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Apple has unveiled the quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street's expectations slightly, but iPhone sales were flat in the previous year as the company fights the increasing competition from local appliances in China.
On Thursday, the company informed revenues of $ 124.3 billion for the quarter of December, overcoming the estimates of analysts in the Bloomberg survey of $ 124.1 billion and an increase of 4 percent over the same period in the previous year. The iPhone sales were 69.1 billion dollars, and almost flat on an annual basis.
It has been represented the first quarter since then apple “Apple Intelligence” has published a set of AI features that include partnership with Openai.
Apple's financial manager Kivan Barrick told the Financial Times that the company “is incredibly optimistic about the deep impact of Amnesty International“.
performance Ai -quarted He said that the iPhone 16 was stronger than the markets where Apple Intelligence was not available, indicating that the intelligence of Apple had aroused the attention of consumers.
Barrick went up to the role this year, and took the position of Luca Maestri, who was in a position for a decade.
China region revenues, where the company was increased to increase Competitive pressure One of the local smartphone makers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, was $ 18.5 billion, a decrease of about 11 percent.
Apple's Services, which includes the iCloud and Apple Pay, has achieved standard high, as it has recorded revenues of $ 26.3 billion. The iPad and MacBook products also have two numbers.
Apple's net net income was 36.3 billion dollars, the above, estimates of $ 35.5 billion. Lowering profits of the share amounted to $ 2.40, also over Wall Street's expectations.
The results come with the growth of concerns about the impact of the new US tariff system during the era of President Donald Trump, who promised this week a tariff on the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers. The Apple supply chain relies heavily on exporters in Asia.
Barrick refused to comment on the risks of a possible tariff, saying that the company “is closely monitoring the situation.”
