Profit figures released by Apple have topped even the best forecasts.The company reported a net profit for the three months to June 26 of £2.1-billion ($3.25bn) - up 78 per cent on the same quarter last year.
In those three months, Apple sold 3.47-million Mac computers, 8.4-million iPhones, 9.41-million iPods and 3.27-million iPads.
Just repeat those figures slowly to yourself!
"It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple's history with iPhone 4," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year."
The news sent Apple shares up 3.4 per cent in after-hours trading. And all this despite weeks of bad publicity over the iPhone 4 "antennagate" signal issue.
Apple is estimating that the iPhone 4 case give-away to combat the deathgrip issue will cost it $175-million.
Here's the Apple statement in full.
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