Apple sees growing Mac shipments in 2015

Apple has revealed it shipped 4.8 million Mac products in its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended June 27, 2015), up 5% sequentially and 9% from the same period a year ago. Sources from Apple's upstream supply chain noted that their orders for Mac products for the second half are stable and the overall volume is expected to surpass that of the first half.

The sources also noted that Apple's share in the PC market is continuously rising as its MacBook Air products have attracted demand from Wintel users, especially after Windows 8's release. This is because Apple has been adjusting the Mac pricing to make the products' friendlier to consumers.

Currently, Apple's iMac, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are manufactured by Quanta Computer, while the new 12-inch MacBook is made by Pegatron Technology, the sources added.

Apple has also revealed that iPhone shipments reached 47.53 million units in the fiscal third-quarter 2015, down from 61.17 million units in the previous quarter, but up from 35.20 million units during the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, Apple shipped 10.93 million iPads, down from 12.62 million units a quarter ago and 13.28 million units a year ago.