Apple third-quarter earnings call live blog

Join CNET for live coverage of Apple's third fiscal quarter conference call.

  • by Josh Lowensohn
  • Hey everyone. The call should start in about 5 minutes. It's me and my colleague Roger Cheng.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Howdy all. I hope you're all excited for some Apple financial tidbits.
    by Roger Cheng
  • that's what I am doing Josh, the lady says 5 more minutes!
    by Orlando_Ross
  • @Orlando_Ross Listen to the lady!
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Apple also sold 26 million iPhones in the period...good numbers considering the U.S. carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless both reported weaker iPhone sales.
    by Roger Cheng
  • @Roger Cheng Not to mention, that whole iPhone 5 thing...
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Roger or Josh..you guys think analysts will ask about iPhone5?
    by Danny Fernandez
  • @Danny Fernandez Totally. Happens every time.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • In fact, it's kind of fun to watch them squirm out of answering it.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • @Danny Fernandez Absolutely. The better question is how long they wait before pulling the iPhone 5 question out.
    by Roger Cheng
  • And it's game time.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Opening remarks from Nancy Paxton saying that Apple CEO Tim Cook is on the call, along with CFO Peter Oppenheimer.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • And Apple treasurer Gary Wipfler.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Oppenheimer giving a rundown of the news. Records for iPad, along with iPhone for the quarter.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • 23% growth in revenue for the quarter, with 11% margin.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • $9.32 per share earnings, but you already knew that.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • I think Apple will stick with their "launching or releasing in the Fall" generic answer but won't give an exact month or date
    by Danny Fernandez
  • 4M Macs, which is the most for any June quarter, Oppenheimer says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • That's also a growth compared to IDC's record of PC market share.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Customer response from Macbook Retina has been "excellent," says CFO
    by Roger Cheng
  • Oppenheimer going over new Macs introduced during the quarter. Says that the response has been impressive. Oppenheimer adds that it was the best quarter ever for education sales of Macs.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Tomorrow: Mountain Lion comes out.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Has more than 200 features, Oppenheimer says. That includes iMessages and iCloud integration.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Oppenheimer says Apple built iCloud into foundation of Mountain Lion.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Now onto music: 6.8M iPods, which Oppenheimer says were ahead of expectations.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • iPod Touch continues to account for more than half of all iPods sold, Oppenheimer says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • $1.8B in revenue for Apple's music business.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • iTunes generates revenue of $1.8B thanks to demand for music and apps, Oppenheimer says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Oppenheimer says that 14M people have downloaded Apple's iTunes U app, which was revamped earlier this year.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • iPhone: 26M units sold, 28% YoY growth, and ahead of the number the company factored into its guidance.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Apple has iPhone distribution in 250 carriers around the world, Oppenheimer says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • The company has 8.5M iPhones in channel inventory, which is about 4-6 weeks worth Oppenheimer says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • The number of iPhones in the Fortune 500 have more than doubled in the past year.
    by Roger Cheng
  • iPhone in the enterprise: More than doubled in the Fortune 500 in the past year, Oppenheimer says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Oppenheimer and Apple really starting to push the Apple products in enterprise story.
    by Roger Cheng
  • 17M iPads sold, compared to 9.2M in the same quarter last year. 84% growth there.

    Now selling in 97 countries. Revenue for this was $9.2B compared to $6.0B the same quarter. Now 3.2M iPads in channel inventory, which is within 4-6 week range of channel inventory, Oppenheimer says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Oppenheimer says that interest in $399 iPad 2 have been strong in K-12 market. More than 2x as many iPads sold as Macs in education market.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • That includes Mansfield School District, which bought 11K iPads. Everyone gets one, Oppenheimer says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • iPads in schools: Getting kids hooked on Apple products when they're young.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Oppenheimer says the number of ipads in the fortune 500 has more than tripled this year.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Now name dropping British Airways using iPads, as well as its use in real estatate.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • 410M cumulative iOS device sales in the quarter, Oppenheimer says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • 410M iOS device sales cumulative, Oppenheimer says. And App Stores in 155 countries. 650,000 Apps, including 225K just for the iPad.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Now at $5.5B doled out to developers through the App Store.
    by Josh Lowensohn
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