Apple Watch sales hit $1.7 billion; boosts Apple revenues
Storehouse was also able to leverage the Apple TV’s power and speed for its app, which lets you nearly instantly display photos and videos shot with the iPhone. Apple showed off a handful of new features of the new streaming box, including the all-new remote that comes with a built-in glass trackpad for easier navigation around the user interface. Then again if you could afford those, $50 off probably doesn’t mean that much to you anyway.
The all-new Apple TV is now available in Canada. However, only two Apple Watch models – the stainless steel Apple Watch and aluminum Apple Watch Sport – qualify for the deal.
Apple said on Tuesday that the expanded availability of the Apple Watch and continued strong sales of its iPhone have helped the company to its “most successful” final quarter and fiscal year.
Although the Cupertino-based tech giant doesn’t reveal their exact sales numbers, their annual revenue report does reveal a good bit about the Apple Watch.
Second, the number of Apple retails stores participating in the promotion is fairly limited. It may offer a few small markdowns for students, corporate customers, Japanese “lucky bag” promotions, and Black Friday shoppers, but the company usually doesn’t offer deals outside of those rare instances.
Apple launched Watch OS 2 in September, giving developers more capabilities to take advantage of native apps.
Isaac Showman, Managing Director of Reuters TV said, “Reuters TV’s expansion onto Apple TV is part of an ongoing plan to deliver our content to more users on more platforms”.
Boding well for further growth in the payments space, Apple announced yesterday that it has partnered American Express to bring Apple Pay to key global markets.
The quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion is something to cheer about and $1.96 per diluted share being the share price.
One particularly interesting note from Maestri on Apple’s enterprise business was related to the value IBM specifically says it is creating with its mass transition to Macs. That’s outpacing Apple’s overall corporate revenue growth significantly.
Without disclosing any specific details, Apple mentioned that sales of Apple Watch increased considerably form the last quarter and exceeded internal expectations.