San Francisco  - Powered by unprecedented demand for its Macbooks, iPhones and iPods, Apple reported record revenue and third quarter profits Monday.

Net quarterly profits were 1.07 billion dollars, or 1.19 dollars per diluted share, compared to 818 million dollars, or 92 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. The Silicon Valley manufacturer of computers, phones and media players posted revenue of 7.46 billion dollars compared to 5.41 billion dollars a year ago.

International sales accounted for 42 per cent of the quarter's revenue, with the remaining sales coming from the US, where the once niche company is now the third-largest computer seller after Dell and HP.

According to a press release, Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh computers during the quarter, representing 41 per cent unit growth and 43 per cent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. The company sold 11,011,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 12 per cent unit growth and 7 per cent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone units sold were 717,000 compared to 270,000 in the year-ago-quarter.

"We're proud to report the best June quarter for both revenue and earnings in Apple's history," said chief executive Steve Jobs. "We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we're busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months." (dpa)