Thursday, January 28, 2021

Apple posts record profit as Chinese sales soar

 


People try out the iPhone 12 at an Apple store in Shanghai © AFP via Getty Images

Apple reported its highest-ever net profit in the holiday quarter as revenues swelled way beyond forecasts to $111.4bn on the back of a 57 per cent rise in sales in Greater China. Apple’s net profits rose 29 per cent to $28.8bn, against forecasts it would rise 6.3 per cent, while earnings per share jumped 35 per cent to $1.68. Forecasters expected revenues of about $102bn.

https://www.ft.com/content/39157bd8-12ac-4b54-b4e3-8d6432d8abf6

Apple is reportedly moving iPad production out of China for the first time ever because of Trump's trade war. Major Apple supplier Foxconn is moving some production of the iPad and Macbook from China to Vietnam, a source told Reuters. ... This will be the first time the iPad has been manufactured outside of China(November 26 2020)

 

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