Mac revenue hit an all-time high last quarter, even without new MacBook Pros

Apple has made a variety of widespread tweaks to its product line up the closing years or so, and it seems to be making the proper movements here. The enterprise simply pronounced its effects for the region finishing on September 30th, and Apple made 29 percentage extra sales than a yr ago — it is $83.four billion, for the ones maintaining track.

As usual, the iPhone led the way. iPhone income made up nearly forty seven percentage of Apple’s general sales, and iPhone sales of $38.nine billion turned into up forty seven percentage yr over yr. But it is really well worth remembering that closing yr, the iPhone 12 collection turned into not on time and did not pass on sale till October (or November, withinside the case of the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max). This yr, all 4 iPhone thirteen fashions went on sale simultaneously, in mid-September. While it is just a few weeks of the region, it possibly helped gasoline that large growth.

The iPad, too, had a robust region. While sales of $8.25 billion makes it the smallest of Apple’s 5 important product categories (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Services, and “Wearables, Home, and Accessories”) the iPad class grew 21 percentage yr over yr. The Mac, on the alternative hand, turned into flat — sales of $nine.2 billion turned into most effective up percentage — however that turned into simply sufficient for Apple to mention it turned into a brand new all-time excessive for the Mac.

Apple’s Services enterprise has been developing gradually for years, so it is now no longer unexpected that this region’s sales of $18.three billion turned into an all-time excessive, as well. But for the Mac, it is thrilling to look it hit that excessive-water mark with out new MacBook Pro fashions available in the marketplace to assist flow the needle. Now that the brand new MacBook Pro has been released, it is going to be really well worth seeing the way it impacts Mac sales general subsequent region.

The wearables, home, and add-ons institution additionally grew in robust however now no longer magnificent fashion (up 12 percentage). But similar to with the Mac, subsequent region will be large for that segment — the brand new Apple Watch Series 7 and third-era AirPods simply went on sale and it is clean to assume the ones merchandise creating a huge impact.

As usual, Apple is keeping a name with traders at 5PM ET, and we’re going to be listening in to look if CEO Tim Cook has some thing of word to percentage this region.