Here are some of the Mind Blowing facts about Apple Inc. :
1. The apple Retail store is the most profitable store on the planet.
2. Thousands of people camp out overnight at Apple store around the world to be first to buy a new product.
3. The average store generates $5600 per sq. foot, and attracts more than 20,000 visitors per week.
4. The apple store on fifth Avenue in Manhattan is said to be one of the most photographed landmark in the world.
5. Apple ipad's retina display is actually manufactured by Samsung.
6. Apple has over 80,000 employees all over the world.
7. Apple sold 340,000 iphones per day in 2012.
8. Apple earns US$300,000 per minute.
9. Apple's Iphone has higher sales than everything Microsoft has to sold.
10. Products made by Apple do not have a direct off switch. They main reason behind this was Steve Job’s fear of death.
11. Apple generated $43.7 billion in sales during the first three months of 2014. That's more than Google, Amazon, and Facebook COMBINED.
12. Samsung sold twice as many phones as Apple in Q1, but generated about the same amount of revenue, and much less profit. (Samsung did $6.3 billion versus Apple's $13 billion.)
13. Apple's iPhone business generated $26 billion in revenue in Jan-March period. Microsoft's ENTIRE business generated $20.04 billion over the same time. The iPhone is growing faster than Microsoft, too.
14. Apple's net profit was $10.2 billion for the first quarter of 2014. That's more than what Amazon has earned in its entire 20-year existence.
15. Apple now has 800 million iTunes accounts. That's 800 million credit cards on file, which is more than any other company in the world.
16. Apple says it added 60 million new users in the last six months. Twitter, which is free, only added 23 million new users in the last six months.
17. Apple was founded on April Fools Day
Bonus: first Apple Phone 1983
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