Citigroup’s 15th Annual Global Technology Conference was held yesterday. Present was Apple’s chief financial officer, Peter Oppenhemier, who more than diligently diverted attention away from new product release questions, while shifting the focus on Apple’s upcoming September 9th event.
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer was able to “keep analyst interested while saying as little as possible.” While not surprising in the least, Apple has routinely diverted the media by remaining tight-lipped about product launches.
“I don’t have any announcements today regarding China,” Oppenheimer said, “but for those who haven’t seen it, we’ve had three in Russia in the last 24 hours. Couldn’t be happier with where we are with iPhone distribution.
“We plan to keep offering products at a reasonable margin, but not so high to benefit our competitors,” Oppenheimer continued, advising that Apple has outgrown maret averages for the last 14-15 quarters, and confirming Apple’s 80% market share of consumer notebooks priced above $1,000.
“We’ll see how competition between solid state and hard drives work out; think it’ll be good for us and our customers in the end,” Oppenhemier said when referancing the fluctating price of Solid State Drives.
iPhone sales are pleasing: “We expect to sell more iPhones in the September quarter than in any prior quarter, ” he said. “We’re very focused on coming out with state of the art products for customers.”
As usual, Oppenheimer diverted all questions about new products, with a response showcasing Apple’s powerful team of 4,000 talented engineers. Additionally, he promised that “we’re going to rock” [at next week's Apple event].
When asked questions referring to the iPhone’s lack of voice dialing, Oppenheimer responded, “That’s the beauty of our software model. We have a team of people who are working on new innovations; can make them come out for current and new customers. Wouldn’t rule anything out….”
Hey guys, what about a little copy-and-paste? What do you say?
[via 9to5mac]
