New Surface, New Kindle Fire, Record-Breaking iPhone Sales And More From The Final Week Of September - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week.

AmazonAMZN

, for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night. Meanwhile,

MicrosoftMSFT

followed through with its plans to unveil the next-generation line of Surface tablets.

AppleAAPL

bragged about the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which sold nine million units during their first weekend at retail.

GoogleGOOG

didn't have any new products to announce, but that's okay -- the company was too busy fixing Gmail to think about new devices. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ

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