Apple could sell a record-breaking 240 million iPhones this year

Because of the success of the iPhone 12 lineup, Apple might promote a record-breaking 240 million iPhones this yr.

As reported by MacRumors, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives has launched a brand new analysis notice that claims the corporate is on the trail to promoting between 240-250 million iPhones for its 2021 fiscal yr. Doing so would smash its earlier file of 231 million iPhones offered again in 2015 after the corporate introduced the iPhone 6.

Ives stated that, whereas Wall Road is usually anticipating 220 iPhones offered for the 2021 fiscal yr, their agency stays bullish that Apple might blow previous that quantity.

“Whereas the Road is forecasting roughly 220 million iPhone models for FY21, we imagine based mostly on this present trajectory and in a bull case Cupertino nonetheless has potential to promote north of 240 million models (~250 million may very well be within the playing cards – a watch popping determine) which might simply eclipse the earlier Apple file of 231 million models offered in FY15.”

Ives estimates that 350 million iPhone customers worldwide are presently “within the window of an improve alternative,” which he believes is “translating into an unprecedented supercycle improve cycle” for Apple this yr.

Apple has seen huge success with the iPhone 12 lineup. A current report from CIRP estimated that the brand new iPhone lineup already made up greater than 50% of iPhone gross sales within the first quarter of 2021.

CIRP finds that the brand new iPhone 12 fashions (12, 12 Professional, 12 Professional Max, and 12 mini) accounted for 56% of US iPhone gross sales within the quarter. iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Professional Max had the biggest share for a single mannequin, at 17% every (Chart 1). The mannequin combine resulted in a US Weighted Common Retail Worth (US-WARP) of $873 for the quarter, in comparison with $809 for the December 2019 quarter.

That gross sales streak can also be anticipated to proceed via the discharge of the iPhone 13 this fall.