"IMac was released too early" - IDG.se

Last fall launched Apple iMac with the super thin design and the new screen manufacturing technology which both helped to launch did not lead to immediate sales begin. In the end, it took several months before Apple’s suppliers could begin to meet the demand.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> to the new models, possibly launched prematurely admitted Apple CEO Tim Cook to a direct question from JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz in the conference after yesterday’s quarterly report.

– Looking back , I wish we had waited until after the New Year. Customers did not have to wait as long as they did.

Cook also explained Apple reduced profit margins that it has more products and, for example, the iPhone 4 is still selling but has a much lower price now.

Apple’s large accumulation “money” is to be used to buy back shares and increase dividends to shareholders, but because a large proportion of these are “fixed” abroad and can not be repatriated to the United States without incurring high taxes, Apple first taking out a loan in order to make back the purchase of shares.