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Apple Has Its “Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever.” Best iPhone Sales Ever.

39 points| aaronbrethorst | 16 years ago |techcrunch.com | reply

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[+] meterplech|16 years ago|reply
"Oppenheimer: We’re not focused on making a lot of money on the App Store — with the iPad or iPhone. We’re just above break-even."

That's interesting to me: that may explain the desire to keep the App store "clean" and the occasional hurt they put on developers. The App store reels people in; if they aren't making money on it the risks of bad publicity is higher than the risk of losing some apps

[+] protomyth|16 years ago|reply
I get the feeling the credit care fees eat up a big chunk on their 30% of a $0.99 app.
[+] ugh|16 years ago|reply
What they want, though, and what makes the iPhone and the iPad so attractive are high quality apps. They might not care about the financial damage of losing a top notch developer, they sure as hell care when that makes iPhones and iPads less attractive.

I think Apple still believes that they can get away with their App store policies because they still are to some degree the only game in town. It will be interesting to see how they will react to Android. We might see their policies change in some shape or form.

[+] cosmicray|16 years ago|reply
and remember, everyone of those units sold was GSM. No cdma and no EV-DO. I'm not saying it will never happen, but as this GSM-only platform continues to grow, the alternative begins to look less desirable. (and I say this from an area that has EV-DO, but no GSM 3G)
[+] wmf|16 years ago|reply
In a few years AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon will be on LTE and Sprint is thinking about it. One protocol to rule them all.
[+] jackowayed|16 years ago|reply
People buy iPhones in Q2? I figured pretty much everyone bought them in the summer so they wouldn't be "obsolete" (ie. not the newest iPhone) almost immediately.
[+] ajju|16 years ago|reply
Shows you how attuned your average customer is to release cycles.
[+] dpritchett|16 years ago|reply
My wife just got one this week. We talked about the likelihood of a new phone obsoleting hers in a few months but we decided it wasn't a big deal.
[+] alanthonyc|16 years ago|reply
"Cook: We had some staggering growth rates. 474% in Asia Pacific region. 183% growth in Japan. 133% growth in Europe. A lot of this was adding new carrier partners."