Apple is still on top after its iPhone 5 release in 2012 and its statistics for the 1st quarter of 2013 has been illustrated below. With the release of the cheapest iPhone in the world the market was completely occupied with the iPhones sale.
Apple's Q1 2013 earnings are out,
and the data provided gives us an insight into how well the company
performed over the last quarter relative to historical data.
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Let's begin with the flagship Apple product, the iPhone.
This is the first full quarter since the launch of the iPhone 5, and
so expectations were pretty high. Analysts were expecting sales of
between 43 and 63 million,
and Apple delivered 47.8 million. This makes it the iPhone's third
quarter ever (behind the first quarter of 2012), and over 10 million
compared the same quarter a year ago. Moving on to the
iPad, Apple sold a record 22.9 million tablets -- iPads and iPad mini
tablets -- up from 15.4 million from the same period a year ago, and
beating the previous best quarter, which was the third quarter of 2012,
when Apple sold 17 million iPads.
The introduction of the new iPad 4, along with the iPad mini, is
likely to have pushed sales up during the quarter, and the holiday bump
is likely to have helped considerably.
However, since Apple doesn't break down sales by model, we can't tell if the iPad mini is cannibalizing sales fo the full-sized model. So far, so good. However, when it
came to Mac sales, things are not so good any more. During the last
quarter Apple sold only 4.1 million Macs, down 1.1 Million from the
year-ago quarter, but the sales still beat both the second and third
quarters of 2012.
The refreshed Mac line up that we saw just before the holiday period failed to translate into strong sales over the quarter. iPod sales have also stalled. Whereas once Apple could have relied on
holiday season sales in the region of 20 million, last quarter's sales
of 12.7 million are down 2.7 million from the equally dismal -- for the
iPod at any rate -- year-ago quarter.
We can also determine how many iOS-powered iPod touch and Apple TV
devices were sold. In the earning statement, Apple chief executive Tim
Cook is quoted as saying that "over 75 million iOS devices" were sold
during the quarter. Given that we know that this consists of 47.8
million and 22.9 million iPads, this means that over 4.3 million iPod
touch and Apple TV devices were sold. Overall, quarterly sales for the iPhone and iPad were incredible, showing very strong upward trajectory. Cumulatively, Apple has sold over 369 million iPods, almost 319
million iPhones, and nearly 121 million iPads since the respective
products were first released. A very strong quarter for Apple, but it leaves some lingering questions:
By moving the iPhone and iPad
refresh closer to the holiday quarter, this is undoubtedly giving sales
an aggressive boost, but will this soften the second quarter sales?
iPod sales are tumbling. Is there anything Apple can do to revive them, or are the days of the iPod numbered?
Mac sales are stalling, despite an aggressive refresh. Is Mac suffering from the same stagnation as the rest of PC industry?
Now Indian buyers can choose the hardware and OS of their Smartphones, weather it may be the Popular Android or the non hackable Ubuntu or popular browser Firefox OS. With the upcoming Android
alternatives like Ubuntu Phone OS or Firefox OS, what if you get a
chance to choose the hardware and operating system for your smartphone?
Sounds fun right? Africa-based Limitless Electronics previously,
launched its products in a unique way, where the company allowed the
customers to decide what hardware and operating system they would want
their tablet to have. We are expecting the company to do a similar
launch in India and users may get to choose between operating systems
like Ubuntu Phone OS, Android and Firefox OS as well. While nowadays, companies
are not keen on offering multiple options as far as mobile OS is
concerned but Limitless interestingly offers users the opportunity to
custom-select their OS as well as hardware specs. Limitless Electronics
has decided to start taking pre-order for its products from next month. The company plans to include
not just tablets but all types of high-end luxury devices and
electronics. Limitless is known for its Re|act and Fleet brand of
smartphone, tablet and Smart TVs. Limitless Electronics, run by
Cameroonian Tony Smith, has taken hold of the consumer electronics
industry in Africa. The Fleet brand devices are
designed for advanced durability to provide long lasting and reliable
performance in all types of conditions. Many Fleet devices are outfitted
with technology and hardware that offer military-grade protection
against exposure to water, wind, dust, shock, and more. Limitless will be up against
the existing line-up of domestic brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Spice
and Lava in the country. But it will be interesting to see whether
Limitless can compete with the heavyweights as well.
With pre-orders slated to start from next month onwards, Limitless is expected to launch its products officially in March.
