iPhones and iPads and MacBooks, OH MY! We all know Apple products are popular, and getting even more popular every day. Gone are the days when I’d get weird looks for being an Apple fan – now I’m totally mainstream. I knew iPhones were massively popular, but even I’m amazed and a little appalled at these numbers.
Apple has released its Q2 earnings for 2015 – their second quarter ends March 28th. So, how’d they do? Well, they saw quarterly revenue of $58 billion and quarterly net profit of $13.6 billion. Let’s just pause and let that sink in. In three months, Apple made $13.6 billion. That’s a whole lot of cash. 69% of that came from overseas sales. But what were they selling?
Well, in that period the company sold 61.2 million iPhones. This is particularly impressive if compared to last year’s numbers when they “only” sold 43.7 million iPhones in the same period. iPad sales have continued to slump, but this could be due to lack of any major updates, as well as some people shifting to the iPhone 6 Plus. CEO Tim Cook said during the earnings call:
We are thrilled by the continued strength of iPhone, Mac and the App Store, which drove our best March quarter results ever. We’re seeing a higher rate of people switching to iPhone than we’ve experienced in previous cycles, and we’re off to an exciting start to the June quarter with the launch of Apple Watch.
While the numbers don’t include the launch of the Apple Watch, the demand for that wearable is insanely high despite critics panning it. Cook explained that they actually need to ramp up production as demand is greater than supply at the moment.
The numbers are great for Apple and sort of mind-boggling. How many millions of iPhones can you sell? Does everyone on Earth have an iPhone? It’s certainly starting to look that way. At this rate, it’s hard to even compare to the other players on the market. No wonder the App Store is so important for mobile game developers – that market share is simply beyond compare.
Last Updated: April 29, 2015
Jonah Cash
April 29, 2015 at 20:20
Hahahahaha. I have a new iPhone 6. Now my collection is a 3,4,5 and now the 6 all with their boxes. Seems that they won’t be worth anything any time soon. Thought I would collect them, but it will take ages for them to not be available and worth something.
Ranting Raptor
April 30, 2015 at 07:12
I’m not quite sure that will work with cellphones….
Jonah Cash
April 30, 2015 at 10:06
I bet you who ever has one of those Apple phones from the 80’s is looking at a huge pay day if he wants to get rid of it… But those weren’t maid in the millions so yeah I see your point 🙂
Brady miaau
April 29, 2015 at 21:12
money money money money… MONEY
Cool tag. Wow. Lots of phones. I wonder how many were sold to people who already had at least a iPhone 4.
Hammersteyn
April 30, 2015 at 07:37
Very cool
Michael Matusowsky
April 30, 2015 at 01:23
Are there even 40 million people in the world that can afford iPhones? Who the fuck are these rich people?
bb
April 30, 2015 at 03:00
creditcards and paymentplans, debt-slavery is for everyone, much like the iphone and all the other garbage people are tricked into buying.
Ranting Raptor
April 30, 2015 at 07:08
an estimated 7 – 8 billion people on earth…. No not everyone on the planet has one
#ThatGuy
Her Highness the Hipster
April 30, 2015 at 07:59
#thatgirl
https://twitter.com/yesthatsthejoke
Ranting Raptor
April 30, 2015 at 08:58
lol wurt?
Xcalibersa
April 30, 2015 at 07:30
A lot of idiots in the world
Hammersteyn
April 30, 2015 at 07:46
http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/gif-apple-store-sheep-animals-2024395.gif
Lord Chaos
April 30, 2015 at 08:15
That’s just giving sheep a bad name.
Don’t you have any iZombie gifs?
Hammersteyn
April 30, 2015 at 08:43
http://i.imgflip.com/kuxn4.gif
Jonah Cash
April 30, 2015 at 10:07
Did you see me? Third row 5 from the left side….
Hammersteyn
April 30, 2015 at 10:30
XD
Jonah Cash
April 30, 2015 at 10:07
Baaaaaa
Pariah
April 30, 2015 at 10:12
XD
Greylingad
April 30, 2015 at 08:20
In two years there are going to be a lot of bent scrap metal all over the world…
FoxOneZA
April 30, 2015 at 11:01
That’s a lot of bending lol
FoxOneZA
April 30, 2015 at 11:01
“Apple Watch, the demand for that wearable is insanely high” << In USA. For the rest of the world? No.
Walter Gray
July 15, 2015 at 05:56
I thought that since iPhone has become part of everyone’s life, Apple should have not problem in secure an profit in the market?
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