Apple Has Sold Three Billion iPhones

One of the more interesting numerical announcements yesterday is that Apple sold its three billionth iPhone during the quarter.

We shipped the three billionth iPhone since its launch in 2007. From the Pro models with the powerhouse A18 Pro and innovative Pro camera features to the iPhone 16e with breakthrough battery life and a 2-in-1 camera system, users are finding so many reasons to love the best iPhone lineup we’ve ever created.

Tim Cook

Apple celebrated its one billionth iPhone milestone in 2016, about a month after its ninth birthday, and a few weeks before the iPhone 7 arrived. The launch of the original low-cost iPhone SE earlier that year may have also helped spur it on.

The two billionth iPhone sale went by unacknowledged, but analysts believe it happened in mid-2021, around the time the iPhone 13 lineup was released. Still, those were best guesses, as Apple hasn’t reported unit sales for its products since 2018, so analysts are forced to read between the lines to try and figure this out based on third-party sales figures and revenue reporting.

This year’s three billionth iPhone comes on the heels of the iPhone 16e, the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE.