Rumors about the next iPhone pushing the sales of current iPhones. That says Apple director Tim Cook in a call with analysts. The sale of iPhones is going to be back in the spring, but the fall was now larger than in previous years.
A factor that made the iPhone sell harder terugvielen than in previous years, according to Apple, the persistent rumors about a new iPhone with a larger screen. The new iPhone is coming according to rumors in september or October. The iPhone 4S came out last year mid-October on the market.
“We are trying our roadmap and new products to keep it a secret,” said Cook. “We go far to the secrecy to achieve. I’m going to not have the energy to stop in an attempt to get people to stop speculating. That wouldn’t work.” Also, sales in Europe were against the euro crisis, particularly in Western Europe was no growth of sales. “We definitely see a slowdown of our business in that area.”
Compared with the same quarter last year and increased the sales of iPhones, with 20 percent; the decline is only seen in comparison with the previous two quarters. Apple sold in the last quarter, 26 million iPhones. A quarter earlier, there were approximately 35 million and in the quarter in which the iPhone 4S was released 37 million.
