Apple has released their Q4 earnings report for the year, bumping them into another record-breaking quarter. The numbers: An $8.2B profit on $36 billion in revenue, breaking its record Q4 2011 of $6.62b profit on $28.27b in revenue. The gains were almost entirely boost by a 58 percent increase in iPhone sales with 26.9M units sold, up from 17M last year, and a 26 percent increase in iPad sales with 14M sold, up from 11M last year.
So, despite the lack of what seems to be short-term favor, Apple has one again defied expectations and delivered. But keep this in mind: Mac sales were relatively flat, up just one percent to 4.9M, and the iPod line continued its standard decline, down 19 percent to 5.3m. Hmm?
