“For all the hoopla surrounding the recent launch of the iPhone, Apple’s results will rely more heavily on sales of its two main product lines, Macintosh computers and iPod digital media players,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch.
Crum reports, “Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial estimate that Apple earned 72 cents a share on $5.29 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter, up from 54 cents a share and $4.37 billion in sales during the same period a year ago.”
“For the year to date, Apple’s shares have been on a tear, and the stock tacked on $1.80 to reach $136.73 in midday trading,” Crum reports.
“Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research, said in a research note that he expects ‘continued Mac strength’ that will be driven by recently updated MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Wu estimates Apple will post total Mac sales of 1.64 million units, up 24% from a year ago,” Crum reports. “Regarding the iPod, Wu expects shipments to rise 20% from a year ago, to 9.7 million units, ‘with little signs of cannibalization from [the] iPhone.'”
“At Piper Jaffray, analyst Gene Munster expects iPod sales of close to 10 million units, and Mac sales slightly above the consensus estimate of 1.6 million units,” Crum reports.
Full article here.
You mean 30 hours of iPhone sales in a quarter won’t dominate?!?
It never fails to amazing me how successful Apple is being on so many levels and in so many categories. Truly phenomenal.
Now, if they would only start releasing some software updates, I’ll be happy. Please, bring on iLife and iWork!
Well well well. So the iPhone is just the iCing on the Mac Cake eh? Glad to hear it. Maybe I’ll try pulling my iPhone down of the pedestal today and using it.
I know, I’ll copy my Apple sales figures to my iPhone and,… oh wait. I can’t copy files to my iPhone. I can copy files to my iPod though! That makes sense! My iPod is more of a business device than my iPhone is really anyway. I can even boot my systems from my iPod!
Yeah, I’ll just put my iPhone back up on the pedestal and go work with something useful.
I’ve been wondering what R. Crum has been up to.
@kirkgray
Now that’s appropriate sarcasm.
@ Fake MDN,
I can check auction records, make purchases and track sales, and make banking transactions with my iPhone. I’d hardly say an iPod is MORE of a business tool than an iPhone.
However, I might say that YOU are more of a tool than an iPhone.
This iPhone thing is getting out of hand. Lets stick to what we know in order to make some educated guesses. Between Apple and AT&T, there are about 2000 stores that sell the iPhone, and almost all the stores sold out.
AT&T said there were 146,000 activations for the opening weekend. That gives us 146,000/2000=73 iPhones activated per store. That’s the low end; we know more phones were purchased.
Some analysts (i.e.. people that guess at things) think there could have been 500,000 phones sold. If true, that would give us 500,000/2000=250 phones sold per store. Obviously, some phones were purchased online, but my guess is that number is fairly low given the availability at retail stores (I guess that makes me an analyst!). By most accounts, after Friday evening, anyone that wanted a phone could walk in and get one without waiting in line.
Most annalists seem to be using ’30’ hours as the benchmark. That would give us 250/30=8 and a third iPhones per hour at each store.
At the AT&T store I was at on launch night, 8 phones an hour is WAY more than they actually sold. Granted, half the stores will cell more phones than the other half, but 8 phones per hour is way too optimistic!
The bottom line, the AT&T’s activation number won’t be far from Apple’s number of total phones sold. Personally, I think 4 phones per hour per store is optimistic, so I think we’ll see a number of about 225,000 from Apple.
That’s my analysis. Take it or leave it
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Fake MDN is PWNED!
well done!
Correct me if I’m wrong….
@FakeMDN
Actually, I think only the older iPod models allow you create a bootable drive for your computer. The newer modles (for some time) don’t have this ability.
And, copying files to a drive does not a business device make.
I guess the question is: 150 or 120 after earnings.
I know they sold at least one mac during the quarter. Not sure whether I activated him before saturday night though.
Why on earth would I want to boot my Mac Pro from iPhone or iPod
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C1
How cartoonish of you…….
The Zune Phone will dominate when:
It has 7 Evils in One!
1-Delicious Taste; 2-Quick, cheap buzz; 3-Bad for your health; 4-Leads to hard drugs; 5-Waste of money; 6-Made by sleazy businessmen; 7-Exploits women”.
@freakshow,
Thanks. That was kinda bitchen, huh? But GAWD, he did just step right into that one, so it was technically a “gimme.”
@ Fake MDN..
the beginning of a new world war?
iPod vs. iPhone? oh dear…
@ TT
You should see my giant robot.
21 minutes until the call. Who’s breathing? <not me>
I’ve seen your GIANT robot and me likey!
C1
That gives new meaning to “Fritz the Cat”!
500,001 iPhones sold!
See my post from 3:09PM. Now 149 in AH. Did I call it or what?? LOL now if I could figure out which direction to go.