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Apple posts $5.99bn quarterly net profit

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Apple said it sold 4.69 million iPads during the quarter, down from 7.33 million during the first quarter.

The Cupertino, California-based gadget-maker sold 3.76 million Macintosh computers during the quarter, up 28 percent from a year ago, and 18.65 million iPhones, up 113 percent over a year ago.

Apple sold 9.02 million iPods during the quarter, a 17 percent unit decline from a year ago.

"With quarterly revenue growth of 83 percent and profit growth of 95 percent, we're firing on all cylinders," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.

"We will continue to innovate on all fronts throughout the remainder of the year," said Jobs, who went on medical leave in January with an undisclosed illness.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011