Apple presents financial results for Q3 2013 - constantly updated article x24

  This evening the company Apple announced financial results for the fiscal year Q3 2013(Q2 during 2013), together with a new record in terms of sales of iPhone terminals in such a period. The company's profit dropped significantly due to investments, the redemption of part of the shares and the payment of dividends to shareholders, but Apple is still an extremely popular company. Below are the comments of Tim Cook and the members of Apple's management team, who are currently discussing the financial results with American journalists.

1. the increase recorded in the sales of iPhone terminals is 20;
2. 11 million iPhone terminals are in Apple's distribution channel, 600.000 less than in the previous quarters;
3. iPhone 4/4S records strong sales;
4. iPhone 5 becomes the most popular iPhone to date;
5. The iPhone is the best-selling smartphone in Japan;
6. Apple occupies the first or second position in most important markets around the world;
7. the loyalty rate of iPhone users is 93%;
8. 25.000 iPhones were distributed by large companies around the globe to their employees;
9. sales of Macs decreased by 7% compared to the same period last year, while the PC market contracted by 11% compared to the same period last year;
10. 1.1 million iPad tablets were sold in educational units;
11. iTunes Store generated 4.3 billion dollars in Q3 2013, a record for Apple;
12. over 1 billion TV shows have been purchased to date;
13. almost 400 million movies have been bought or rented so far;
14. almost 900.000 applications are available in the App Store;
15. over $11 billion was paid to app developers;
16. 320 million iCloud accounts are available;
17. over 8.000 billion push notifications have been sent to date;
18. over 900 billion messages have been sent via iMessage;
19. 4.1 billion dollars were generated by Apple Stores;
20. 6 new stores were opened in 5 countries, 408 stores are now open;
21. 9 new stores will be opened in the next 3 months;
22. the average sales of each store are 10.8 million dollars;
23. 16.000 visitors entered Apple stores every week;
24. 146.6 billion dollars are available in cash and investments;