Yes, a monster guidance. And remember this is Apple's estimate, which is has always been a lowball recently (even for this quarter, which was a little disappointing). $40B is definitely possible.

Certainly the iPhone sales this quarter weren't that great, but given the circumstances (most people knew the 4s/5 was coming), as well the 4s sold 4 million units on its opening weekend (almost 1/4th of all of last quarter's sales), I don't think it was that bad at all.

Obvious disclaimer: long AAPL, may buy more tomorrow

Pretty hard to comprehend. Not only are the results stellar by pretty much any measure but they make Google's quarter look sluggish which is saying something.

Very impressive.

You're right. I just didn't include the guidance in the story title so it wouldn't sound like an ad for going long on the stock.

Yeah $37 billion guidance. guidance for the previous quarter was only $25 billion. holy crap.