Apple reported a 27% increase in revenue in its fiscal second quarter, driven in no small part by growth in China.
The U.S. consumer electronics maker’s turnover reached US$58.01 billion in the three months to 28 March, up from $45.65 billion in Q2 2014.
Its Greater China region accounted for $16.82 billion of the total, up 71% year-on-year, and is now Apple’s second-largest geography. The Americas remains Apple’s largest region, with sale coming in at $21.32 billion.
"We are thrilled by the continued strength of iPhone, Mac and the App Store, which drove our best March quarter res ults ever," said Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a statement.
The firm sold 61.17 million iPhones during the quarter, an increase of more than 17 million on the year-ago quarter, while Mac unit sales grew 10% to 4.56 million. However, the company saw sales of iPads fall by 23% to 12.62 million.
"We’re seeing a higher rate of people switching to iPhone than we’ve experienced in previous cycles, and we’re off to an exciting start to the June quarter with the launch of Apple Watch," Cook said.
Apple did not disclose any sales figures for the Apple Watch, which hit the shelves earlier this month.
Apple posted quarterly net profit of $13.6 billion, up from $10.2 billion a year earlier. Its earnings per share grew to $2.33 from $1.66.
In the current quarter, its fiscal Q3, Apple expects to record revenue of $46 billion-$48 billion.
