Most. Mac. Sales. Ever. July 21st, 2010
Apple announced third quarter earnings yesterday, just 3 days after addressing concerns over the antenna issue (in case you missed it … Apple offered free cases to all iPhone 4 users instead of just telling people that they’re holding it wrong). As it turns out, Apple sold more Macs than any other quarter in company history, recording 3.47 million units sold.
The iPad’s first quarter didn’t disappoint either, nearly selling as many units as the Macs at 3.27 million. Apple also sold 8.4 million iPhones and 9.41 million iPods. The launch of the iPhone 4 was the most successful in company history as well, limited only by the speed at which they can be manufactured (insert inappropriate Foxconn joke here).
Apple’s gross margin was down slightly from 40.9 percent to 39.1 percent, due to the “relatively” inexpensive iPad sale prices. Still, with $15.7 billion in quarterly revenue, Apple posts another company record and posts $3.25 billion in net quarterly profit.
Check out Techcrunch coverage of the earnings call for more detail and Q&A with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and COO Tim Cook here.




