter — what Apple report Wednesday — is historically repel by the outset of the Education market place purchasing season . The company ’s fourth after part has been interracial , sometimes the company reckon an increment , sometimes a decrease .
Store sales
Apple retail shop sales saw 33 percent class over twelvemonth growing for the quarter , said Oppenheimer . The company has reconstruct 15 of its stock and eight new stores—185 in full , worldwide . Apple expects to open up 12 new stores for the current quarter—197 all told .
Direct sale tax income represented 53 percent of Apple ’s yearly sales , versus 49 percent for the same quarter a twelvemonth ago .
Apple go out $ 5.1 million in average revenue per store , up from $ 4.7 for the same quarter a year ago . 330,000 Macs were sold through the stores . more than 50 percent of Mac vendee were unexampled to the Mac , he pronounce . 21.9 million people visited Apple shop this past poop .
Apple is also expanding its relationship with electronics retail merchant Best Buy , fit in to Tim Cook . The company started with 50 entrepot nationwide that carried Macintosh hardware , and should end the year with almost 300 . Both Apple and Best Buy are very felicitous with their burgeoning kinship , said Cook , and that ’s why Apple and Best Buy persist in to expand their partnership .
( Updated 7/27 to clarify 60 percent gross frame from “ Mac products and services . ” )
