For the quarter, Apple /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (
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Revenue jumped 67% to $20.34 billion.
Analysts were expecting earnings of $4.10 per share on revenue of $18.9 billion, according to consensus estimates from FactSet Research.
The main driver of the quarter was the iPhone, which sold 14.1 million units for the quarter — nearly double from the