Global (fiscal Q1)
The US-headquartered computer giant reported record financial results for the first fiscal quarter as expected.
For the holiday quarter, ended December 31, Apple said net income nearly doubled to $565 million (€467.9m; £321.8m), from $295m in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter rose 65% to $5.75 billion from $3.49 billion a year ago.
The quarterly results were due almost entirely to runaway sales of the iPod digital music player.
However, fiscal Q2's revenue forecast of $4.3bn is short of the $4.63bn expected by analysts. As a result Apple shares dropped in after-hours trading.
Global (calendar Q4)
Strong demand for mobile phones with camera and music features has helped propel the world's fourth largest cellphone manufacturer to record fourth quarter sales and profits.
It shipped 16.1 million phones in the last three months of 2005, a rise of 28% on the same period in 2004. Pre-tax profits rose by 47% to €206m ($248.8m; £141.6m).
Company president Miles Flint said he expected the profit margin to hold at about 9% this year, with the handset market growing at 10%.
Data sourced from Financial Times online and BBC Online; additional content by WARC staff
