“We estimate sales in October rose by approximately 11 percent
month-over-month and well above the October average of flat
month-over-month performance over the past eight years,” Cantor Fitzgerald
analyst Brian White said in a research note this morning. “As such, we
believe this October will prove to be the strongest in the history of
our Apple Barometer.”
That
sets Apple up for a very strong holiday shopping season — the company’s
first fiscal quarter of 2014, and traditionally its biggest quarter of
the year.
Apple now has a renewed iPad Air, a “coming-soon” retina iPad Mini,
an updated laptop line-up, a “coming-soon” desktop Mac Pro, and, of
course, brand-new iPhones making up its most diverse and most
comprehensive iPhone line-up ever, with the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S
joining the iPhone 4S on store shelves.
“Moving forward, we anticipate strong demand (albeit with supply
constraints) for the iPad mini with Retina Display that is scheduled for
launch before the end of November,” White said. “We expect Apple to
have the new iPad mini with Retina Display available by Black Friday
(November 29) at the very latest.”
Apple stock has trended higher over the past month, with investors
seeing continued profit strength in Apple’s core markets in spite of
Android’s market share advantage. A record quarter to start 2014 will
have to be big indeed — last year’s first quarter saw Apple sell $54.5
billion worth of iPhones, iPads, and Macs, and earn $13.1 billion in
profit, while selling almost 50 million iPhones and 23 million iPads. In
the most recent quarter, traditionally its quietest period, Apple sold
$37.5 billion worth of product, including 34 million iPhones, 14.1
million iPads, and bringing in $7.5 billion in profit.
With performance like this October, Apple is setting itself up to
blow those numbers out of the water, and probably turn in another record
quarter in January.
Source : VentureBeat
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