The professional analysts seem to have pretty much nailed it.

YoY unit changes:

iPhone growth 30%
iPad growth 50%
Mac sales declined by 20%(!)
iPod sales who cares.

Worth noting that last year's quarter had an extra week, so adjust these numbers up by 8% for a more accurate comparison.

To think people think iPhones are losing popularity.

After Hours: : 489.40  24.61 (4.79%)

No, its a great phone, but its just overpriced, extremely overated, and less impressive than some of those high end Android phones coming out. Nevertheless, I really do like it but in terms of value, I'm a bit disappointed. 

Apple has increased in cash reserves to $137bn, up from $122bn 13 weeks ago. +$15bn in 13 weeks is just jawdropping... :O

What does after hours mean? I thought once the market closes, nothing affects the share price till the next day. 

Poor mac sales....I guess smartphones and tablets really are killing the desktop/laptop industry. 

Euphoria14 said: To think people think iPhones are losing popularity.

Growth does seem to be slowing. Western markets are starting to get saturated, and Apple's business model isn't well suited to the pre-paid contracts that dominate developing countries. Growth rates of 20-30% might be what we can expect from now on unless Apple changes strategy, and I'm not sure a different strategy will offer more profit in the long run.

But selling 135 million phones in 2012 is okay, I guess.

why did everybody expect less? those 29% higher sales yoy for iphone doesn't really look that surprising to me, apple was still growing a lot in 2012 and in 2011 they only released the 4s or not? 

ok ipad sales increased a lot but that was also to expect since it only really started last year with the pad craziness.

famousringo said: Euphoria14 said: To think people think iPhones are losing popularity. Growth does seem to be slowing. Western markets are starting to get saturated, and Apple's business model isn't well suited to the pre-paid contracts that dominate developing countries. Growth rates of 20-30% might be what we can expect from now on unless Apple changes strategy, and I'm not sure a different strategy will offer more profit in the long run. But selling 135 million phones in 2012 is okay, I guess.

They need to ge the iTV to the market. That'll give them a good significant boost if they get it right. Also, perhaps a cheaper iphone for LEDC's...but im not too sure about that.

If rumours are to be believed, there'll be a new iPhone in May/June with a larger screen available in a wider range of colours...that could be a big winner!