“All in all, Apple sold 58.6 million devices (iPhones, iPads, Macs, and iPods) at an average operating profit of $263 a unit, an all-time profitability record. That means that each device sold — whether an iPad or the lowly Shuffle — on average earned Apple $263 before taxes. To put that in perspective: Nokia (NOK) made $3 per unit while Research in Motion (RIMM) made $57 per unit last quarter reported.”
