Apple expected to announce another record quarter today, here is what to expect

After Google’s big financials release yesterday, today it’s Apple’s turn and this would be probably the most important announcement as everyone is expecting lots of iPhones sold and another record-shattering quarter.

What makes this quarter’s earnings particularly interesting is the sharp decline in Apple stock value over the last few months. Since September, Apple stock has tanked to around $500, down from reaching nearly $700 value.

We’ve heard numerous reports about declining supply, demand and who knows what else for Apple devices so it’d be interesting to see how many iPhones and iPad Apple actually sold. Here is Wall Street’s analysts’ forecast:

Revenue: $54.58 billionEPS: $13.34Gross Margin: 39.5%iPhone: 50 millioniPad: 23 millionMac: 5 millioniPod: 12 millionMarch quarter revenue: $46.9 billionMarch quarter EPS: $12.10March quarter gross margin: 41.5%
Stay tuned for the actual results arriving later on today.

source: Business Insider

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Pebble finally starts shipping today, iOS app delayed a bit

The Pebble Bluetooth smartwatch is Kickstarter’s biggest success story raising over $10 million and now after months of waiting, it has finally started shipping to backers.

The first batch consists of 500 units, less than expected, but it’s still reassuring that the actual device is shipping. There are still some issues, but obviously not with the device itself but rather with the iOS app that will arrive later on as it is being modified to respond to Apple reviewers feedback. The lack of an app at launch means initially you won’t be able to install new watchfaces, but still you’d be able to use core functionality like notifications and music.

Good news is the Android application will arrive on the Google Play store just in a couple of days on January 24th.

The Pebble developers have even set up a website to track the status of your Pebble order which you can check out at the source link below.

source: Kickstarter

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