China came close to passing the US as Apple's biggest iPhone market in the fiscal first quarter. The company generated $16.1 billion in revenue in Greater China in the period, up 70 percent from the same quarter a year ago. In mainland China, sales more than doubled from the previous year. Greater China -- which includes mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- represented 22 percent of Apple's total sales during the quarter ended December 27. Analysts at Trefis noted that Apple's fiscal second quarter "will be all about China.""We believe that iPhone sales in Greater China will be the biggest driver of quarterly earnings given the Chinese New Year shopping season that occurred in February, China Mobile's rapid 4G user additions and an improved supply-demand balance for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, both of which remained undersupplied over the previous quarter," they said last week.

The iPad has been the yin to the iPhone's yang, The tablet, which hit its five-year anniversary earlier this month, posted its fourth consecutive decline in the first quarter as consumers opted for large phones over Apple's tablet computers, Unit sales for the iPad dropped 18 percent octopus iphone case to 21.4 million in the period ended December 27, slightly below analysts' predictions of 21.5 million, Apple introduced its newest tablets -- the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 3 -- in October, but analysts said their incremental changes, including faster processors, weren't enough to attract buyers, Instead, many customers either opted for older models or bought an iPhone 6, which has a larger screen than the 4-inch display of the iPhone 5..

Investors and analysts have questioned for months whether the iPad's declining shipments are a temporary hiccup or a troubling trend. Apple has long claimed iPad weakness is a "speed bump.""I think we'll see a similar trend to what we were seeing in the last few quarters," said Jan Dawson, chief analyst at Jackdaw Research. "The trend will carry on for another quarter or two, but it's possible things will start picking up later this year."Sales of the iPad are expected to remain weak in the second quarter, down about 14 percent from the previous year to 14.1 million, according to an analyst poll by Fortune.

At the same time, Mac sales have been strong, Apple sold 5.52 million Macs, up from 4.84 million a year ago and higher than the 5.51 million projected by analysts, Macs accounted for 9.3 percent of sales, and revenue from the computers reached a record high of $6.94 billion, Apple earlier this month released a redesigned MacBook that's lighter and thinner than any of its earlier computers, The device is expected to octopus iphone case contribute to financial results in the third quarter, Tune back to CNET after 1 p.m, PT Monday for full coverage of Apple's earnings..

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