Apple presented its quarterly report for the third financial quarter ended at the end of June, which was so expected by specialists. As it was expected, the report turned out to be positive due to high sales of iPhone 4 smartphones and new iPad devices (at the same time, the demand for products from iPad application developers has also increased). Moreover, the company stated that PC and laptop users have started purchasing new products from Mac more actively.
In the third quarter the net profit of Apple reached 3.25 bln dollars or 3.51 dollars in comparison with 1.83 bln dollars or 2.01 dollars for a share a year before. On average the experts were expecting the net profit of Apple at the level of 3.11 bln dollars.
According to the head of the company Steve Jobs, till the end of this year Apple will concentrate on the mobile developments with low marginality in order to expand its users’ base. Jobs noted that now all key products including Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod are sold either at the expected level or a bit higher. Also the head of the company promised a few more product innovations till the end of the year.
In the reporting period the proceeds of the company increased by 61% and reached the all time high level of 15.7 bln dollars having exceeded the expectations of analytics at 14.7 bln dollars. According to Apple, the quarterly proceeds at 15.7 bln dollars are the highest result for the whole 30-year period of their presence at the market.

Tags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mac

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