It has been awhile since Apple caused investors' jaws to drop, but that's what happened earlier this week when it reported results for the first quarter.
The Cupertino company set a new record for iPhone sales, thanks to its introduction of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Those sales propelled Apple's quarterly revenue to a new record high, and also set a record for quarterly profits -- not just a record for Apple, but a new record for quarterly profits reported by any public company. Ever.
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This was truly a quarter for the record books. Mashable created a graphic to put those unbelievably large numbers in context: