Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Apr 2009 22:02 UTC
Apple has presented its financial results for the first quarter of 2009 (which is the second quarter of the fiscal year 2009 for Apple), and despite suspicions that Apple might see a sharp decline in Macintosh sales in face of the economic slowdown, the company has managed to weather the storm quite well.
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Member since:2006-01-08
iPod sales are very seasonal, and were completely expected to halve after the holiday season. Just take a look at the pattern in the previous years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod#Sales
That's why most analists look at the growth compared to the same quarter in the previous year, rather than compared to the previous quarter.
iPhone sales are also likely to be seasonal, but there isn't much of a history yet to determine a trend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphone#History_and_availability
Edited 2009-04-23 14:06 UTC
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2007-01-13
If you read the article you would find that only the Mac business is doing well. Ipod revenue has halved and the iphone revenue is down over 20%.