iPod sales figures porn
You may recall the Macalope taking several careless goof balls to task for attempting to parlay the decline in iPod sales quarter over quarter since Apple sold an astounding 14 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005 as “slipping iPod sales.” Meanwhile, thoughtful analysts looked at the sales growth from the same quarters the prior year.
But the Macalope never dreamed that Apple would be able to beat 14 million and fully expected sales to be down this quarter from last year. Enter Piper Jaffrey’s Gene Munster who estimates Apple will sell 14.7 million iPods in the current quarter.
And he thinks that may be conservative.
“Our current expectations for the quarter could prove to be low,” Munster added.
Ooh, Gene.
Baby.
You know what the Macalope likes.
Leafy greens?
Well, that too.
There should be a warning about visiting Macalope right after Crazy Apple Rumors. Did anyone misread that title to indicate that the iTunes Music Store would sell explicit images in order to combat the Zune’s error dialog?
Ooh, this is like the old Beat The Analysts game on AtAT.
I bet 15.6 million iPods! Woo!
Actually, beating 14 million does seem crazy. Surely everyone has them by now? Maybe everyone doesn’t. And maybe some people do, but they lost them or broke them or just want one that plays Tetris.
We’ll see. 15.6 million. That’s my bet. When do we find out. January?
> “Did anyone misread that title to indicate that the iTunes Music Store would sell explicit images in order to combat the Zune’s error dialog?”
No, but *they should so do that*.
This is one of my favorite Macalope posts. I return to it again and again, and it cracks me up every time. Perfect blend of authorial conceit, real news and analysis.