SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. on Tuesday reported record non-holiday quarterly sales and profit which were driven by strong demand for its iPhone.
In Apple's fiscal third quarter which ended on June 27, the company's profit jumped to 1.23 billion U.S. dollars or 1.35 dollars per share, compared with 1.07 billion dollars or 1.19 dollars per share in the same period a year earlier.
Its revenue rose to 8.34 billion dollars, up nearly 12 percent from 7.46 billion dollars in the year-ago quarter.
Numbers of profit and revenue both beat expectations. According to a Bloomberg survey, analysts on average predicted profit of 1.17 dollars per share on sales of 8.21 billion dollars.
"We're making our most innovative products ever and our customers are responding," Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Jobs returned to work at the end of June after a nearly six-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant.
Apple said it sold 5.2 million iPhones in the most recent quarter, representing 626 percent unit growth over the year-ago period.
Sales of Macintosh computers also rose 4 percent to 2.6 million units. The company sold 10.2 million iPod media players during the quarter, down 7 percent compared with the year-ago period.
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