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"Apple is expected to announce its latest quarterly results next week. When it does, analysts expect there were fewer iPhones sold from Jan. 1 to March 31 than in the preceding quarter, according to Fortune.\nDuring Apple\u2019s first quarter of the year, more than 37 million iPhones were sold, giving the company a cumulative total of 175 million to date. For the second quarter, the company is likely to see a smaller number, with 35.1 million units sold.\nThis is the consensus of 48 analysts, professional and independent, who see sales ranging from 26 to 44 million.\nThe average estimate among the full group of 24 indies is nearly 37.2 million iPhones, which would represent an increase of 99.9% from the same quarter last year. Within this group, the estimates range from a high of 44 million from the Braeburn Group\u2019s Gabriel Dubois to a low of 31.5 million from\u00A0Bullish Cross\u2019 Andy Zaky, who has turned somewhat bearish since he launched his hedge fund.\nStill, even 35.1 million units sold would be an 86% increase year-on-year for the company.\u00A0Apple\u2019s fifth-generation handset, the iPhone 4S arrived last October. The next iPhone is expected sometime later this year.\nApple will announce their second quarter results on April 24. At the time, we\u2019ll also have our first official look at new iPad sales. Apple\u2019s third generation iPad went on sale beginning March 9.\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, ozgurdonmaz"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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