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Apple broke the trend and declared its first period of revenue rise today, after having seen a string of four consecutive quarters in which revenue had decreased. A quarterly revenue of $119.6 billion was reported by the corporation in its earnings report for the first quarter of the fiscal year of 2024. This is a 2 percent increase from the same period in the previous year’s report.
In addition, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook stated that the company’s “installed base of active devices has now surpassed 2.2 billion, reaching an all-time high across all products and geographic segments.” The revenue generated during this quarter is comprised of funds obtained from the sales of the iPhone 15 line, which was debuted in September 2023 and had a discernible effect on performance.
Cook made the following statement: “Today, Apple is reporting revenue growth for the December quarter, which was fueled by increasing sales of iPhones, as well as an all-time revenue record in Services.” He pointed out that the business achieved “all-time revenue records across advertising, Cloud services, payment services and video as well as December quarter records in App Store and Apple Care.” Cook reviewed some of the enhancements that were made to the Apple TV app, as well as the content that was included on TV+ that received nominations and awards.
Cook went on to remind us that the launch day for the Vision Pro headset is tomorrow, and he referred to it as a historic event. This occurred during the earnings call that the firm held. Having stated that Apple is committed to investing in new technologies, Cook went on to explain that the business will be providing additional information regarding its advancements in artificial intelligence later on in this year.
The sales of products in the wearables, home, and accessories categories did not perform well during this quarter; however, sales in the Mac sector did grow as compared to the previous year. iPad sales, in example, fell by 25 percent compared to the same period the previous year; however, Cook explained that this was due to a “difficult compare” to the large figures that were recorded in the first quarter of 2023 owing to the introduction of new models that had updated Apple Silicon. This should not come as a surprise taken into consideration that the firm did not produce any new iPad models in the year 2023.
Cook proceeded by emphasizing recent achievements, such as Apple opening its one hundredth retail outlet in Asia Pacific and providing updates on the company’s efforts to be more environmentally responsible. He concluded his remarks by stating “Apple is a company that has never shied away from big challenges,” further stating “so we’re optimistic about the future, confident in the long term and as excited as we’ve ever been to deliver for our users.”