First-time Apple owners make up 25 percent of all iPad purchases
According to research company NPD Group, and its recent Apple Ecosystem Study based on 3,000 consumers in an online survey, about 37 million United States households own Apple products. The details specify that 69 percent of those consumers own iPods, but ownership of the iPad is growing. In fact, one-in-four iPad owners claimed the device as their first Apple product:
“iPad sales [...]
Apple Q2 2012: 35.1M iPhones, 11.8M iPads, 4M Macs, and 7.7M iPods
Apple just released its second quarter financial numbers. Overall hardware sales decreased from its record previous quarter but with the notable exception of the iPods: they’re up from the same quarter a year ago. Apple sold 88% more iPhones in the quarter than it did during the same time last year.
In addition to huge year-over-year [...]
Apple posts record Q2 2012 earnings: $39.2B in revenue, net profit of $11.6B, 35.1M iPhones
First, here are the numbers:
35.1 million iPhones (up 88 percent YOY)
11.8 million iPads (up 151 percent YOY)
4 million Macs (up 7 percent YOY)
7.7 million iPods (down 15 percent YOY)
Apple is reporting another record quarter as the company releases its fiscal Q2 2012 earnings shortly before its earnings call with investors this afternoon. The company blew expectations out [...]
NPD: Apple grabs almost a fifth of all holiday consumer electronics sales, Apple Stores second only to Best Buy and Walmart in revenue
Apple’s $46.33 billion dollar holiday quarter and the 73+ million shipped Macs and iOS devices are clear standouts in the newest NPD research note exposing Apple as the only brand to have grown sales in the all-important holiday quarter. The same cannot be said for rivals Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Sony, and Dell, which all experienced missteps in holiday-quarter gadget sales. [...]
Apple posts record-breaking results for holiday quarter: 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs 15.4 million iPods
Wow.
Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever
All-Time Record iPhone, iPad and Mac Sales
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. [...]
Target says it will launch upscale Apple shops in 25 of its discount stores
Retailer Target will soon start offering Apple products in select discount stores that carry everything from dog food to electronics.
Reuters reported that Minnesota-headquartered retailer Target confirmed plans to dedicate a special section to Apple products within 25 of its discount stores across the United States:
Target also confirmed during a presentation on Thursday that it will have [...]
The Cord-On-Board iPhone Case Hides A Charging Cable Inside
After a decade of iPods, Apple’s little white charging cable seem to be pretty much everywhere these days. Open a random drawer, there one will sit. Ask a pack of strangers, “Hey — anyone got an iPhone cable?” and half a dozen will be thrown your way. At this point, it’s almost hard to not [...]
Andy Rubin: Android Had A Jolly Good Christmas With 3.7M Activations
Google SVP Andy Rubin took to Twitter again today, not to delete one of his tweets but to publish a brand new one, saying Android saw 3.7 million activations in two days (Christmas day and the day before).
He also posted it on his Google+ account, just in case you were wondering.
Probably, Rubin was trying [...]
Apple saw record sales this holiday season, 12 times the amount of activations on Christmas Day
Apple saw record-setting sales this holiday season, according to Localytics. So well, that 12.5 times more iOS devices were activated over Christmas than past weekends. For comparison sake: there were 21 times more iPods compared to 14 times more iPhones. The iPods were most likely gifted to younger children who do not yet have a cell phone. At any [...]
Apple makes changes to bring on more partnerships for iAd
Wall Street Journal reports this evening that Apple isn’t see the success they’d like with their iAd platform. The company, who deploys iAd as an advertising platform throughout their iOS devices, is making changes in hopes of attracting more developers and ad spending to in the program. First off, Apple is reportedly lowering the entry [...]