Apple's latest New York store, it's 4th, in the Upper West Side district
Before kicking off the “meat” of his keynote i.e. introducing Apple’s iPad tablet, CEO Steve Jobs started with an update on his company’s latest achievements.
- 250 million iPods sold since 2001;
- 284 retail stores;
- 50 million visitors went to Apple’s retail stores last quarter;
- Apple opened its 4th store in New York City;
- App store: 140,000 apps and 3 billion downloads in 18 months;
- Apple has a “run rate” of $50+ billion a year.
A last figure, that gives Steve Jobs the bragging right to claim the #1 spot as the world’s largest mobile devices company.
Selling more mobile devices – iPods, iPhones and Mac laptops – than Sony (camcorders, walkmans, cell phones…), Samsung and Nokia!
Later in his presentation, Jobs added the following numbers:
- 75 million iPod touches and iPhones sold so far. Meaning 75 million customers that already know how to use the iPad!
- The AppStore has 125 million active accounts with credit cards all ready for one-click purchases
- Finally, Apple sold 12 billion products through its AppStore and they’re ready to take orders from iPad customers buying music, videos, ebooks and more!
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