Apple first quarter results ride on iPod sales
Apple has revealed its fiscal first quarter results, which show a 64 per cent rise in revenues from $3.49 billion to $5.75 billion.
This was due in no small part to the shifting of more than 14 million iPods over the quarter, bringing the total number sold since launch to 42 million.
At the same time, sales of Apple Mac computers reached 1.25 million.
Chief executive, Steve Jobs, said that the sale of 14 million iPods had ensured Apple had its best ever quarter in the run-up to Christmas 2005, when many an iPod was bought as a present.
“We are working on more wonderful products for 2006, and I can’t wait to see what our customers think of them,” he continued.
Apple predicted second quarter revenue of $4.3 billion. Its shares more than doubled in 2005.