iOS Sales are now Matching Those of Windows PCs

[RaduTyrsina]

During its Q3 2015 earnings call, Apple has revealed that it had sold 47 million iPhone units and 10.9 million iPad units in the quarter, combining for a total of 57.9 million iOS devices, not including the iPod touch. This number, according to Benedict Evans from a16z is equal to the number of Windows PCs sold in the same period.

Sales of Apple’s iOS devices have grown rapidly since June of 2008, with year-over-year growth occurring every year. Windows PCs sales, on the other hand, peaked around June 2011 and have been gradually declining ever since. As we can see from the above screenshot, for the last 12 months ending in June 2015, sales of both iOS devices and Windows PCs were slightly under 300 million units each.

Source: Twitter