Apple announced during the announcement of the quarterly figures of the last months of last year that the milestone of two billion active devices has been reached. This includes iPhones, iPads, Macs and other hardware products from the company.
This number was achieved during the last fourth quarter of last year, reports CEO Tim Cook during a quarterly earnings statement. A year ago, the number of 1.8 billion active devices was already reached, in January 2021 it was 1.65 billion and in January 2020 the counter stood at 1.5 billion. Apple considers a device to be active if it has interacted with an Apple service in the last 90 days, so it spans all sorts of product groups.
While explaining the results verbally, Cook said production of the iPhones has returned to the desired level, although there were still problems to date. These stemmed from the pandemic, resulting in delivery problems with the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max in particular. This, combined with the reduced macroeconomic situation, meant that fewer of these devices were delivered. Sales of the smartphone segment amounted to $ 65.8 billion, a decrease of 8 percent compared to a year earlier.
In the past quarter, sales from the sale of smartphones in particular fell Macs. That turnover amounted to 7.7 billion dollars, a decrease of 29 percent. The company says this is in line with expectations as it introduces redesigned MacBook Pro laptops with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors during the last quarter of 2021 were introduced and those sales were partially factored into the results to be announced in January 2022. Last month, new versions with M2 Pro and M2 Max socs announced, but the sales will only be part of the next quarterly figures.
Apple’s total turnover amounted to 117.2 billion dollars, a decrease of 5 percent. Net profit fell from $34.6 billion to just under $30 billion.
