Tim Cook Takes the Stage to Talk Numbers [Let’s Talk iPhone]

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Tim Cook took the stage at Apple HQ today to welcome everyone to today’s event. He welcomed everyone to Apple’s Town Hall, and mentioned how the company launched the iPod 10 years ago in the very same auditorium.

It’s time to talk numbers.

Retail 

  • Cook noted that Apple’s largest store in  Hong Kong Asia welcomed a record-breaking 100k visitors on its opening weekend. He said, “There is amazing momentum here. Only Apple could do this.”
  • Apple has 357 stores in 11 countries

Mac 

  • 6 million downloads of OS X Lion to date. (80% more than Snow Leopard)
  • The Mac is the number 1 best selling desktop and notebook in the US.
  • The Mac is approaching 60 million users worldwide.

iPod and iTunes

  • The iPod’s marketshare in the US has been above 70% the whole time.
  • Apple has sold 300 million iPods.
  • 45 million iPods sold since last June.
  • 20 million songs in iTunes.

iPhone 

  • Tim said, “The iPhone 4 has sold over half of all the iPhones we’ve sold since we started.”
  • The iPhone has seen 125% year over year growth.
  • 93% of Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying the iPhone.
  • iPhone is number one in customer satisfaction.
  • Apple has 5% overall market share for handsets globally.

iPad

  • 95% satisfaction rates for the iPad.
  • 92% of the Fortune 500 companies are testing/deploying iPads to employees. Cook said, “It’s unheard of.”
  • “iPad is the undisputed, top selling tablet in the world,” said Cook.
  • 3 out of the 4 tablets sold in the US are iPads.
  • 250 million iOS devices have been sold.

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