The product table in Apple's results release of 2 November 2026 shows iPhone sales of $57,583 million for July to September 2026, above $49,025 million a year earlier; BBC News reports iPhone sales up 17% to $57bn.
Hunch. Apple said on 30 July that iPhone sales grew 22% in the June quarter, well above the pace that would drop the next quarter below a year earlier.
The iPhone sales market resolves on the product table in Apple's results release of 2 November: YES if iPhone sales for July to September 2026 are strictly above the figure for July to September 2025 in the same table, NO if equal or below. The Guardian and BBC News are the backups.
We looked for cases where a large company gave its quarterly results for the first time under a new chief executive, who had replaced a leader of eight years or more. We found nine such reports since 2000, all at US companies. Microsoft is there twice, in 2000 and 2014. One of the nine is Apple itself: Tim Cook’s first results in October 2011, when a new iPhone also went on sale after the quarter ended.