Interesting points from Apple’s Q4 earnings call

Apple announced the financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2017 this afternoon, and the numbers for the 3-month period are outstanding. All metrics were up from the year-ago quarter, including a 12% increase in revenue and 3% increase in iPhone sales.

Following the release of its earnings, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri hopped on a conference call to talk about Apple’s performance and offer up some insights into its future. And as usual, we've rounded up some of the more interesting points from the call.

Apple’s Q4 2017: 46.7M iPhones, 10.3M iPads, $52.6B revenue

Apple on Thursday reported its [fiscal] Q4 2017 earnings, offering a look at its performance over the last 3 months. The company absolutely crushed expectations, selling 46.7 million iPhones, up a little over a million units from the same quarter a year ago, and made $52.6 billion in revenue, up over $5 billion year-over-year. Here's a full breakdown of the numbers.