For a summer RIM has earned $495,5 million
Company Research in Motion on Thursday has published the report on sales for a summer, naming finance results of this period rather successful. The company net profit has made $495,5 million, that on 72 % above in comparison with financial indexations for the similar period last year. In total it has been delivered 6,1 million smart phones Blackberry.
For the summer period subscribers Blackberry became 2,6 million users, the general number of subscribers Blackberry on the end of summer has made 19 million
Nevertheless, financial nalysts predicted for RIM the big incomes measures: instead of expected $2,6 billion, corporate incomes have made $2,58 billion
Officially RIM yet did not give any explanations concerning shortage, however, most likely, its occurrence is caused by several, factors not dependent on the company. First, successes Blackberry were prevented by an exit new iPhone 3G. As kommunikator Apple left earlier, it has simply withdrawn at RIM a significant amount of potential buyers which otherwise would purchase Blackberry. Besides, sales Bold in the USA and other countries were constantly detained, giving thus odds kommunikatoram Apple. The second reason consists in notorious easing of the American economy which not in the best way affects demand: recently consumers prefer or cheap models Blackberry and other brands, or in general purchase usual cellular telephones without everyones navorotov.
However, it is rather probable, that will go uphill this autumn of business of the Canadian company. For this season start Bold in networks of operator AT&T is scheduled, the general increase in number of sales of data kommunikatora also is expected. Besides it, in the near future RIM plans to start sales of smart phone-folding bed BlackBerry Pearl Flip for subscribers Rogers, T-Mobile and other mobile operators.