Apple delivers best-ever second quarter despite sales worries

With revenues of over $61bn, Apple beat its 2015 record in the report released Tuesday - but sales of its most valuable product are slowing

Apple on Tuesday shook off worries that its $1,000 iPhone had failed to live up to the hype - but sales of the world's most valuable company's most valuable product are slowing, and Apple has announced a plan to buy its way out of trouble.

Releasing its latest quarterly report, Apple announced it had sold 52.2m iPhones in the quarter ending 31 March, at an average price of $728.54. Sales were up 3% compared to last year and slightly lower than analysts had expected, but numbers beat the gloomiest forecasts and were enough to deliver Apple its best second quarter ever, with revenues of over $61bn. That beat the record of $58bn set in 2015.