Apple reports quarterly revenue up 60%, Mac sales up 33%

Apple has announced its revenue figures for the quarter that just ended on June 30th. The company says it made $15.7 billion in revenue during that span, which represents a sixty percent increase over the year ago quarter. The quarter included just the first seven days of sales of the new iPhone as well as the first few months of iPad sales. However the revenue increase was not merely the result of new product launches, as sales of Macintosh computers were up thirty-three percent over the year-ago quarter. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, “It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple’s history with iPhone 4,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year.”