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Apple Services revenue hit an all-time high of $20.8 billion

Services continue to grow

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Amidst a downturn in most hardware categories, Apple set a new record for its Apple Services business, beating Wall Street's expectations for the segment.

Apple's first quarter of 2023 ended on December 31, 2022, posting quarterly revenue of $117.2 billion, down 5% year-over-year. However, the Services business continues to do well as the company reported a revenue of $20.77 billion versus the estimated figure of $20.67 billion, which was up 6.4% year-over-year.

Apple reported a revenue of $20.77 billion for Services Apple reported a revenue of $20.77 billion for Services

"We set an all-time revenue record of $20.8 billion in our Services business, and in spite of a difficult macroeconomic environment and significant supply constraints, we grew total company revenue on a constant currency basis," said Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO. "We generated $34 billion in operating cash flow and returned over $25 billion to shareholders during the quarter while continuing to invest in our long-term growth plans."

Apple's Services business includes iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Pay, Apple Card, and more. Another payment service — Apple Pay Later — is currently being beta-tested by employees and will join the company as a new service in the future.

"It will be launching soon," Cook said.

Services was up 6.4% year-over-year Services was up 6.4% year-over-year

The news on Thursday exceeds expectations from analysts, who believed that Apple was primarily a device producer — and it is — but Services is no slouch. As an example, over 900 million people are paying for subscriptions on Apple devices.

The company is seeking to bolster its business in other ways, too, such as an expansion of its advertising business.



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eightzero 15 Years · 3161 comments

I'd pay for a subscription for an Apple branded and operated VPN on a new Airport.

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cgWerks 9 Years · 2947 comments

Oh my, I fear this will just bolster this “Apple’s Ruin” division in power position within the company.

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mikethemartian 19 Years · 1532 comments

I would pay for an online version of Time Machine.

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Xed 5 Years · 2966 comments

I remember when people freaked out when Tim Cook said that Apple was going to make a big push into services in the coming year. I think that was a good decade ago, if I'm not mistaken.

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FileMakerFeller 7 Years · 1561 comments

And the consensus Wall Street estimate was off by ~US$100 million.

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