Apple sold 47.8m iPhones - 22.9m iPads - and 12.7m iPods in Q4

Apple has released financial results for the 13-week fiscal 

first quarter (Q4) ending December 29th. The tech giant 

reports 47.8 million iPhone sales, rising from 37m year-on-

year, while iPad sales reached 22.9m from 15.4m the 

previous year.

However, sales of Macs and iPods were down in Q4 2012 at 4.1m and 12.7m respectively, compared to 5.2m and 15.4m the previous year.

The rise in mobile devices supported the firm to reach revenues of $54.5 billion, compared to $46.3bn the previous year. Net profits, meanwhile, remained the same year-on-year at $13.1bn, as international sales accounted for 61 per cent of all revs.

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said "We’re thrilled with record revenue of over $54 billion and sales of over 75 million iOS devices in a single quarter. We’re very confident in our product pipeline as we continue to focus on innovation and making the best products in the world."

Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, added: "We established new all-time quarterly records for iPhone and iPad sales, significantly broadened our ecosystem, and generated Apple’s highest quarterly revenue ever."

Apple is currently rumoured to be revealing an iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 in March, with new iPhones to follow in summer.