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Recently Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer had a financial conference call with the press and analysts. Here are some interesting facts we gained from the conversation:

Retail business:

• Last quarter Apple increased its profit by 90%. Currently their profit is $13.50 billion, and net quarterly revenue is $3,07 billion.
• Every retail store has an average revenue of $5,9 million. Year ago it was $5,5 million.
• During last quarter 47 million people visited Apple stores, which is 8 millions more than a year ago.
• Asia Pacific region was the best region to ship the Macs. For the last year there were sent 67% more Macs than in a year before, and that brought a 184% revenue increase.
• By the end of 2011 Apple is going to have 25 stores in China. Other locations are in London and Paris.
• Three main countries that have a contractual exclusive relationship with Apple are USA, Germany and Spain.
• Apple TV still remains a hobby for the company, but the number of products sold increased by 34% for the quarter.

iPhone:

• In the second financial quarter there were sold 8.75 million of iPhones, which is 131% more than in the same frame a year ago. Total revenue for the quarter is equal to $5.6 billion (a year ago it was $2.8 billion).
• Average iPhone selling price is still about $600.
• Developers liked iPhone OS 4.0.
• DRAM pricing becomes more constrained so we can look forward for higher prices.

iPod:

• iPod remains the most popular portable player and it continues to gain a significant share internationally in Japan, Canada, U.K. and Australia.
• 10.89 million of devices were sold in the last quarter, and that brought $3,3 billion of revenue to company. This is 1% lower than in 2009.
• Total revenue from selling iPods increased by 12% to $1,7 billion.
• Over 4 billion downloads were made from App Store.
• Apple gained 1,1$ million for this quarter on selling content in iTunes. This is a best result.
• Every year number of iPod Touch sales increases by 63%.

iPad:

• The announcement of the device didn't have a significant impact on Mac and iPod sales.
• iPad sales have exceeded company's expectations and Apple is shocked with the level of demand in USA.
• 3G-version of iPad will be shipped on April 30 to the USA and to another 9 countries at the end of May.
• More information will be revealed after 3G-version will be shipped.

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