Apple: US$15.7b in revenue, US$3.4b in profit, 8.7m iPhones sold

Apple has released its latest quarterly results and they are pretty impressive.

* US$15.7 billion in revenue vs US$11.9 billion a year ago.
* US$3.4 billion in profit vs US$2.3 billion
* 40.9% gross margin vs 37.9%
* International sales were 58% of revenue

iPhone-wise, here are the numbers:

* 8.7 million iPhones sold, a 100 percent increase;
* iPod touch sales up 50 percent;

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement: “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”

(Click here for charts by Ars Technica that illustrate Apple's numbers nicely. You can find Apple's press release here and MacWorld's live blog of the earnings call here.)