Apple sees record iPhone sales

Technology giant Apple sold 31.2 million iPhones in the last financial quarter, it said, but the record figure could not mask a fall in profits and a drop in sales of the iPad tablet and Mac computers.

Sales of the smartphones were a record for the three month period to June, the firm said, beating 26 million in the same period last year but down on the 37.4 million sold between January and March this year.