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Apple Shares Rise After Positive Sales Outlook Signals iPhone Recovery


Apple executives on Thursday forecast comparatively robust gross sales progress, an indication the corporate will get well from a dip in iPhone gross sales because it rolls out synthetic intelligence options.

The forecast comes after Apple delivered a slight drop in iPhone revenues for the vacation purchasing quarter and lagged Wall Street estimates, hampered by a scarcity in some markets of Artificial Intelligence 
(AI) options meant to be the chief promoting level of its newest units.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook stated these options will attain extra customers in Europe this spring, and shares rose 3.14 p.c  in post-market commerce.

Apple has approached AI extra cautiously than lots of its friends, eschewing the massive knowledge heart spending of rivals resembling Microsoft and as a substitute envisioning AI as options meant to assist promote its newest {hardware}.

That method paid off earlier this week when China’s DeepSeek unveiled free AI expertise that sparked fears of value wars, sank shares of a few of Apple’s rivals and despatched shares of the iPhone maker up barely.

Despite the AI rollout stumbles, Apple’s general gross sales and earnings have been boosted by stronger-than-expected gross sales in its fiscal first quarter of iPads and Macs, the place new chips helped persuade clients to improve. 

And Chief Financial Officer Kevan Parekh gave a rosier outlook for the present fiscal second quarter, saying the corporate expects gross sales to rise within the low- to mid-single digit vary, after accounting for a unfavourable 2.5 proportion level influence from a robust greenback. 

“The steerage administration offered on the decision exceeded expectations, because the iPhone good points momentum and Apple will get previous a troublesome quarter in China,” stated Gil Luria, managing director at D.A. Davidson.

In the just-ended quarter, iPhone gross sales dropped barely to $69.14 billion (roughly Rs. 5,99,024 crore), in contrast with the $71.03 billion (roughly Rs. 6,15,229 crore) that analysts have been anticipating, in keeping with LSEG knowledge. Greater China gross sales dropped to $18.51 billion (roughly Rs. 1,60,367 crore), in contrast with $20.82 billion (roughly Rs. 1,80,381 crore) a 12 months earlier and under the $21.33 billion (roughly Rs. 1,84,793 crore) {that a} Visible Alpha survey of 5 analysts anticipated.

Total gross sales of $124.30 billion (roughly Rs. 10,76,978 crore) for the fiscal first quarter ended December 28 inched previous Wall Street’s goal of $124.12 billion (roughly Rs. 10,75,320 crore), in keeping with LSEG, whereas earnings per share of $2.40 comfortably beat the consensus goal of $2.35 (roughly Rs. 203)

The iPhone maker has positioned AI as a set of recent capabilities and options resembling drafting emails and transcribing cellphone calls, however the firm is rolling the options out over time and has not but secured an area companion in China to launch them.

In an interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated AI options, referred to as Apple Intelligence, are driving gross sales of the corporate’s new units.

“We noticed that in markets the place we have now rolled out Apple Intelligence, the year-over-year efficiency on the iPhone 16 household was stronger than these the place Apple Intelligence was not obtainable,” Cook stated.

While Cook stated Apple Intelligence is coming in new languages resembling French and German in April, he stated there is no such thing as a timeline for when it should develop into obtainable in China.

“We proceed to work with the regulators and can launch it as quickly as we will,” Cook stated.

Cook informed Reuters that about half of Apple’s 11 p.c decline in China revenues was attributable to adjustments in how a lot stock the corporate’s resellers held.    

 Mac gross sales over the past quarter benefited from a brand new lineup of Mac Minis, iMacs and MacE-book Pros with a brand new M4 chip. Apple Intelligence options are extra broadly obtainable on Apple’s Macs and iPads as a result of their bigger measurement means they’ve extra highly effective chips.

“The silicon makes it good for operating AI workloads, and so I assume that that is a really key compelling motive for individuals to improve,” Cook stated.

Apple’s Mac and iPad gross sales hit $8.99 billion (roughly Rs. 77,891 crore) and $8.09 billion (roughly Rs. 70,094 crore) respectively, above estimates of $7.96 billion (roughly Rs. 68,965 crore) and $7.32 billion (roughly Rs. 63,414 crore), in keeping with LSEG knowledge.

Apple stated its companies enterprise, which incorporates iCloud storage and its streaming music and video companies, hit $26.34 billion (roughly Rs. 2,28,190 crore) in gross sales, up 13.9 p.c from the earlier 12 months and above estimates of $26.09 billion (roughly Rs. 2,25,985 crore), in keeping with LSEG knowledge.

“While the corporate’s cautious method to AI rollout has drawn criticism, sturdy companies progress and ecosystem enlargement are offering essential momentum to assist ease its continued iPhone struggles in China,” stated Emarketer analyst Jacob Bourne. 

The agency’s wearables phase, which incorporates the Apple Watch and AirPods strains, had $11.75 billion (roughly Rs. 1,01,794 crore) in gross sales, in contrast with analyst expectations of $12.01 billion (roughly Rs. 104 crore), in keeping with LSEG knowledge.

© Thomson Reuters 2025

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