Apple right this moment shared its earnings outcomes for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2023 (third calendar quarter), and Mac income noticed a significant drop in comparison with final 12 months.
Mac gross sales got here in at $7.6 billion in This fall 2023, down 34 p.c from $11.5 billion within the year-ago quarter. Mac income for all of 2023 was $29.4 billion, down from $40.2 billion in 2022.
Apple CFO Luca Maestri attributed the drop to difficult market circumstances and difficult compares to final 12 months’s Mac lineup. Due to provide chain points through the June 2022 quarter, Mac gross sales spiked within the September 2022 quarter, which didn’t occur this 12 months. Apple additionally up to date the MacBook Air in June 2023 moderately than September, which impacted September quarter gross sales in comparison with final 12 months.
Apple did launch new M3, M3 Professional, and M3 Max Macs in late October, however gross sales of these gadgets will probably be mirrored within the December quarter. Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner informed CNBC that he expects Mac efficiency to enhance over the vacations.
“I feel the Mac goes to have a considerably higher quarter within the December quarter,” mentioned Cook dinner. “We have got the M3, we have the brand new merchandise, and we do not have the evaluate phenomenon on a year-over-year foundation,” Cook dinner mentioned.
Apple started permitting prospects to buy the brand new M3 Macs on Monday, with shipments to start arriving subsequent week. Apple seems to have loads of provide of the brand new fashions, so there must be no provide constraints through the upcoming holidays.
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