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Google Play beats Apple in Q2 app downloads, but still gets half the revenue
App Annie has released its new report data tracking app downloads and revenue for the Google Play Store and Apple’s iTunes App Store. As we have been expecting, Google Play’s download trends have continued and led to the store overtaking Apple in Q2; but despite the download numbers, Google Play is still well behind on revenue.
According to App Annie’s new numbers, Google Play pulled in 10% more downloads than Apple’s App Store, but Apple still generated 2.3 times as much in revenue. When the data was broken down by region, things haven’t changed all that much. The U.S. and China are the top of the list for app downloads in the App Store, with the U.S. and Japan leading on App Store revenue. On the Google Play side, the U.S. and South Korea top the app download list. Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. lead on revenue and those three countries account for 70% of all Google Play app revenue.
On iOS, games still lead the way on app downloads, accounting for 40% of all downloads and a whopping 75% of all revenue. However, music and social networking apps have been making a push in the rankings. Google Play also saw games leading the way with 40% of downloads and 80% of revenue. The other big winners on Google Play were communications apps.
Stronger than expected Apple iPhone sales help Apple top Q3 earnings estimate
Surprising Wall Street with a strong quarter of Apple iPhone sales, Apple reported stronger than expected fiscal third quarter earnings leading to a 4% pop in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Apple sold 31.2 million units of the iPhone, topping estimates of 26.5 million phones that analysts had expected Apple to report. Last quarter, Apple sold 37.4 million units of its iconic smartphone, while last year it sold 26 million in the same period. After-hours, Apple’s shares are up $21.80 to $440.79 after dropping over $7 during regular trading hours.
While analysts had expected Apple to sell 18 million units of the Apple iPad in Q3, Apple actually rang up sales of 14.6 million tablets. That was down sequentially from the 19.5 million sold last quarter and down from the 17 million it sold last year during the same three month period.
For the quarter, Apple reported a profit of $6.9 billion or $7.47 a share. That topped an estimate of Wall Street analysts by 15 cents a share. Last year, the company reported third quarter profits of $8.8 billion or $9.32 a share. Revenue came in at $35.3 billion for 2013, up from $35 billion last year. Apple forecast that it will produce revenue in the range of $34 billion to $37 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter. Analysts expect Apple to report $37 billion in revenue for the period.
Apple CEO Tim Cook once again hinted at a Apple iWatch when he mentioned that new products are on the way. “We are laser-focused and working hard on some amazing new products that we will introduce in the fall and across 2014,” said Cook after Apple reported its earnings. Apple recently filed to trademark the iWatch name in various countries. A recent report stated that an Apple iWatch release has been delayed as Apple has hired more engineers to help them get to the next level in designing the product.
Elsewhere in Apple’s product lineup, consensus estimates sought iPad sales totaling 17.62 million units in the fiscal third quarter, while iPod sales were seen falling to 4.98 million units from 6.75 million in FQ3 2012, and Mac sales were expected to decline marginally to 3.86 million units. Apple on Tuesday said it sold 14.6 million iPads, 4.57 million iPods and 3.8 million Mac computers last quarter.
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