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APPLE HAVE ANNOUNCED their results for the last three months, and, as is becoming the norm, the figures are pretty special.
However, the company had very little to say about how the much hyped (and much destroyed) Apple Watch is doing, with CEO Tim Cook speaking more in vague generalities about his company’s latest magnum opus, the first original hardware to be launched under his tenure.
Normally Apple are quite keen to tell the world how well their latest models are doing. Not so with the Watch, which officially went on sale on 24 April, with no sales figures forthcoming.
“Right now, demand is greater than supply, and so we’re working hard to remedy that,” Cook told an investors’ conference call.
Apple Watch margins will be lower than company average. It is a new product for us, and with any kind of new product, you wind up taking some time to fully ramp.
Sales of the company’s flagship iPhone 6 are up , strongly boosted by sales in China where takings of €15.3 (up 71%) billion outstripped that of America for the first time.
Cook says the company’s better performance in China is down to the country’s expanding middle class.
Apple sold 61.2 million iPhones up to end March, up 40% from a year ago. It sold 12.6 million iPads however, down 23% from this time last year.
The Apple Mac meanwhile continues to dominate the desktop market, as it has done consistently since 2013.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have proven very popular with customers worldwide, helping the company overtake Samsung in global smartphone sales for the first three months of the year.
Overall revenue rose to €53.2 billion for the quarter ended March 28, from €41.8 billion a year earlier. That beat industry expectations (of €51.3 billion) although not to the same extent as in previous quarters (Apple beating investor expectations is considered the norm at this stage).
The results have seen only muted reflection in Apple’s share price , with a moderate 1.6% boost to about €123.33. This may be a result of the stuttering Apple Watch launch, or just the company paying the price for their own history of high performance.
Don’t be worrying about Apple becoming paupers though. After this set of results they’re working with a cash pile of €178 billion.
And they’re still the most valuable company in the world, worth roughly €690 billion. Not to be sniffed at.
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Best of luck to Joanna , always a pleasant & friendly personality on RTE & did brilliantly in that dancing show. Still, that’s an unusual phrase to accompany a resignation ‘ my leaving has nothing to do with my work product’. Best of luck in future endeavours & happy retirement.
@Mary Linton: she freaks me out with. Her reports, flouncing like she is some sort when she ain’t.
@Basildon Joe: There’s always one, Joe. And today, you are centre stage.
Richard Head.
@Mary Linton: Gin clear Blue skies for your future, Joanna. You always explained the weather as well as giving the forecast. Your 2 books are also fantastic
@Mary Linton: it had nothing to do with her
work product, just the content she was given to push….. she knew she was spouting bullshït to further an agenda that may have taken its toll, if so fair play to her for having the courage to walk away
@Jim: Was it the chemtrails, Jim? Womble
@Basildon Joe: Get out of it Joe.
Comes across as a lovely lady, best of luck with your next venture Joanna
Very unusual way to sign off. Best of luck to her.
Good luck Joanna with your new adventures always so pleasant
Sad to hear, but the best of luck Joanne.
Good luck. Enjoy the freer atmosphere.
@Michael Walsh: sad to see her go very good at her job
Going to miss Joanna and that gorgeous friendly smile on RTE Weather news,
Best of luck Joanna.Always enjoyed your forecasts even if they were for bad weather
Always liked her, comes across as a good person. Wishing her all the best in what she does next. Judging by comments elsewhere, she seems to trigger the Right, for some reason.
More power to her, change is good for you. Her first book was great for the kids. And it creates an opportunity for someone else to step up.
Wishing her the very best and she was it appears very down to earth. I hope what ever you do it’s fulfilling and exciting.
Best of luck. Yourself and Gerry were firm favourites in this household for presenting the weather. Wish you all the best
She was always good humored even when the forecast was bad. Her presence made it feel a bit better. Slang go fill.
@hans vos: Slan go foil .
Best wishes Joanna and may fair weather follow you always.
Best wishes to your next adventures, not everything is about being in the public eye. May you find calm spells with gusts of laughter reaching full force and then easing overnight.
Joanna I always enjoyed your forecast. We will miss you and very fresh approach. Good luck going forward.
Nobody will ever beat Jean Byrne !
Best wishes for the future Joanna,you will be missed you were a really good presenter X
Best Wishes to Joanna – I always enjoyed her forecasts and the way she communicated them
Always gave a detailed and enthusiastic forecast. Best of luck on your new venture.
Slan go foil. I always enjoyed her way of forecasting, trying to explain the bigger picture behind the weather. Best of luck Joanna!
I believe she suffers from insomnia I do know what it’s like A nightmare
Wishing her all the best in her new direction. She did a good job.
Bit of an innovator – Dancing With The Stars *before retirement. Still – enjoy.
Good luck in whatever you do a pleasure to watch and listen to
I recall one time when she hadn’t quite struck her pose correctly as the camera started rolling,ah bless her.
Maybe she has aspirations of becoming a real journalist instead of working with the goverment spokes persons in the rte news room
@Joe Doyle: she’s not a journalist, she’s a meteorologist
@Joe Doyle: I think you will find most of the investigative journalism that is done in Ireland is done by RTE- Tuam babies, Maurice McCabe, Stardust etc
@Joe Doyle: She worked for Met Eireann.
Absolute Pro, best of Luck Joanna for the future
She’s going to be the next pope!
@Padraig O’Brien: we’ll see what’s on the washing line next week
We interrupt your broadcast with urgent news. Joanna Donnelly has vanished from RTÉ—not retired, removed. Sources at Met Éireann confirm: a media coup led by VMN’s own Collette “Doom Merchant” Fitzpatrick. Donnelly’s accurate forecasts were too calm. Collette demanded chaos—firestorms, ice tsunamis, dramatic pauses. Instruments failed, weather maps glitched, and thermometers turned to lava lamps. Donnelly’s final forecast? Coded in wind and birdsong. They silenced her voice—but if you listen closely… she’s still broadcasting.
Quality forecaster & an always in great form too. Best of luck to her
Wonder was she in Tramore last week
Excellent p8
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