Apple has announced its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, reporting a revenue of US $58 billion, up by 27 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Apple reported a revenue of US $58 billion, which is by 27 percent higher compared to the same quarter last year, while gross margin was up at 40.8 percent with net income of US $13.6 billion or US $2.33 per share. According to the report, 70 percent of all revenue came from international sales including China, where sales were US $16.8 billion or up by 71 percent compared to the same period last year.

The star of Apple's FY Q2 2015 financial report is definitely iPhone with 40 percent more units sold and 55 percent higher revenue compared to the same quarter last year. Apple managed to sell over 60 million iPhones, which is down by 18 percent compared to the last quarter but up by 40 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Apple keep struggling with iPad sales which were down by 41 percent compared to the last quarter and down by 23 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Mac sales were up by 10 percent compared to the last year but down by 17 percent compared to the last quarter.

Despite the fact that it struggles with both Mac and iPad sales, iPhone managed to rescue Apple's FY Q2 2015 financial picture and and beat the earlier analyst forecast.

Apple is currently expecting a revenue of $46 to $48 billion for FY Q3 2015 which is definitely a slow sale period for any company.



Source: Apple.com.