Sentences with phrase «apple over the first quarter»

Still, that's a marked improvement for Apple over the first quarter smartphone sales in China, which represented a paltry 12.4 % of the market.

Not exact matches

A handful of quarters and dimes may not sound impressive at first, but from a big picture perspective, Apple will be sending its investors $ 13.2 billion annually — nearly 30 % of its earnings over the last four quarters, and nearly enough to match Twitter's total value by market cap: $ 14.1 billion.

Although sales were reportedly down considerably over the first three months of the year, that might make sense considering Apple's fiscal first quarter includes the busy holiday shopping season.

Berkshire, which has traditionally avoided technology stocks, started to amass a holding in Apple in the first quarter of 2016, when it bought just over 9.8 million shares.

Apple, for its part, spent $ 1.4 million in the first quarter of 2017 as the iPhone giant looks to shape the upcoming debate over tax reform.

Apple sold 5 million iPhones over the weekend (up from 4 million for the first weekend of sales for the iPhone 4S), and could sell 10 times that amount by the end of the quarter that closes December 31.

They tracked how many people visited Apple Stores in China over the first quarter, when Apple's Chinese revenues are known.

Apple launched a new 9.7 inch tablet over the first quarter, priced at merely $ 299 for students and this boosted the whole education segment.

Apple, by comparison, has sold nearly 29 million iPads since it released the first one in April 2010, and over 9 million in the June quarter alone.

The first quarter results also revealed that Apple sold 5.5 million Macs (an increase of 14 percent over last year) and 21.4 million iPads (a decrease of 18 percent compared to last year).

«Apple Inc. is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, according to people familiar with the matter, using one of its older products to help reverse two quarters of sliding sales,» notes the publication.

This piece will go into the overall situation and try to ascertain if AMOLED assembly can reinforce Apple's profit picture and eventually stem the decreasing tide of sluggish sales, which have taken place over the first quarter this year and threaten to dampen future finances as well.