29.10.2013 09:05 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple profit declines as iPad sales flatten

Growth in iPhone shipments couldn't prevent Apple from reporting a drop in profits for the last quarter, as the iPad market flattened and Mac shipments fell.Apple reported a profit of US$7.5 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, down from $8.2 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue climbed to $37.5 billion for the quarter, which ended Sept. 28, up from $36 billion, Apple announced Monday. Analysts had been expecting revenue of $36.9 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.Apple shipped 33.8 million iPhones during the quarter, up from 26.9 million a year earlier. That included around 9 million iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c smartphones in the three days after the handsets started shipping on Sept. 20, which Apple said was a record. An attraction of the iPhone 5s is a fingerprint reader that can be used instead of a password to log in.Apple's iPad tablet shipments were 14.1 million, compared to 14 million a year ago. Apple announced new tablets earlier this month, includ

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