article_snippet.sent: Apple sold more than 61 million iPhones in the quarter, accounting for more than two-thirds of Apple $58 billion in revenue for the quarter and the lion's share of Apple $13.6 billion in profit - and up 40% from a year ago .
article_snippet.sent: Apple sold more than 61 million iPhones in the quarter, accounting for more than two-thirds of Apple $58 billion in revenue for the quarter and the lion's share of Apple $13.6 billion in profit.
article_snippet.sent: More than 61 million iPhones sole .
article_snippet.sent: As expected, the numbers were down from the previous quarter, when holiday shoppers snapped up a record 74 million of Apple's new iPhone 6, 6 Plus and older models.
article_snippet.sent: But it was a 40 percent increase over the number of iPhones sold in the first three months of 2014. '
article_snippet.sent: As iPhone sales have surged, so has Apple's stock.
article_snippet.sent: And even if Apple is increasingly selling new iPhones to people who are simply upgrading older models, 'Gillett's still a pretty healthy market,' said Gartner analyst Van Baker, noting that more than 700 million iPhones have been sold since the first model was introduced in 2007.
highlights_snippet.sent: Apple sold more than 61 million iPhones in the quarter .
  