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WORLDVIEW: Apple’s killer quarter down to one simple tweak
Apple had a terrific Christmas – it generated all-time record earnings of $91.8bn in the last three months of last year.
Apple had a terrific Christmas – its generated all-time record earnings of $91.8bn in the last three months of last year. That's a staggering amount of money and it was, to many analysts' surprise, driven largely by an 8% increase in iPhone sales.
For a few years now, iPhone sales have been flat or falling as people hold onto their phones longer. But suddenly, last Christmas, iPhone sales jumped to $56bn.
What happened? And what can we learn from this unexpected success?
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