Type of Article: MacTech Blog

So how’d I do predicting Apple’s sales figures?

The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) predicted sales figures for Apple’s fiscal 2011 first quarter. Those results were announced yesterday. So how’d I do?

I forecast that, when it comes to Macs, Apple sold 4.3 million Macs over the holiday period (the quarter ending in December). I was off a bit; the company sold 4.13 million Macs — still a record quarter.

I said Apple would sell 14.2 million iPhones. The company actually sold 16.42 million, beating my estimates handily (and setting a new record).

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