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No surprise here, Apple made $45.6 billion in the second quarter this year and sold more than 43.7 million iPhones.
During the same quarter it sold 16.3 million iPads which is down from the 19.5 million in the previous year. The earnings and revenues were released Wednesday by Apple, and it caused its stock to jump more than 8 per cent.
The company sold 4.1 million Macs in the March quarter, compared to 3.95 million that same time last year. According to the company there are now nearly 800 million iTunes accounts.
“We’re very proud of our quarterly results, especially our strong iPhone sales and record revenue from services,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re eagerly looking forward to introducing more new products and services that only Apple could bring to market.”
The tech company made $2.6 billion in iTunes revenue for the quarter which is a new record. According to the results international sales accounted for 66 per cent of the quarter’s revenue.
The sales of iPod’s were down during the quarter with revenue coming in at $461 million, the company sold $962 million at this same time last year.
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