v2.4.1.9
Debt - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 28, 2013
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
2015 Euro-Denominated Debt Issuance
EUR (€)
Dec. 27, 2014
Currency Swap
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
Maximum
Dec. 27, 2014
Level 2
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
Level 2
USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Commercial paper $ 3,899,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper   $ 6,308,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper          
Commercial paper, weighted-average interest rate 0.11%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate   0.12%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate          
Commercial paper, maturity period           9 months    
Debt instrument aggregate principal amount 32,418,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount   29,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount 2,800,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aapl_TwentyFifteenEuroDenominatedDebtIssuanceMember
       
Notional Amount         3,500,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CurrencySwapMember
     
Interest expense 128,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 84,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt            
Debt instrument fair value             $ 32,400,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
$ 28,500,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member