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Apple Reports Best-Ever Quarter For iPhone Sales 34

Posted by BeauHD from the upgrades-people-upgrades! dept.
Apple posted its biggest quarter ever, with iPhone revenue hitting a record ~$85.3 billion and Services climbing 14% to ~$30 billion. Total revenue reached nearly $143.76 billion.

"The demand for iPhone was simply staggering," CEO Tim Cook said on a conference call discussing the results. "This is the strongest iPhone lineup we've ever had and by far the most popular."
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  • This is not the kind of article for Slashdot. I am not sure how much of Slashdot's readership leans left.

  • Revenue vs. units (Score:5, Insightful)

    by frdmfghtr ( 603968 ) on Friday January 30, 2026 @09:39PM (#65960272)

    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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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% (

      • Whenever I've asked (been subjected to) AI to do anything that involves numerical device specifications and model numbers, I've often noticed it failing, in cases where I already knew the spec and it was possible for me to notice.

        Maybe the AI has better training on flagship phone prices than GPU overclocking voltages, but as I have no way to determine that, whatever the AI might tell me is functionally useless and will be discounted out of hand.

  • Lots of revenue! More sheep! (Score:3)

    by Fly Swatter ( 30498 ) on Friday January 30, 2026 @10:07PM (#65960308) Homepage
    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.

    • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward

      Or, and just hear me out on this one. People like the product?

      • 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.

        • Re: Lots of revenue! More sheep! (Score:4, Insightful)

          by baker_tony ( 621742 ) on Saturday January 31, 2026 @02:48AM (#65960534) Homepage

          Yep, nothing fancy, just a phone that works. Can't imagine there's a market for that...

          • Most phones "just work."

            That's not an Apple special trait.

            • 'work' is often a personal assessment (Score:4, Insightful)

              by david.emery ( 127135 ) on Saturday January 31, 2026 @11:14AM (#65960844)

              Well, after using an iPhone, I tried an Android. I found it to be confusing and baroque. More significantly, I haven't seen any significant new feature that is sufficiently different from an iPhone to make me want to move to Android as my primary device. (I got the Android phone to run one app that is not available on iOS.)

              I'm not saying people shouldn't buy Android phones, if that's what they want. But to castigate people who choose iPhones as 'sheep' or other pejorative judgements is disgusting to me. Each person makes a choice based on his/her preferences. If you don't like Apple the company or iOS the platform or iPhone the device, good for you. Don't insult those who don't share your preferences.

              • Re: (Score:2, Troll)

                by phantomfive ( 622387 )

                Well, after using an iPhone, I tried an Android. I found it to be confusing and baroque.

                You've been around a while, and you are not ignorant when it comes to computers, and yet people who are completely ignorant about computers (and generally incompetent at life) have no problem using Android. The obvious conclusion is that you are exaggerating the problems you had for rhetorical effect.

                But to castigate people who choose iPhones as 'sheep' or other pejorative judgements is disgusting to me.

                People who don't know better may be excused, but you have intentionally chosen to be locked in the garden. You disgust me in that way.

    • 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.

      • I purchased a low end Motorola phone for $130 and have an $8/month plan with US Mobile on AT&T's network. I don't think a traditional carrier can beat this.

        Back in 2015 or so, I was at an AT&T store getting a SIM card for a pay-as-you-go plan for another low end Motorola phone. The rep tried to upsell me on data, and I asked why on earth I would need more than 1GB or whatever. He pulled out his phone, opened a video, and exclaimed, "Youtube!" Another customer entered the store and asked about rep

        • You left the store ... and having seen those people, you put some money in Apple stock instead, which has increased in value around 10-fold since that day?

          • That would have been a smart move in hindsight.

            I had just graduated with a master's and was working my first job out of school at a startup that paid below market rate and had no benefits. I did do the max Roth IRA contribution that year, but that was it. I was pretty clueless about finances.

          • Indeed. Every bit of expensive electronics I own could have been invested instead. An astute observation, my friend.

            Of course, if I invested every dollar of every expensive thing I own, it'd still come out to far less than my biweekly investment from my paycheck, so ya, I choose to own cool shit. If you can't afford cool shit, I can see you deciding whether or not to get a cool phone or invest.

        • I purchased a low end Motorola phone for $130 and have an $8/month plan with US Mobile on AT&T's network. I don't think a traditional carrier can beat this.

          A traditional carrier, and their customers, are not trying to.
          You are a niche.

          You do understand that, right?

    • I wonder who the âoesheepâ are. Maybe the ones who call âoesheepâ the loudest?
      • The sheep are those that don't understand how to disable utf-8 for Slashdot posting with their iPhone.

        6yr old android on a $10 per year plan (grandfathered account plan).
  • ...oooh, shiny. Give me now !

  • Some buyers buying to beat RAM price increases? (Score:3)

    by TigerPlish ( 174064 ) on Saturday January 31, 2026 @09:12AM (#65960728)

    With the projected RAM price increases this year on just about any device that uses it, I bet many buyers bought "out of cycle" to beat the increases.

  • Worth the upgrade from the 14 pro (Score:3)

    by Smonster ( 2884001 ) on Saturday January 31, 2026 @10:21AM (#65960784)
    The features spec was finally worth the trade in an upgrade for me. I was previously using a 14 pro. This one has a way more capable camera. In addition to better color and more lens options, it is able to take 3D video I can watch with on our VR headset. Alas the 3D videos are only in 1080 p and not 4k 60 fps, but it’s still pretty impressive for camera which fits in your pocket. And the processor is definitely faster and the screen is better as well. Siri on the phone is pretty useful too for when have AirPods in and am jogging or hiking outside of cell service and want to change songs, or get the time without pulling out the phone.
  • How many people upgraded their phones because of uncertain price hikes? I'm guessing we'll see next quarter.

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