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T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhones in less than a month

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 8th, 2013)

T-Mobile announced its earnings for the opening quarter of 2013 and confirmed it has sold 500,000 iPhone handsets since it started selling the phone on April 12. That's a half a million iPhones in a little over three weeks, which is very good for a phone that's been on sale for eight months at ...

Tim Cook: We should have waited until 2013 to release new iMacs

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 24th, 2013)

During Apple's earnings conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook fielded an analyst's question regarding Apple's product releases during the Fall 2012 quarter and delivered a surprisingly candid answer. Addressing the shipping delays that plagued Apple's new iMacs, Cook articulated that Apple ...

Fortune: Apple may see first quarter of negative income growth since 2003

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2013)

Apple investors may want to brace themselves for an onslaught of negative headlines when Apple reports its Q2 2013 earnings in the coming month. According to Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog, Apple is expected to report its first year-over-year decline in income in 10 years. Much ...

Tim Cook announces town hall meeting

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2013)

According to 9 to 5 Mac, CEO Tim Cook has scheduled a "Town Hall meeting" for employees today. This meeting follows up to yesterday's Q1 2013 quarterly financial results, and apparently mirrors an event that Cook held after the Q1 2012 financials. Quoting 9 to 5, the invite reads: Team, ...

Verizon activated 3.1 million iPhones in Q3 2012

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 18th, 2012)

Verizon announced its quarterly earnings today and confirmed that it sold 3.1 million iPhones in Q3 2012. This is up from the 2.7 million units that the carrier sold in the previous quarter and up from the 2 million the carrier sold in the same quarter last year. During its earnings ...

Sprint iPhone sales hold steady, AT&T and Verizon decline

by Mike Schramm (Jul 26th, 2012)

Sprint has announced that it sold 1.5 million iPhones in the last quarter. That means the company is holding fairly steady for iPhone sales, having sold about the same number in the previous quarter. 40 percent of last quarter's sales were to new Sprint subscribers, so the iPhone is bringing in ...

Apple's "disappointing" quarter cause for questions, not panic

by Richard Gaywood (Jul 25th, 2012)

In amongst the MoLo Madness, there's been some back and forth in the blogosphere today over the possibility that Apple's third quarter financial results were "disappointing" or not, mostly based on the fact that professional analysts predicted Apple would earn far more than it did and now they're ...

AT&T's iPhone "sales" versus "activations": Doing the Math

by Richard Gaywood (Jan 27th, 2012)

Love Apple gear? Like math? TUAW's Doing the Math series examines the numbers and the science behind the hardware and software. Several sites -- including TUAW -- reported yesterday that 80% of all smartphones AT&T sold in Q411 were iPhones, based on AT&T's quarterly earnings report. On ...

What's Apple going to do with $97 billion in cash?

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2012)

During its earnings conference call, Apple confirmed the company is sitting on a treasure chest of US$97.6 billion. This stack of cash is steadily growing, up from $81.6 billion at the end of the September quarter. With all that money in the bank, you can't help but wonder... what's Apple going to ...

Apple Q1 2012 results liveblog

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2012)

Today, TUAW liveblogs Apple's first quarter conference call. If you'd like to listen live, point your browser to Apple's dedicated page. I'll be doing live updates as they're discussed, including coverage of the Q&A followup. The liveblog appears in reverse chronological order, with newer ...

iPod line experiences major decline year-over-year

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2012)

Apple has just posted its first quarter fiscal 2012 results. (There is a live conference call to follow). One of the biggest items to pop from the press release is the status of the iPod. Unlike iPhones, iPads, and Macs, all of which experienced terrific gains, the 11-year-old iPod line experienced ...

Apple to announce Q1 2012 earnings on January 24

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 4th, 2012)

It's that time of the year again, folks. People are busy making resolutions and companies are busy preparing earnings statements. Apple updated its investor relations website and confirmed it will hold its Q1 2012 earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm PT. The press ...

Gameloft starts trading shares in the US

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2011)

Gameloft is one of the standout companies on iOS. While the company has received criticism for "borrowing" some gameplay themes and ideas from more popular console titles, there's no question that it has still worked hard on quality games, and picked up a lot of iOS sales for it. Gameloft is ...

Mac sales are booming in Asia

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 17th, 2011)

In past earnings conference calls, Apple has emphasized the important role of Asia in its future growth. And it's not just iPhones that are flying off the shelves. Mac shipments are also booming in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Needham analyst Charlie Wolf, Mac shipments rose 67.6% in ...

Samsung withholds mobile phone sales data due to Apple legal battle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 29th, 2011)

Samsung reported its quarterly earnings today and, for the first time, the Korean manufacturer did not report its mobile phone sales. Samsung withheld this information because the company has a new information policy that discloses less information about its mobile phones and ...