Apple posts record-breaking results for holiday quarter: 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs 15.4 million iPods

Apple had another blowout quarter this holiday, setting records across the board. iPhones, which many estimated optimistically at 30 million, lept to over 37 million, by far the biggest quarter ever. iPads crossed 15 million for the first time ever and even Apple’s venerable Mac line crossed 5 million units for the first time, likely helped by the popular MacBook Air lineup. iPods, if you needed a downside, were off by 20% – not terrible since Apple didn’t upgrade most of the iPods available last Christmas.

Apple recorded revenues of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share.

“We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”

“We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which will span 13 weeks, we expect revenue of about $32.5 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $8.50.”