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"During Apple's second quarter earnings call a year ago, CEO Tim Cook noted that the company would have \"really great stuff coming in the fall, and across all of 2014.\"\nApple made good on its promise to have a busy fall last year, releasing updates to its iPhone and iPad line, but the company has been noticeably quiet throughout the first third of this year. The new products, or lack of them, will likely be a point of focus when Apple's executives join the Q2 earnings call this year.\nSee also: How Apple's Long Product Delay Is Shaking Up Businesses\nApple is scheduled to report its March quarter results after the market closes on Wednesday. The company is expected to post earnings of $10.19 per share on revenues of $43.53 billion, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. That would represent a slight increase in profits and a modest decline in revenue from the same quarter a year earlier. \nSales of the iPhone, Apple's single biggest product line, are expected to top 38 million for the quarter, according to analysts polled by Fortune. While that would be about 2% more than a year earlier, there are questions about how strong sales have been from China Mobile, the massive carrier Apple partnered with at the very end of 2013.\nFortune reports that Apple is expected to sell 19.3 million iPads for the quarter, according to analysts surveyed by the publication. The iPad number would represent a 0.7% decline in sales year-over-year, raising questions about whether demand for the tablet is waning. That question is all the more significant considering the iPad, released four years ago, was the last major product category Apple entered into. \n\nAAPL data by YCharts\nApple's next big product category is expected to be wearable technology. It has reportedly made a number of key hires to develop an iWatch. The recent news that Nike laid off much of its Fuelband fitness tracker team has only fueled rumors of an iWatch, but it's unclear whether such a device would come out this year or next.\nThere were reports that a new Apple TV would be unveiled by April, but that hasn't happened. A larger version of the iPhone slated to be released this fall is now rumored to be delayed until as late as next year.\nIt's unlikely Apple execs will comment on specific product rumors, but they may be asked to explain diminishing demand for existing products like the iPad, comment on production issues and provide an update on whether it's still fair to say there will be new products \"across all of 2014.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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