In total, AT&T added 1.6 million iPhone users, including those switching from other AT&T phones. That's down from 1.9 million from the holiday-boosted fourth quarter, but strong performance for the first quarter.
Signing up more iPhone users is good for the company in the long run, since iPhone users pay 60 percent more than other customers. But in the short term, new users weigh on earnings, because AT&T subsidizes each phone by hundreds of dollars.
Apple Inc.'s phone also helped AT&T avoid getting caught up in a trend analysts are seeing this year: more customers are signing up for prepaid service than for expensive contract-based plans. Only a quarter of new subscribers at AT&T chose prepaid in the quarter. At T-Mobile USA, more than half chose prepaid in the quarter.
Signing up more iPhone users is good for the company in the long run, since iPhone users pay 60 percent more than other customers. But in the short term, new users weigh on earnings, because AT&T subsidizes each phone by hundreds of dollars.
Apple Inc.'s phone also helped AT&T avoid getting caught up in a trend analysts are seeing this year: more customers are signing up for prepaid service than for expensive contract-based plans. Only a quarter of new subscribers at AT&T chose prepaid in the quarter. At T-Mobile USA, more than half chose prepaid in the quarter.
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Apple beatede deres egen forecast og konsensus. Spørgsmålet er så om de skal straffes på deres outlook. Men det er faneme flot at hæve indtjening 15% i den værste recession ever!!!
Apple beatede deres egen forecast og konsensus. Spørgsmålet er så om de skal straffes på deres outlook. Men det er faneme flot at hæve indtjening 15% i den værste recession ever!!!
* Q2 EPS $1.33 beats Wall Street view $1.09
* Q2 revenue $8.16 bln beats Street view $7.96 bln
* Sees Q3 EPS $0.95-1.00, revenue $7.7-7.9 bln
* Shares up 2.5 pct in after-hours trading
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strong iPhone sales, and gave a typically conservative outlook for the current quarter, which failed to dampen enthusiasm from investors.
Shares of the Mac and iPod maker rose 2.5 percent after it said on Wednesday that net profit rose to $1.21 billion, or $1.33 a share, in its fiscal second quarter ended March 28, from $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share, in the year-ago quarter.
Analysts were expecting a profit of $1.09 a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenue rose 8.7 percent to $8.16 billion, beating Wall Street's forecast of $7.96 billion.
In its always cautious outlook, Apple forecast earnings for the current quarter of 95 cents to $1.00 a share on revenue of $7.7 billion to $7.9 billion.
Wall Street was expecting current-quarter earnings of $1.12 a share on revenue of $8.3 billion.
Shares of Apple closed the regular session down 25 cents at $121.51 on the Nasdaq and rose to $124.60 in extended trading.
* Q2 revenue $8.16 bln beats Street view $7.96 bln
* Sees Q3 EPS $0.95-1.00, revenue $7.7-7.9 bln
* Shares up 2.5 pct in after-hours trading
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strong iPhone sales, and gave a typically conservative outlook for the current quarter, which failed to dampen enthusiasm from investors.
Shares of the Mac and iPod maker rose 2.5 percent after it said on Wednesday that net profit rose to $1.21 billion, or $1.33 a share, in its fiscal second quarter ended March 28, from $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share, in the year-ago quarter.
Analysts were expecting a profit of $1.09 a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenue rose 8.7 percent to $8.16 billion, beating Wall Street's forecast of $7.96 billion.
In its always cautious outlook, Apple forecast earnings for the current quarter of 95 cents to $1.00 a share on revenue of $7.7 billion to $7.9 billion.
Wall Street was expecting current-quarter earnings of $1.12 a share on revenue of $8.3 billion.
Shares of Apple closed the regular session down 25 cents at $121.51 on the Nasdaq and rose to $124.60 in extended trading.
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8953 apple er en af årsagerne bag opgangen i efterspørgslen efter elektronik komponenter og at lagerreduktionen er afløst af fornyet lageropbygning
