Reporting its first quarter 2012 financial results today, Apple said it sold a record-breaking 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, a 128 percent increase year-over-year, and up from 17.01 million units in the prior quarter. Apple sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter—another record—up 111 percent from the year-ago quarter and up from 11.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011. Finally, the company said it sold 15.4 million iPods during the holiday quarter — a 21 percent decrease compared to the same quarter last year, but up from 6.62 million in Q4 2011.
Unit sales of iPhones, iPads, and iPods bring the cumulative totals for the three device categories to 183 million, 55.28 million, and 336.58 million, respectively.
Apple posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share, representing all-time revenue and profit highs, compared with revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share in Q1 2011. Revenue from Other Music Related Products and Services, which includes revenue from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore in addition to sales of iPod services and Apple-branded and third-party iPod accessories, was $2.027 billion for the quarter, up 42 percent year-over-year and 21 percent over the prior quarter.
“We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”
“We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which will span 13 weeks, we expect revenue of about $32.5 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $8.50.”
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