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Apple earnings....what does the future hold?

Jul 21, 2009 9:05AM PDT

Apple shipped 2.6 million Macs in the quarter and it sold 5.2 million iPhones. iPod sales were down seven percent to 10.2 million. Gross margin was 36.3 percent, up 34.8 percent year-over-year, and international sales accounted for 44 percent of revenue during the period. For its fourth quarter, Apple expects to earn $1.18 to $1.23 per share on revenue of $8.7 billion to $8.9 billion.

?We?re making our most innovative products ever and our customers are responding,? Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement. ?We?re thrilled to have sold over 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter and users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from our App Store in its first year.?

In all seriousness, I see a day in 3-4 years when Apple controls 50% of the smartphone market. That would mean some serious computing power in the hands of the masses, and one beloved company at the helm. When you throw in the iPods that will soon add cameras and mics, the number skyrockets.

If anyone ever thought Apple didn't learn from the mistakes of the 80s and 90s, they haven't been paying attention. What do y'all think?

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The formula works.
Jul 21, 2009 10:49AM PDT

The very fact that Apple has grown and made record-breaking earnings despite the economy both in the US and in California (Apple's "home" state), means that the company has exactly what people want. I'm expecting Apple to really take off in the portable market, both with iPods/iPhones, and MacBooks. The rumors of a tablet might also have something behind them, but regardless, Apple's formula works.

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watch out consumer electronics companies...
Jul 23, 2009 3:40AM PDT

Apple's devices are just getting to feature-complete. I recently decided that I would no longer use a digital camera unless I was really trying to get a good shot in high resolution, because the iphone camera is really good enough for snapshots. it's not perfect, but I expect it to get better fast...and the fact that I can do some pretty advanced editing on the images immediately after taking them really takes the cake.

i used to be a hard core canon digital camera evangelist, but i don't know if i'll ever buy one again. sorry canon!

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does apple really can replace any digital products?
Apr 19, 2012 1:08PM PDT

so ,if apple can combine all of perfect procedures in its body that may result in the collapse of all the digital company.