Apple beat Wall Street’s expectations with record revenue of $52.6 billion, up 12 percent, and earnings of $2.07 per share, an increase of 24 percent, as the company’s iPhone sales rose for the September quarter in advance of this week’s iPhone X launch.
The company sold 46.7 million iPhones, up 3 percent from the same quarter last year; 10.3 million iPads, up 11 percent; and 5.4 million Macs, up 10 percent. The quarter, ended Sept. 30, included a little more than a week of sales of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.
Apple’s new flagship smartphone, the iPhone X, officially goes on sale Friday morning.
