Apple Reports Best-Ever Quarter For iPhone Sales
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"The demand for iPhone was simply staggering," CEO Tim Cook said on a [2]conference call discussing the results. "This is the strongest iPhone lineup we've ever had and by far the most popular."
[1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/
[2] https://www.apple.com/investor/earnings-call/
Revenue vs. units (Score:4, Insightful)
I'd be more interested to know if they shipped more units than ever. Revenue is going to naturally climb as inflation drives prices up, even if actual units shipped stays flat.
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Apple had a very tempting nationwide trade-in deal with all the carriers. It wouldn't shock me if that drove units higher than usual.
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According to the conference call, Apple saw double-digit growth with users switching to iPhones including an all-time record for upgraders. No specific numbers were given at the conference call, but based on the above, they were definitely increasing the number of phones sold.
Re: Revenue vs. units (Score:2)
I switched because iPhone is the smallest medium end phone.
Nothing new from them, but for a modnrange phone it was the best option to go with an older iPhone.
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You're not wrong, of course.
Inflation causes revenue to go up, and population growth causes sales to go up (assuming adoption stays flat), which also causes revenue to go up.
But that being said- those are all very small amounts.
The 14% cited is not either of those things, nor both of them combined.
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Uh, you can find out the difference in price of an iPhone 16 (at launch) vs. and iPhone 17 (and the corresponding Pro models).
Ask AI:
1. iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16 (Base Model)
Difference: 0% (No Price Change)
Context: While the starting price remained $799, the value proposition improved significantly. The base iPhone 17 starts with 256GB of storage, whereas the base iPhone 16 started with 128GB. Effectively, you get double the storage for the same price.
2. iPhone 17 Pro Max vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max
Difference: 0% (
Lots of revenue! More sheep! (Score:3)
Increase prices, bamboozle 'buyers' with the 'free iPhone on us' carrier subsidization scams. Of course revenue is up, the sheep are not educated enough to understand proper long term personal finance.
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Or, and just hear me out on this one. People like the product?
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> Or, and just hear me out on this one. People like the product?
That's a hypothesis, but it doesn't explain the change. There is nothing particularly interesting in the current iPhone lineup (one phone is thin, one phone is powerful, one phone is cheap, etc). Of course, carrier subsidization scams aren't new either, so they don't explain the growth.
Somehow they managed to open a new market or market segment somewhere, but it's not clear how.
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Carrier subsidization model is fantastic if you're not looking to leave your carrier any time soon. That's the real trade-off. And that's not a scam at all. It's a trade-off.
Lionizing capitalism? (Score:1)
This is not the kind of article for Slashdot. I am not sure how much of Slashdot's readership leans left.