Apple – recession, what recession?

On January 21st, 2009 Apple announced their results for the trading quarter ending on December 28th, 2008.  It was a record, with total revenue of $10.17 billion and a net profit for the quarter of $1.61 billion.  The company’s international sales accounted for 46% of the revenue.

The total sales of Macintosh computers in the quarter amounted to 2,524,000 units, plus 22,727,000 iPods! Yes, nearly 23 million units! iPhone sales totalled up to 4,363,000 units.

As you will understand Steve Jobs was quite pleased.  He said, “Even in these economically challenging times, we are incredibly pleased to report our best quarterly revenue and earnings in Apple history—surpassing $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time ever.”

Source: Apple website.