Apple Inc has now bought more than 1 billion iPhones, passing the ‘important milestone’

Apple Inc quietly hit a milestone last week and oddly selected now not to encompass it in Tuesday’s income name.

CEO Tim cook announced in an employee meeting Wednesday that the tech large exceeded its one-billionth iPhone bought globally. This comes slightly extra than two years after the business enterprise stated it passed the five hundred million mark in March 2014. It took Apple 74 days to sell its first million iPhones.

“remaining week we passed every other fundamental milestone when we sold the billionth iPhone,” said cook dinner in a declaration. “We never got down to make the maximum, but we’ve always set out to make the exceptional products that make a distinction. thanks to all of us at Apple for assisting trade the world each day.”

 It’s been more than 9 years on the grounds that Apple Inc released its first iPhone in June 2007, even though it didn’t come to Canada until July 2008 with the second one generation, the iPhone 3G. Many are anticipating the corporation to do a primary overhaul for the iPhone’s huge 10-yr launch, with on-line rumours circulating about functions from wireless charging and waterproofing to a curved OLED screen and lack of home button.

but, inside the interim, Apple is expected to launch any other iPhone earlier than then q4 because it hopes to opposite the phone’s slowing sales. The agency said it offered forty.four million iPhones this beyond zone, down 15 consistent with cent from a 12 months in the past.