2011年4月21日星期四

Apple iPhone sales double in 2011

20 April 2011, last updated at 21: 23 GMT Apple New York store in the last year, iPhone has seen a large increase in the sales of Apple's, but iPad sales disappointed latest gains for the computer giant Apple beat expectations, including a higher than expected increase in iPhone sales.

Result for the three months to March jumped to the same period a year ago, with iPhone sales by 18.65 m - an increase of 113% 85%.

The figures are the latest in a series of good results from the United States of technology companies.

Intel's, on the Wednesday published figures were also well on hopes and helped to share prices a three year high.

Apple reported quarterly net profits of $5. 99bn (£ 3.6 billion), 95% of the $3 billion it a year ago. Revenue was $24. 67bn, an increase of 83%.

Sales of computers of the company were sharply higher, up to 28% over the previous year, driven by his tweaked MacBook Pro.

Apple's numbers were not uniformly positive. It sold 4.69 m iPad tablet computer in the quarter below expectations.

A further disappointment was selling its unique Star, iPod, down by 17% to the year 9 m units.

Most analysts were excited about the numbers.

Channing Smith, Portfolio Manager at capital advisors growth fund, said: "dynamite numbers across the Board." "The only hiccup is lower than expected iPad numbers."

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement: "we are 95% quarterly revenue growth of 83% and profit fires on all cylinders."

Mr jobs, who went on leave was medical with an unknown illness in January, went on: "We will continue to innovation on all fronts in the rest of the year."

The daily operation of the Apple is currently done by COO Tim Cook.


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