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Apple saw a drop in tablet revenue in the three months to the end of June 2013, although iPhone sales grew.
Apple shifted 31.2m units in the period, up 20% from a year earlier, when it sold 26m iPhones in the third quarter. Tablet sales saw a slump, however, with revenue down 14.1% to 14.6m from the same quarter last year. The company also sold 3.8m Macs compared to 4m a year earlier.
However the tech company has posted better-than-expected profits in its third quarter to $6.9bn (£4.5bn), although these profits were 22% down on the same quarter last year and profit margins decreased to 36.98% from 42.8%. Sales for the quarter totalled $35.3bn, up marginally from $35bn revenue in the same period last year.
Shares rose by 5% after the results were posted. Tim Cook, Apple c.e.o. said: “We are especially proud of our record June quarter iPhone sales of over 31 million and the strong growth in revenue from iTunes, Software and Services.”
He added: “We are really excited about the upcoming releases of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks, and we are laser-focused and working hard on some amazing new products that we will introduce in the fall and across 2014.”
International sales accounted for 57% of the quarter’s revenue, Apple said.