The organization staffs each of its eight Japanese Apple Stores with a normal of 100 representatives, a large portion of whom work on a full-time basis.
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In my view, Apple should continue on trying to develop compelling products for this segment as it still represents a large, if perhaps potentially stagnant, revenue opportunity. We think there’s great things for customers, and a great commercial opportunity, and so we’re investing.
Services in the latest quarter represented 14% of Apple’s total revenue, up from 10% a year ago.
Apple Inc. employees pose for a photograph before the grand opening of the new Apple Inc. flagship store at Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Image source: The Motley Fool.
Hiring more women and diverse candidates has been a key focus in Silicon Valley and Apple’s report revealed the company has made progress this year.
The survey company spoke to 540 current smartwatch and fitness tracker owners to find out whether they meant to buy an Apple Watch 2. The iPhone 7 still has no confirmed release date, but it is believed that it will show up on Friday, September 16. The Yomiuri Shimbun said the information in a report that was published prior today, which was later gotten by Japanese dialect Apple blog Mac Otakara. Revenue was up 19%, year over year.
Can Apple’s iPhone business return to sustainable growth? While we obviously don’t yet know exactly what kind of advancements the Apple iPhone 7 Plus is going to make, all accounts say Apple is going to be making some leap forward.
The report went on to add, “As the image comes from a major mobile network it’s worth taking seriously, but given that we can’t read the Chinese it’s possible there’s been some misinterpretation, especially as there hasn’t been much talk of a blue handset”.
The key takeaway from this quote is that services “represents an even higher percentage of [Apple’s] profitability”.
The stock increased 1.25% or $1.31 during the last trading session, hitting $105.79.
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Another Apple Watch 2 rumor is about itsthinner body. Of course Lewis concludes with a look at the missing headphone jack which we all already knew was coming. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool has the following options: long January 2018 $90 calls on Apple and short January 2018 $95 calls on Apple.
