Apple's biggest selling products are the iPhone and iPad. For most analysts, these are products that will define the company's future.
Apple Inc on Wednesday announced its results for Q1 2013 and the company posted a quarterly revenueof $54.5 billion and a quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion. While these numbers are a record by themselvesfor Apple, for Wall Street these numbers were just not good enough as Apple missed forecasts for the third time.In q1 2013 Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones, up 29 percent from the year-ago period where it sold 37 million iPhones. This was however below the 50 million number that was forecast.In the tablet category, Apple sold 22.9 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 15.4 million inthe year-ago quarter. The company did not reveal numbers for iPad mini separately though so it's not clear how well the iPad mini did.As far as Macs were concerned the sales declined and Apple sold only 4.1 million Macs, compared to 5.2 million in the year-ago quarter. iPods too saw a decline with company selling only 12.7 million compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter.Clearly as the chart above shows, Apple's biggest selling products are the iPhone and iPad. Here's a quick look at some expectations from both.iPhone:There's no doubt that the iPhone has been the jewel in Apple'skitty, and the one device that revolutionised the smartphone industry. But with the rise of Android and Samsung, the iPhone is often seen as too expensive and lacking some features. Rivals have created smartphones with bigger screens; the Galaxy S III has a 4.8-inch screen while Apple has onlyincreased the size of the iPhone's screen with the latest model. iPhone5 has a four inch screen and some feel Apple needs to change this.Then of course there is the high-price of the iPhone which makes it a very expensive smartphone to buy, especially in developing countries.
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