While Apple's earnings report[1] is where we get the raw facts about how the company is doing, there can be some real nuggets of information buried in the follow-up conference call.
See also: Don't buy these Apple products (May 2018 edition)[2]
#1: Wearables are up, in a big way (but I bet analysts wished Apple would just offer up sales figures rather than cherry pick data points).
"Our performance was broad-based, with iPhone revenue up 14 percent, services up 31 percent and wearables up almost 50 percent." - Tim Cook, Apple CEO
#2: The iPhone X is a hit (although by how much Apple isn't willing to tell).
"And customers chose iPhone X more than any other iPhone each week in the March quarter, just as they did following its launch in the December quarter." - Cook
#3: Apple is leveraging that massive hardware ecosystem to push enormous services growth.
"Across all our services, paid subscriptions surpassed 270 million, up over 100 million from a year ago and up $30 million in the last 90 days alone, contributing to the overall increase in services revenue." - Cook
#4: Did Cook mention that the Apple Watch is selling well?
"Apple Watch had another great quarter with revenue growing by strong double digits year-over-year to a new March quarter record." - Cook
#5: While it's easy to think of tablets much in the same way as we think of MP3 players, Apple is commanding more and more of the remaining market.
"NPD indicates that iPad has 53 percent of the U.S. tablet market in the