Tim Cook: Apple Has Sold More Than 1 Billion iOS Devices

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed on Tuesday during the company's quarterly earnings call that it has sold more than 1 billion iOS devices to date since launching the original iPhone over seven years ago. According to Cook, the impressive milestone, which accounts for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, was reached in November and was helped along by a record-breaking 74.5 million iPhones sold in Q1 2015. The milestone device was kept by Apple and is at the company's Cupertino headquarters.

Cook emphasized that iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus demand was stronger than any other iPhone it has ever released, selling at a pace of roughly 34,000 devices per hour. The success of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was aided by the widest international rollout of an iOS device to date, with the smartphone launching in more places than ever before and in a total of 130 countries.

1 Billion iOS devices shipped!! - Philip Schiller (@pschiller) January 27, 2015

Article Link: Tim Cook: Apple Has Sold More Than 1 Billion iOS Devices

 

[Traverse]

That's impressive, I wonder how many people own iDevices thought, just out of curiosity.
I know many iDevice purchasers are repeat purchasers.

 

[Dekema2]

They need a sign in each Apple Store that says "Billions and Billions sold."

 

[borneo76]

geez...that's a lot iphones.....impressive!

 

[ucfgrad93]

geez...that's a lot iphones.....impressive!

That number also includes iPads. Nevertheless, it is still an impressive number.

 

[tylerlovesapple]

Q1 of 2015? Isn't that from January to March?

 

[ucfgrad93]

Q1 of 2015? Isn't that from January to March?

For a calendar year, yes. But Apple's fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.

 

[chabig]

That number also includes iPads. Nevertheless, it is still an impressive number.

...and iPod Touches.

 

[marcelvelky]

!

well, a lot of devices... .)

 

[Apple4everr]

Still somehow the share prices goes down, never seems to amazes me

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Share price movements are about the future, not the past. If Apple had guided by saying, "and over the next few quarters, we expect to blow THESE numbers away", share prices would roar much higher.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Q1 of 2015? Isn't that from January to March?

Still somehow the share prices goes down, never seems to amazes me

Share price movements are about the future, not the past. If Apple had guided by saying, "and over the next few quarters, we expect to blow THESE numbers away", share prices would roar much higher.

The stock is up in after hours trading anyways as of now.

 

[djgamble]

That's impressive, I wonder how many people own iDevices thought, just out of curiosity.
I know many iDevice purchasers are repeat purchasers.

yeah it's a point... I'd say a lot, however this release has a lot more people upgrading from say iPhone 4/4S' as well as switchers. Whereas, I suspect some releases were basically about fanatics buying the latest Apple gear because they can.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Edited: Never mind. Misread the the title.

 

[jimac]

Originally Posted by borneo76
geez...that's a lot iphones.....impressive!

Originally Posted by ucfgrad93
That number also includes iPads. Nevertheless, it is still an impressive number.

Originally Posted by chabig
...and iPod Touches.


... and 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TVs (don't know if the original Apple TV was considered an iOS device).

 

[Traverse]

The thread title should say Apple has sold... not Tim Cook. One man does not a company make.

The title indicates that Tim Cook has stated it.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The title indicates that Tim Cook has stated it.

I misread the title. Thank you for the correction.

 

[ron7624]

Mind boggling actually. I can't get a grasp of that many devices.

 

[BobKay]

How can they keep the 1 billionth device sold? I mean, if they keep it, they haven't sold it.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Can't wait to see the keynote slide.

That's a lot of devices.

 

[wolfaaron]

How can they keep the 1 billionth device sold? I mean, if they keep it, they haven't sold it.

They can keep the billionth device made (which might be what they mean) but I guess technically they can buy it for themselves too.

 

[lra108]

At the rate Apple's selling iphones,it wont be long before they reach the next billion...

 

[gnasher729]

At the rate Apple's selling iphones,it wont be long before they reach the next billion...

About three years. (More than 95 million devices this quarter, but that was Christmas with a new iPhone, 1 billion in three years is 83 million devices per quarter on average which looks achievable).

 

[FieldingMellish]

Apple is approaching McDonald's numbers.

 

[apolloa]

Apple needs to be very careful, I see that iPad sales dropped by a fifth and IPhone sales were so high mainly due to the Chinese market they entered last year. They best hope the sales with everything none IPhone increase.