KQED Nightly Business Report October 26, 2012
Launched ipad mini has yet to hit stores. Still, apple sold nearly 27 million iphones during june throughseptember quarter, well more than expected. Experts say apples biggest problem was that it couldnt make enough iphones. Iphone 5 is going to continue to be an absolutely huge product. One thing iphone 5 has that the tablets dont is subsidies. Because iphone is sold be carriers, you can get that upfront price down to 199. Reporter as for ipad sales, they were a bit sluggish in the quarter. Thats because there was a bit of a pause in demand ahead of the tinier tablets release. Consumers bough...