Wow.
Seriously, just looking at these numbers makes my head spin. I wouldn’t be surprised if Steve Jobs and company have set up a huge mountain of money and cannon somewhere in Cupertino to reenact Nintendo 64’s Pilotwings in celebration of their quarter two results.
Come on, shooting yourself out of a cannon into a giant pile of money would be pretty awesome.
These financial results that Apple just announced to the world are pretty astonishing, although they would have been even better if they addressed the leak of the new iPhone. As a consolation prize, Apple COO Tim Cook acknowledged a “future product transition.”
Hmm, wonder what that could be? Come on Tim, we demand official answers. Although, I am well aware that we won’t be getting them until June.
Ok, enough harping.
Apple has furthered their bid to take over the world by posting astronomical sales figures with a total net profit of 3.07 billion dollars. Revenue was at 13.50 billion. That’s their best non-holiday quarter ever. Not bad for a couple months work. Here’s how the numbers broke down:
Apple sold 2.94 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 8.75 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 131 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 10.89 million iPods during the quarter, representing a one percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
131 percent, that is just other worldly.
And what did Steve Jobs have to say about all this?
“We’re thrilled to report our best non-holiday quarter ever, with revenues up 49 percent and profits up 90 percent,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve launched our revolutionary new iPad and users are loving it, and we have several more extraordinary products in the pipeline for this year.”
New products are good.
Speaking of new products, the iPad 3G is set for retail release on April 30th, so head here to find your local Apple store in case you didn’t pull the trigger on a pre-order.
