Apple continues its secure financial year withrecord - break 2nd - quarter iPhone cut-rate sale : The companionship sell 61.2 million iPhones in the quarter ending March 28 , which also happened to be the second biggest quarter for iPhone sale ever . ( The first ? Last quarter , when the Cupertino troupe sold 74.5 million iPhones . )
Apple rake in a profit of $ 13.6 billion off $ 58 billion in revenue , nonplus analyst expectations and its own . Apple forecast internally that it would rack up $ 55 billion and analyst look $ 56.08 billion from the company during the second one-quarter , up from $ 45.6 billion during the 2nd quarter of 2014 .
iPhone sales alone contribute $ 40.2 billion in receipts to Apple ’s killer 2nd quarter .
“ We are thrilled by the continued strength of iPhone , Mac and the App Store , which drove our best March poop results ever , ” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the troupe ’s earnings written report printing press release . “ We ’re find out a higher charge per unit of mass switching to iPhone than we ’ve experienced in previous cycle , and we ’re off to an exciting start to the June quarter with the launch of Apple Watch . ”
We have a bun in the oven to pick up more about Apple Watch preorders on Apple ’s second - quarter earnings call Monday afternoon .
analyst expect Apple to trade 58.1 million iPhones , 13.6 million iPads , and 4.7 million Macs , according to forecasting collected byBloomberg . The company slipped on iPad and Mac sales with 12.6 million and 4.6 million sell , respectively . To compare : Apple sold 21.4 million iPads last quarter and 16.3 million in Q2 of last yr ; and sold 5.5 million Macs last quarter and 4.1 million in the second quarter of last yr .
Apple ’s success in China is contributing to the caller ’s potent fiscal showing this year . While revenue in the Americas , Europe , Japan , and the rest of Asia Pacific fall from Apple ’s gangbusters first one-quarter , revenue in China grew from $ 16.1 million to $ 16.8 million . Revenue in China jumped 71 percent year - over - year . International sale contributed 69 percent of the company ’s Q2 revenue .
Tune intoApple ’s profit conference callat 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern , or check back here for a retread when it wraps .
