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Here’s How Apple’s $18 Billion iPhone-Fueled Profit Stacks Up

relates to Here’s How Apple’s $18 Billion iPhone-Fueled Profit Stacks Up — Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg, Photo Illustration by Tom Hall/Bloomberg

Adam Satariano

January 27, 2015, 10:18 PM UTCUpdated onJanuary 28, 2015, 12:41 AM UTC

Apple Inc. reported a record $18 billion in quarterly profit today, one of the biggest in corporate history, fueled by holiday sales of larger-screened iPhones. Just how does that three-month haul stack up?

Here are some comparisons by the numbers: