Apple to take over the living room?

[rocketpig]

Oyvoyvoyv said:

rocketpig said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

I also checked a bit on your last comment, and I found this, which is kind of interesting.

Apple loses money on Ipods sold in USA, and go even in most countries. They earn in some countries where prices are high, but their overall Ipod hardware sales are at a slight loss.

They lose money on Iphones sold.

They earn minimally from their Macs sold, at least the ones I looked at.

Apple TVs - no idea.

 

So looking at this, they earn pretty much all their money from Itunes, (and a tiny bit from Mac software).

Selling 5 million songs a day isn't all that bad :D

 

This is a nearly worthless thread but that information is really interesting.  Would you please quote your sources?

 

Whoa. I find that information highly suspect. In the past, I know Apple was making huge profits on iPod but not the iTunes Store. I doubt that has changed.

As for the iPhone, it was calculated at launch they were making ~$1000-1500 from each sale once their cut from AT&T was added in (now their contract is done differently). I can't remember the exact number but it was obnoxiously high.

Sorry, but I call BS on that. Apple can't be turning the profits they do and sell their iPods/iPhones at a loss, especially when it contradicts things I have read in the past.

 

 WoW, it's from the Aftenposten newspaper in Norway. They did a 3 page report on Apple, and they stated the Ipod and Iphone facts.

The Mac stuff, I'm unable to find.

The Itunes stuff, was my assumption only. How can you not earn money on selling songs? It doesn't make sense that they aren't making heaps on selling songs downloadable. I mean, what expenses do they really have?

 

Most of the money goes to the label. The rest basically covers overhead. It's possible Apple has streamlined it a bit and is now making money but this was not the case 2-3 years ago. I have no idea what the situation is on movies and video.

As for the article you read, it's entirely possible that the data is very different for Norway than it is for most of the rest of the world. I know that in America, the iPhone is massively profitable. Of course, we know that the contract situations are very different for every country.

It's also possible that Apple is subsidizing some countries in an attempt to cover the market. But I guarantee you that is not the case across the board. Their products have to be profitable or they would be losing money by the boatload, seeing as iPod sales are over 50% of their revenue last I checked.