In Q4 2014, Apple sold a record number of iPhones and Macs, setting a revenue and profit record for a fiscal quarter of this kind, all on the back of new sales records for iPhones. At this moment in Cupertino, Tim Cook and Apple's CFO, Luca Maestri, are talking about what the company has achieved in the last three months, but also about its future plans, both financially and in terms of regarding the products to be launched.
This article will be updated with the notable information presented by Apple, so you can update it constantly.
- Tim Cook claims that 2014 brought the biggest launch for iPhone terminals so far;
- The demand for iPhone terminals exceeds the production capacity of Apple's partners;
- Apple had the biggest increase in revenue in the last 2 and a half years;
- iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in over 115 countries by the end of the year;
- Over 85 billion downloads were made through the App Store, the receipts increasing by 36% compared to the same period last year;
- Fiscal year 2014 brought in $183 billion for Apple;
- 243 million iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches were sold in fiscal year 2014;
- 19 million Macs were sold in fiscal year 2014;
- iTunes generated $18 billion in fiscal year 2014;
- 437 Apple Stores are open worldwide;
- Apple bought 20 companies during the 2014 fiscal year, 7 in September alone;
- Apple spent $17 billion to buy back shares in Q4 2014, $45 billion in the full fiscal year 2014;
- Sales of iPhone terminals increased by 16% compared to Q3 2013;
- Sales of iPhone terminals increased by 17% in the USA, 20% in Western Europe, by 50% in Latin America and the Middle East, sales doubling in Central and Western Europe;
- Mac sales increased by 21% compared to Q3 2014, or by 1 million units.
- The market share of Macs continues to grow, for 33 fiscal quarters so far.
- Sales of iPad tablets fell by 1.8 million units, Japan being the only country where sales increased by 46%.
- Multiple Fortune 500 companies each distribute tens of thousands of Apple products, with hundreds of special applications created for them in each organization;
- The number of developers producing applications for iOS increased by 22% in the last year.
- Almost 10 million application developers are registered with the Apple company.
- Apple stores recorded record receipts of 5.1 billion dollars;
- Apple opened 10 new stores in Q4 2014;
- Apple will open another 15 new stores next year.
- Each Apple store generated $11.9 million in Q4 2014, $1 million more than in the same period last year;
- 102 million visitors passed through Apple stores in the last three months, 18.000 per week in each.
- Apple has 155.2 billion dollars in cash and long-term investments;
- Apple expects to earn up to 66.5 billion dollars in Q1 2015, almost 10 billion dollars more than in the same period last year.
