Millions Upon Millions Sold: Apple’s Blowout Quarter Puts Android Partners to Shame

Apple crushed earnings in the first quarter. Photo: Bryan Derwalla/Wired.com

There’s no slowing the Apple sales train.

The company released its first-quarter earnings results to shareholders on Tuesday, blowing away analyst expectations and beating sales records across multiple categories.

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the first quarter of its fiscal year (which began last October), up 128 percent from the same sales period last year. The sales success defies critics who grumbled the iPhone 4S wasn’t a sufficiently wowing update to woo consumers into upgrades.

Apple specifically pegged its overall handset success on the release of the 4S, trumpeting ...

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