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Apple blew past Wall Street expectations successful its first net study since it announced CEO Tim Cook would beryllium stepping down.
Cook reported Apple’s “best March 4th ever” and “double-digit maturation crossed each geographic segment”. He besides noted “extraordinary request for nan iPhone17 lineup”.
Apple crushed Wall Street expectations of $110bn successful revenue, racking up $111.2bn for nan 2nd 4th of 2026. That inclination held successful greater China, wherever gross reached $20.4bn. Apple besides hit Wall thoroughfare expectations of $1.96 successful its net per share, and reported $2.01.
Apple’s stocks roseate successful after-hours trading aft nan release.
Apple’s 20 April announcement that John Ternus would return complete arsenic nan company’s apical executive successful September comes astatine a captious juncture for nan iPhone maker.
Apple has not invested arsenic heavy successful AI arsenic its biggest competitors but it’s still base immoderate of nan costs from nan AI boom. OpenAI, Google and Microsoft buying up overmuch of nan world’s representation spot proviso has made them much expensive, expanding costs for Apple to build its products.
Ternus besides inherits a complicated privateness legacy. While Cook has fought difficult for these protections successful nan US, he has made important concessions successful China – Apple’s second-largest and fastest-growing market.
Ternus, presently elder vice-president of hardware, joined Apple’s merchandise creation squad successful 2001. Apple has said his contributions were instrumental successful introducing galore caller products, including nan iPad and AirPods, arsenic good arsenic galore generations of iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch products. Ternus is expected to beryllium successful complaint by nan clip Apple launches its first foldable iPhone later this year.
