Apple Decrease in net profit 3% Dec. 4th consecutive quarter Oct 31 9:14
A major American IT company Apple announced its financial results for the three months to last month, and the final profit decreased by 3% compared to the same period of the previous year, the fourth consecutive quarter.
Apple announced on the 30th that the financial results for the three months from July to September accounted for $ 64 billion in sales and ¥ 6,970 billion in Japanese yen compared to the same period of the previous year. Increased by 2%.
On the other hand, the final profit was $ 13.6 billion, a decrease of 3% to ¥ 1,490 billion in Japanese yen, a decrease for the fourth consecutive quarter.
This is mainly due to a 9% decrease in iPhone sales, while sales of wearable devices and ipads were strong.
By region, sales decreased in China and Japan.
Apple has increased the complexity of the business environment due to trade friction between the United States and China, but in addition to launching “iPhone 11” in September, the flat-rate video distribution service using the Internet from next month The sales are expected to increase steadily until December, when the year-end sales battle begins in earnest.