Apple had a ton of news to share Tuesday afternoon on the heels of its record-breaking earnings release, which saw the iPhone maker grow its quarterly revenue to an all-time high of $91 billion \u2014 within striking distance of hitting $100 billion for the quarter. Naturally, iPhone sales dominated the quarter\u2019s earnings, with Apple CEO Tim Cook raving that \u201cstrong demand\u201d for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro handsets helped grow the company\u2019s overall base of active devices to 1.5 billion.<\/p>\n
Meantime, around 80% of the newest phones and iPads that comprise a big chunk of the device base are running the latest version of Apple\u2019s mobile operating software, iOS 13.<\/p>\n One of the big highlights from this quarter\u2019s results was the 7.7% growth in iPhone sales (to almost $56 billion in revenue) compared to the year-ago quarter. All those new devices, and yet the lion\u2019s share are running iOS 13 according to Apple\u2019s developer site \u2014 which gives a breakdown of the latest adoption stats that\u2019s current as of January 27:<\/p>\n As you can see, 77% of all iOS and iPads introduced in the last four years are currently running the latest version of the mobile OS. The iOS 13 install base stood at only 55% last October, so it\u2019s grown a little more than 20% since then.<\/p>\n An uptick in sales of new iPhones surely has helped boost this trend. In the just-ended quarter alone, analysts had predicted iPhone revenue to hit $51.38 billion (it nearly reached $56 billion instead). During the company\u2019s earnings presentation Tuesday to analysts, Cook said the iPhone 11 was the top-selling model every week during the quarter.<\/p>\n In an interview with The New York Times<\/em> following Apple\u2019s earnings release, the company\u2019s CFO Luca Maestri said that iPhone 11 series sales following its introduction in September had \u201cexceeded expectations.\u201d He pointed to factors including better battery life, an even more impressive camera, and financing options plus a $50 price cut for the least expensive model.<\/p>\n \n\tImage Source: Mary Altaffer\/AP\/Shutterstock <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n\t\tAndy is a reporter in Memphis who also contributes to outlets like Fast Company and The Guardian. When he\u2019s not writing about technology, he can be found hunched protectively over his burgeoning collection of vinyl, as well as nursing his Whovianism and bingeing on a variety of TV shows you probably don\u2019t like.\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Here\u2019s-a-fresh-reminder-of-the-iPhone\u2019s-biggest-advantage-over.png\")
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