Apple moved 37.4 million iPhones
and 19.5 million iPads in the first quarter, which was down from its
fourth-quarter numbers, but an improvement over the same time period last year.
Cupertino reported first-quarter
profit of $9.5 billion, which was down from the $11.6 billion it reported in
the same time period last year. Revenue landed at $43.6 billion, up from $39.2
billion last year. International sales made up 66 percent of the quarter's
revenue, Apple said.
The 37.4 million iPhones sold was
down from the 47.8 million it sold during the fourth quarter, but up from the
35.1 million iPhones sold during the same time period last year. Apple unveiled
the iPhone 5 in Q4, however, so a drop-off is to be expected.
Customers snapped up 19.5 million
iPads in the first quarter, meanwhile, down from the 22.9 million it sold in
the fourth but up from the 11.8 million sold in the year-ago quarter.
Apple sold just under 4 million
Macs in the quarter, down from 4.1 million in the fourth quarter and 4 million
a year ago.
"We are pleased to report
record March quarter revenue thanks to continued strong performance of iPhone
and iPad," Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, said in a statement. "Our teams are
hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software and services, and we are
very excited about the products in our pipeline."
Apple now has a cash pile of $145
billion, according to CFO Peter Oppenheimer.Apple will hold a call with
analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern so stay tuned for all the details.
As a result, Apple will expand its
buyback program. "The Company expects to utilize a total of $100 billion
of cash under the expanded program by the end of calendar 2015," Apple
said. "This represents a $55 billion increase to the program announced
last year and translates to an average rate of $30 billion per year from the
time of the first dividend payment in August 2012 through December 2015."
Courtesy: PCMag
