Apple defies the Great Recession and reports record sales of Macs and iPhones in its fourth fiscal quarter.
Recession? Not at what just might be one of America’s proudest technology company.
Mac sales soared 17% from a year ago to 3.1 million units, a quarterly record. Despite a recession and an average selling price of just over $1,200, Apple grew its PC market share to a 15-year high in the third quarter according to reports. Macintosh computers made up 8.8% of PC shipments last quarter, according to Gartner, while a separate report from IDC tallied up 9.4%. Both figures represent the highest market share the company has enjoyed since 1994. (read more)
Sales of iPhones also broke records, and as expected that cut into sales of iPods which dropped 8%.
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