Last quarter, Apple could have sold about 78 million smartphones

Apple’s quarterly report will be published this week, but on the resource pages Barron’s you can find excerpts from industry analysts’ comments on the expected quarterly results. The consensus mentions an increase in revenue to $ 102.8 billion, of which about $ 59.6 billion will come from iPhone sales.

Smartphones will bring 6.4% more revenue than a year earlier, experts expect. Revenue from the sale of the iPad will grow by 23.4% to $ 7.4 billion, Mac computers will bring 20.4% more revenue ($ 8.6 billion), wearable devices will increase revenue by 14.8% to $ 11.5 billion, and services and apps – up to $ 15.2 billion (+ 19.3%).

Cowen expects that Apple sold 77 million iPhones in the quarter, up 97% from the third quarter, with 7% yoy growth. The company has long refused to publish official statistics on the number of smartphones sold, leaving only data on profile revenue, so analysts are trying to calculate this indicator by indirect values.

The Morgan Stanley spokesman believes that the announcement of the iPhone 12 should be the most successful over the past five years, profile revenue can grow by 14% to $ 63.9 billion. The source estimates the number of Apple smartphones sold at 78 million units, and the average selling price should reach $ 825 …