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Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs, 15.4 million iPods

It's that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let's just say things are lookin' pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The company set a new record for quarterly revenue and profit in Q1 of 2012, netting $46.33 billion in total with $13.06 billion earnings -- the latter number representing about half of the company's annual profit. That's nearly twice what Apple announced for the same (at the time record-setting) period last year -- $26.74 billion and $6 billion, respectively. In total the company shipped 15.4 million iPads, 15.4 million iPods and 5.2 million Macs this quarter. That last number is particularly surprising since it represents a growth of 26 percent over last year, bucking trends that indicated PC growth would remain flat. Even the Apple TV enjoyed a record quarter, selling 1.4 million units.

Perhaps more importantly, though, the company sold just over 37 million iPhones -- a 128 percent increase over the same quarter last year and greatly exceeding industry estimates. This also moves Apple back into the number one slot, ahead of Samsung which sold a stunning 35 million units this last quarter. Sales of iPhones and accessories accounted for 24.4 billion of the quarter's revenue. Apple also anticipates to have a strong Q2, though maybe not a record-breaking one, thanks to "some amazing new products in the pipeline." But even if Q2 turns out to be a slow one, Cupertino should be perfectly fine thanks to its $97 billion in cash on hand.

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Quote from Steve Jobs,"no matter how you want to spin it, what you can say" when you are facing figures.

[ 本帖最后由 salesman 于 2012-1-25 11:02 编辑 ]

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salesman

刚刚看到一个针对这个季报的comment，有的观点很有意思：

I thought all the tech geniuses said that the iPhone 4S was a major disappointment, but I guess only the dimwits said that.  But wait, tech geniuses don't actually buy very much because they're so busy shooting off their mouths about what they consider bleeding-edge devices.  Thank heavens that Apple builds products that appeal to the average consumer.  I can't wait to see if the iPhone 5 is claimed to be a successful product, how many will Apple sell.  50 million.  Now, that's what I'm talking about.

Apple should buy Google and discontinue Android.  That would be the best acquisition Apple could do.  Microsoft isn't even in the picture anymore being a shadow of its former self when it comes to the mobile revolution.

rumcoke

第二个comment
买google和discontinue android不是一个位面的事 作为以java为谋生手段的人 我们需要google的大力协助 他们已经做得很好了

交易人生

这个不可能，apple的市值目前是google的一倍，除了公司合并，拿什么去买google？ 没那么多钱。

交易人生

有个问题没搞明白，2012年的Q1不是还没过去吗，哪里来的2012' Q1 REPORT

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原帖由 交易人生 于 2012-1-25 12:37 发表
有个问题没搞明白，2012年的Q1不是还没过去吗，哪里来的2012' Q1 REPORT

美国公司不像澳洲公司，可以自己订自己的财政年。
苹果的财政年是9月结束，10月开始。所以10月到12月是财年的第一个季度。
Microsoft的是6月结束，所以同样的时间，对Microsoft来说是第二季度。

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原帖由 交易人生 于 2012-1-25 12:26 发表
这个不可能，apple的市值目前是google的一倍，除了公司合并，拿什么去买google？ 没那么多钱。

收购不一定要看市值，只要募集得到资金，市值小的公司也可以吞并市值大的。

交易人生

google市值近2000亿美元，除了合并，收购谈何容易。

salesman

关于apple收购google，不过是一句玩笑而已，不会被允许的。

另外，关于公司间收购，主要是换股、现金和换股加现金

Apple mkt Cap : 391.88B | google mkt Cap : 188.34B

Apple同时有97B的cash, 加上苹果当前的盈利水平和融资能力，从钱上的角度考虑收购google一点问题都没有。但是没有人会允许这个事情发生的。

出去所有政治和其他因素，google大股东的意愿是决定因素。这个时候就是两个公司的赚钱能力的预期来投票了。从市场上看，明显华尔街更相信苹果会带来的回报。

[ 本帖最后由 salesman 于 2012-1-25 14:09 编辑 ]

rumcoke

我指的不是收购的可能性 而且就着这个半开玩笑的comment 想说google对于java developer是有非常高的reputation的

黑山老妖

光看钱，苹果收购google是很简单的事。
但是事实上不可能发生的。

lingyang

买google干嘛？google对苹果没有任何价值， 除非买来然后然后让google消失。 不过到时候独孤求败的日子一定很无趣， 不如留着google还能有点竞争