The astonishing rise of iPhone sales in one amazing chart

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Apple raked in the cash last quarter.
There's money to be made in iPhones. In case you didn't know.
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Ever wanted to see a chart depicting Apple’s perilous decline from the moment Tim Cook took over as CEO until now? Well, you’ll just have to keep on looking, because this particular infographic shows nothing of the sort.

Instead, this spectacular infographic visualizes the year-on-year growth of Apple’s iPhone business, from a “puny” 1.36 million units in 2007 to a whopping 231.22 million this year. Check it out below.

Apple's iPhone business just keeps on growing.
Apple’s iPhone business just keeps on growing.
Photo: iNotes4you

The data is taken from Apple’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings over the years — demonstrating the astonishing growth of the handsets that once seemed such a shot-in-the-dark sideways leap for Apple.

It’s not just unit sales, though. This week, another report by the Canaccord Genuity research firm revealed that Apple took home a frankly jaw-dropping 94 percent of all smartphone industry profits during the September quarter this year — up from 85 percent in 2015.

No wonder Apple’s the envy of just about every other company in existence!

Source: iNotes4you

Via: The Loop

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