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Apple surpasses 2 billion active devices

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Apple surpasses 2 billion active devices

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Apple continues to woo new users and passes another milestone: 2 billion active devices as of February 2023.
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Apple’s installed base exceeded 2 billion active devices, as revealed by CEO Tim Cook during Thursday’s earnings call and press release. Although revenue in Apple’s first quarter fell $6.7 billion short of last year’s, the continued growth helped the company achieve what Cook called “a truly incredible milestone.”

Apple: 2 billion devices!

In Cook’s opening remarks during the call, he revealed that just seven years after passing 1 billion active devices, Apple doubled that figure to 2 billion. He cited Apple’s “deep commitment to innovation, incredible customer loyalty and satisfaction, and a large number of switchers” as reasons for the ongoing success.

Apple CFO Luca Maestri continued that theme in his own opening remarks. “Our installed base of active devices grew double digits and achieved all-time records in each geographic segment and in each major product category,” Maestri said, citing “extremely strong” customer satisfaction and loyalty as well.

Not enough for AAPL investors

While the number of active devices continues to climb, the rate of Apple’s growth has slowed down. Although iPad revenue grew 30% last quarter, Mac revenue fell a whopping 29%. And iPhone revenue dropped 8% compared to the same period last year.

Apple’s first quarter came up short compared to the company’s previous holiday quarter. Cook cited three reasons in the call: foreign exchange headwinds, COVID-19-related challenges and “a challenging macroeconomic environment, from inflation to war in Eastern Europe.” These challenges may have contributed to the delayed introduction of the Mac mini and MacBook Pro.

Despite warning investors of a challenging quarter in November, the decline in revenue shook Apple investors.


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