This week marks the beginning of Apple's next financial year. It's also the first full calendar year of Apple without Steve Jobs. The technology icon passed away a year ago today.
Now's as good a time as any to take a quick look back at some of the highlights and lowlights for Apple at a time when onlookers are paying close attention to just about every detail -- something that certainly hasn't changed.
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The line for an iPhone 5 outside of Apple's Manhattan store on the phone's launch day.
(Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET )
New iPhone breaks sales records Despite some finding Apple's annual iPhone update to be underwhelming, the device got off to a record start. On its opening weekend, the company sold more than 5 million iPhones at its stores and through its carrier partners. Those numbers were preceded by the fact that Apple sold more than 2 million of the devices in the first 24 hours of pre-sale, twice the preorder numbers from last year's model.
Apple will provide the first eight days worth of iPhone sales, plus the rest of the quarter leading up to September 29, when it announces its fourth-quarter earnings on October 25.
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