Brandon Bailey Associated Press | Tuesday January 27, 2015 | 21:19 hrs
San Francisco Apple had another impressive quarter with its new iPhone larger, which helped the company registered record sales in the holiday season year end.
Apple said yesterday it sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months ended December 31, beating analyst expectations for models most recent the most popular Apple device, which went on sale in September.
The surge in iPhone sales boosted the total income of the company 74 000 600 million, up 30% about a year ago. Net income increased 38% to 18 billion dollars and Apple reported earnings of $ 3.06 per share. Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting earnings of $ 2.60 per share on revenue of 67 billion 390 million dollars.
Apple forecast revenue for the current quarter between 52 000 and 55 billion dollars. The midpoint of this range is slightly below the forecast of analysts estimated at 53 000 600 million for the period ending March, when sales usually drop after the peak in the winter holiday season.
Apple has set records with each new version of its iPhones. In comparison, the company sold 51 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2013, when they were new to the market its models iPhone 5s and 5c. A larger screen is the reason for the popularity of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
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