Apple Records iPhone and iPad Sales

Apple’s earnings have just been released and as expected, the company has been seeing profit in its iPhone, iPad and even Mac sales however, its iPod sales took a dip of a whopping 52% compared to the same period last year. In the earnings report, the Cupertino company had a record sales for its iPhones with 51 million units sold compared to 47.8million units last year. Unfortunately, the company did not give a breakdown on the numbers for iPhone 5S and 5C. iPad sales also recorded a quarterly high with 26 million units compared to 22.9 million units a year ago. As for Mac, the sales also jumped from 4.1 million to 4.8 million this quarter. Apple also reported a quarterly revenue of USD$57.6 billion. Sadly while everything else is going uphill, it looks like the iPod has a very bleak future. With iPhones around, especially the iPhone 5C which looks like a cross between an iPod and an iPhone, there’s really no need for anyone to get a dedicated music player when their phone can already do the same thing. The iPod sees a drop of 52% in sales, 55% in revenue, and without a doubt, it’s the most expensive iPod models that took the hardest hit. Finally, while everything else seems fine and dandy with record sales, Apple’s shares took a dip of over 7% after the financial report was release. According to Wall Street analysts, Apple reported fewer sales than expected for the iPhone – they predicted 55 million units but only 51 million were sold.