JUNE 2019 MACWORLD 19growth in six years, and we are as excited
as ever about our pipeline of innovative
hardware, software and services.” Mac
sales were relatively flat at $5.5 billion as
compared to $5.8 billion last year.
Wearables were another bright spot.
Apple sold $5.1 billion worth of Apple
Watches, AirPods, and other accessories in
the quarter, a 30 percent increase over the
year-ago quarter. Tim Cook said Apple’s
Wearables division is now about the size of a
Fortune 200 company. Additionally, he noted
that Apple’s installed base set a new record.
For the third quarter, Apple expects to
post revenue between $52.5 billion and
$54.5 billion, which could represent a
return to growth. In the third quarter of
2018, Apple posted quarterly revenue of
$53.3 billion. In after-hours trading, Apple’s
stock spiked more than $10 on the news. ■unit sales last quarter, but it sold 52 million
units in the year-ago quarter.
Elsewhere, Apple is looking stronger
than ever, particularly when it comes to
Services. Apple reported a record $11.
billion tally for the category (which includes
Apple Music, digital sales, and Apple Pay)
versus $9.2 billion last year. It was the first
time Services broke the $11 billion mark.
Paid subscriptions were a major part of
that, nearly topping 400 million for an
increase of 30 million over last quarter.
iPad sales were also up, no doubt
buoyed by the release of the fifth-gen iPad
mini (go.macworld.com/mn19) and the new
iPad Air (go.macworld.com/ar19). The iPad
posted $4.9 billion in sales versus $4.
billion in 2018’s second quarter. Tim Cook
noted that the “blockbuster” quarter
represented Apple’s “strongest iPad