Apple Inc. has revealed their financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013, and it includes the sales of the iPhone.
According to Apple, the company saw $37.5 billion in revenue, which includes a net profit of $7.5 billion or $8.26 per diluted share.
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Despite the $37.5 billion in the quarterly revenue, the figure is up from the $36 billion Apple saw during the same period in 2012. Of the $37.5 billion, 60 percent accounted for international sales outside the United States.
The Cupertino-based organization revealed 33.8 million iPhones were sold during the latest quarter, which is a record for September quarter compared to the same period last year. In the September 2012 fiscal quarter, Apple sold 26.9 million iPhones.
"We're excited to go into the holidays with our new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, iOS 7, the new iPad mini with Retina Display and the incredibly thin and light iPad Air, new MacBook Pros, the radical new Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks and the next generation iWork and iLife apps for OS X and iOS," said Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, in a statement, whom stated to be "pleased" with the quarter's results.
"We generated $9.9 billion in cash flow from operations and returned an additional $7.8 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the September quarter, bringing cumulative payments under our capital return program to $36 billion," said Apple's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer.
As Latinos Post reported, Apple confirmed 9 million units of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c were sold during its first weekend on Sept. 20. The Cupertino-based organization didn't reveal specific numbers for the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c. The 9 million units for both phones were 4 million units more than the first-weekend sales of the iPhone 5 in September 2012, which sold 5 million units.
The iPhone sales are expected to increase as more than 30 countries launched the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion Island, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Apple's fourth-quarter financial results were live streamed on Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. EST, and can be replayed by clicking here.
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