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Active installed base of iPhones grew by double digits year-over-year

The active installed base of iPhones grew by double digits year-over-year for its fiscal 2017 second quarter that ended April 1, 2017. During a press conference with Apple Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said that iPhone sales in line with expectations

The average sales price (ASP) for the smartphone was $655. That’s up from $642 in the same period a year ago.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company made a mistake in its estimates for the iPhone 7 Plus. 

“One of the things we didn’t get right was the mix between the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus,” he said. “Demand was much stronger towards iPhone 7 Plus than we expected. It took us a little while to adjust all the way through the supply chain and to bring iPhone 7 Plus into balance — which finally occurred early in this quarter. Every time we launch something, we learn something, and we apply everything we learn for the next time.”

Maestri cited surveys that showed a 96% satisfaction among iPhone 7 customers, and 98% among iPhone 7 Plus. He said that the smartphone is also doing well in the enterprise world. For example, 620,000 Volkswagen employees around the world will switch to iPhone through a new partnership.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.