Posted on 23.04.2009 at 12:17 in Tech News by Martin
Apple has gone and posted up the financial results for operations during the second quarter of 2009. Not only this, but they commented on the possibility of an Apple netbook in the future. According to the press release, “Apple sold 2.22 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a three percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 11.01 million iPods during the quarter, representing three percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone units sold were 3.79 million representing 123 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.” Apple posted a revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion. Apple has said the results exceeded their expectations, despite the lacking economy.
“We are extremely pleased to report the best non-holiday quarter revenue and earnings in our history,” said Apple chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer. “Apple’s financial condition remains very robust, with almost $29bn (£20bn) in cash and marketable securities on our balance sheet.” Looking ahead to the next quarter, Oppenheimer added Apple expected revenue in the range of about $7.7bn (£5.3bn) to $7.9bn (£5.4bn). A recent Gartner report showed worldwide PC shipments totalled 67 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a near seven per cent decline versus the first quarter of 2008. Gartner said that low priced mobile PCs continue to be the growth driver for the PC industry.
Source: Vnunet, Neowin