Apple Sold 1.4M Apple TVs in Most Recent Quarter vs. 2.8M Sold in All
of Fiscal 2011
apple sold 1.4 million apple tv set-top boxes in q1 2012 quarter, apple ceo tim cook disclosed during today's earnings call. cook disclosed apple sold 2.8 million apple tvs in of fiscal 2011, last quarter's results seem represent significance acceleration of sales product.
the current generation apple tv released @ beginning of fiscal 2011, means apple has sold 4.2 million 2nd generation (ios-based) apple tvs in total. impressive, considering google's set-top box efforts have fallen flat far. however, these numbers, tim cook still considers apple tv "hobby" because on dollar-for-dollar basis, device barely makes dent in apple's earnings numbers.
answering analyst's question apple's living room plans future, tim cook dodged obvious inference apple-branded television set , instead noted:
in past year, apple has added support apple tv streaming service major league baseball, national basketball association, , national hockey league, among others.
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