Earnings reports for smartphone/tablet related companies

[Vanraw]

Well I was right - everyone else missed, and Apple beat. Up over 5% after hours, but that might not hold up tomorrow. iPhones beat by a mile (31.2 million vs 26.5 expected), but everything else (iPads, macs, iPods) was low. Should change with the upcoming product refresh...

The problem Apple, cough and Grieve cough.... Is they cant tell the toast is burning.



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New industry figures from Strategy Analytics show that Samsung shipped 2.4 times more smartphones worldwide than Apple in the second quarter, up from 1.9 times in the first quarter of 2013 and the second quarter last year, and from 1.3 times in the first quarter of 2012. It also represents Samsung’s biggest ever lead over Apple on smartphone shipments since the first iPhone launched in early 2007.

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Apple Inc this week said its revenue in Greater China, which also includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, slumped 43 percent to $4.65 billion from the previous quarter. That was also 14 percent lower from the year-ago quarter. Sales were weighed down by a sharp drop in revenues from Hong Kong. "It's not totally clear why that occurred," Cook said on a conference call with analysts.

Samsung, with a longer history in China, now has three times the number of retail stores as Apple, and has been more aggressive in courting consumers and creating partnerships with phone operators