In the past eighteen years, Apple has sold more than three billion iPhones. The first iPhone model was released in the United States on June 29, 2007.
“We also recently marked a significant milestone: We shipped the 3 billionth iPhone since its launch in 2007,” Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said during yesterday’s conference call discussing the company’s financial results for the June quarter, according to a transcript of the call shared by Six Colors.
The company’s head of marketing, Greg Joswiak, reiterated the milestone on X (Twitter). “Thank you to everyone who’s made iPhone such an important part of their lives,” he said. “I’m incredibly excited for what’s ahead!”
Apple has shipped 3 billion iPhones since 2007
Apple announced shipping its first billionth iPhone in 2016, so the company has managed to ship two billion iPhones since then. Note the distinction between the number of iPhones sold and actively used. For example, even though one billion iPhones were sold between 2007 and 2016, there were 900 million iPhones actively used three years later, in 2019.
3 billion iPhones sold!
Thank you to everyone who’s made iPhone such an important part of their lives. I’m incredibly excited for what’s ahead!
— Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) July 31, 2025
However, Apple has not shared an updated stats for the installed base of active devices beyond a vague statement that “Our installed base of active devices also reached a new all-time high across all product categories and geographic segments, thanks to our very high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty,” according to Kevan Parekh, Apple’s finance chief.
Apple beats expectations for the June quarter
Apple reported revenue of $94 billion, beating expectations, and net quarterly profit of $23.4 billion, or $1.57 per diluted share. These are better results compared with the same 3-month period in 2024, when the company reported $85.8 billion in revenue and net quarterly profit of $21.4 billion, or $1.40 per diluted share.
The Services business raked in $27.4 billion during the quarter, an all-time record for Services revenue, versus the $24.2 billion in Services revenue in the year-ago quarter.
iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 are Apple’s most popular developer betas so far
Cook also said that iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 file as Apple’s most popular developer betas so far. “It’s wonderful to see great momentum building for our platforms,” he said. “iOS 26, macOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are by far the most popular developer betas we’ve had.”
Apple also provides versions for public beta testing, but those betas are not available until July. Many non-developers install developer betas as soon as they become available in June, especially since Apple dropped the $99/year requirement for an Apple Developer Program membership to download developer betas.