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Apple discovered quarterly results that have exceeded Wall Street’s expectations a little, but the sale of the iPhone was straight in the previous year, while the company is fighting against the growing competition of local devices manufacturers in China.
On Thursday, the company reported a $ 124.3 billion revenue for its December, beating analysts at the Bloomberg Survey of $ 124.1 billion and 4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The sale of the iPhone was $ 69.1 billion, roughly straight from year to year.
Indicates the first full quarter of Apple He took out ‘Apple Intelligence’, his apartment AI features involving an Openi partnership.
Apple’s Chief Financial Director Kevan Parekh told the Financial Times that the company “incredibly optimistic about deep influence Ai”
Performance Ai-O-impossible The iPhone 16 was stronger than in the markets where Apple Intelligence was not available, he said, suggesting, Apple Intelligence aroused the consumer interest.
Parekh has entered the role this year, taking over from Luc Maestro, who has been in position for a decade.
Income for the Chinese region, where the company has become increasing Competitive pressure Of local smartphone manufacturers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, they were $ 18.5 billion, which is about 11 percent lower.
The Apple Services Company, which includes the App Store, ICloud and Apple Pay, have reached a record maximum, publishing revenue of $ 26.3 billion. His products of iPad and MacBook also had a double -digit growth.
Apple’s total net income was $ 36.3 billion, above an estimate of $ 35.5 billion. Diluted earnings per share was $ 2.40, also above the Wall Street expectations.
The results come that concerns are growing due to the influence of the potential new US tariff regime under President Donald Trump, who promised this week to impose tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers. Apple’s supply chain relies greatly on exporters in Asia.
Parekh refused to comment on potential tariff risks, saying that the company “carefully monitored the situation”.
