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TIM COOK: “WE ARE VERY PROUD»

Apple, accounts beat forecasts
Revenues rose to 35.3 billion, but profits down to 6.9

The House of Cupertino has a quarterly basis with good results. Boom iPhones sold

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Resumed the race of the profits of Apple, beating analysts’ expectations and presents a quarterly where good results are mainly due to the new iPhone boom: more than 31 million units sold from April to June. A demonstration – explain the observers – of how the House of Cupertino is still able to withstand a ever-increasing competition and a certain saturation of the smartphone market. ACCOUNTS – The third quarter the fiscal year ended for the group of apple with a net profit of 6.9 billion dollars, equivalent to $ 7.47 per share: this is the second consecutive decline, it is true. But analysts point out that the result is unexpected, stronger than expected, which indicated $ 7.32 per share. Well even revenues, amounting to 35.3 billion dollars against 35.2 billion expected.

SATISFACTION – Apple had registered the first decline in profits in ten years last April. A result that many have certainly read like a warning bell, if not the sign of a possible decline after years of absolute rule of Cupertino. The “Wall Street Journal” spoke of a crisis of identity of the company founded by Steve Jobs, with rumors of an imminent parting of the current number one, Tim Cook, which have proliferated over the weeks. Instead Cook is still in command.

PRIDE OF COOK – “We are very proud for what concerns the data on the iPhone, more than 31 million sold, and the strong growth in revenues from iTunes,” said the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, declaring very confident about the upcoming launch of iOS 7 and OS X systems Mavericks. “We are also working hard – confirmed – a new drug products that will be presented in the fall and in the course of 2014.” The thought of all is facing all’iWatch, mini pc wrist, which should be the very first major novelties of Cook, so far mainly characterized by a redesign of existing pr oducts at the time of Jobs.

SALES – The latter, however, they’re fine. In the third quarter were 31.2 million iPhones sold, 20% more than in the same period last year in which they were placed 26 million. Brakes on the other hand, for the iPad: 14.6 million have been sold, compared with 17 million in the third quarter of 2012. Also sold 3.8 million Macs, a pretty good result in a period of crisis in the computer industry, more and more embarrassed by the spread of the tablet. Immediately after the release of the quarterly report, the title of Apple, in after-hours trading, has jumped by more than 5%.