During its Q1 2016 earnings call, Apple revealed that it now has an install base of 1 billion active devices. The massive number, which Apple says was derived from monitoring the number of devices that interacted with its services in the last 90 days, includes active devices across all categories, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
The number is especially impressive because it counts only devices that are currently in-use and active around the world. It was only around a year ago that Apple reported that it had reached 1 billion iOS devices sold. Speaking on the company's earnings call, Apple CFO Luca Maestri said that this large active install base represents lends great value to the company's services business given that each device has out-of-the-box access to the App Store or iTunes.
This news, of course, follows the release of Apple's Q1 2016 earnings report, in which the company reported that it saw a record $18.4 billion in profits on $75.9 billion in revenue.
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There are now 1 billion active Apple devices in the wild
Welcome to 2014 Apple.
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Far more impressive than Android with all its OEM's.
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Yeah but this number possibly includes Beats headphones and Macs.
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It definitely does not include Beats headphones. They don't connect to Apple services... Obviously. But of course the number includes Macs. Why wouldn't it?
To put things into perspective... LG sold 54 million phone in 2015 (being one of the largest OEM) and apple sold what 74 million in the first quarter of 2016.
first quarter of 2016? do you understand the definition of quarter?
ignoring the first quarter of "2016" comment, why are you comparing LG with Apple? you need to compare Samsung as it's Apple direct competition. And if you meant first quarter of 2015, Samsung shipped 30% more phones than Apple in that quarter.
better luck next time.
What kind of a dense moron are you? Q1 2016 means first quarter of 2016 (Apple starts their Q1 from October). Samsung's revenue is slipping every "quarter" , business school 101 slipping profit= bad LG on the other hand is gaining momentum. You are a special kind of *****, aren't you?!
whoa...simmer down little man,...this discussion isn't worth having a mental break down over.
. The article is about number of devices shipped not about quarterly revenues. I don't care about LGs little momentum, Samsung is leader of Android phone shipments by FAR so Apple needs to be compared to Samsung.
In fact a report JUST came out that in Q4 of 2015 22.7% of all phones shipped were by Samsung and Apple shipped only 16.2% of all phones...so samsung ALONE demolished Apple in terms of phone shipments let alone Android vs. IOS.
Pop an antipsychotic pill next time you respond to me...temper tantrums aren't very appealing.
Samsung's market share use to be 35%+ couple of years ago (apples 14% more or less) and there has been a YoY fall ever since. So give it one more year we'll see. One other reason Samsung has such a huge market share is because they have a phone for every price bracket (which is not a bad thing), but if you compare the number of S6(s) sold to say iPhone 6s that is where you being to notice apples market share.
PS: The language will not be repeated, apologies.
Do we know what the comparable numbers are for Android? You'd have to include Chromebooks, Android phones, Android watches, tablets, Chromecasts and everything else. If we are comparing OS's. I'd be interested to know what that comparison looks like. I'm sure Apple would probably still have Android beat but I wonder what the margin would be.
in 2015, Android already had 1.4 billion active devices.
Another hater with mommy issues.
OK, well that explains why it takes siri .0004 seconds to respond. Lol
gettin slow in her old age...