Ondrej Holzman I-Apple ibike imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2017 ngenzuzo yezigidigidi ezingama- $ 45,4 engxenyeni yesithathu yezimali zika-8,72, okuyenza ibe yikota yesibili ephumelele kakhulu kweyake yaba khona. Izindaba ezibalulekile ukuthi ngemuva kwesikhathi eside ama-iPads enze kahle.
Inkampani yaseCalifornian yakwazi ukukhula kuzo zonke izigaba zomkhiqizo, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, imiphumela yayo yadlula lokho okulindelwe abahlaziyi, ngemva kwalokho amasheya e-apula akhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-5 kuya phezulu ($ 158 ngesabelo ngasinye) ngemva kokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela yezezimali.
Ukukhula kwemali engenayo yonyaka kungu-7%, kuzuza ngisho ne-12%, ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ibamba umoya futhi ngemva kwesikhathi esibuthakathaka. “Sinomfutho othize. Izinto eziningi osekunesikhathi eside sisebenza kuzo seziqala ukubonakala emiphumeleni, kusho Pro I-WSJ Isikhulu se-Apple uTim Cook.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, i-Apple iphumelele ukubuyisela emuva ukuthuthukiswa okungekuhle kwama-iPads. Ngemuva kwekota eyishumi nantathu elandelanayo yokwehla konyaka nonyaka ekuthengisweni kwe-iPad, ikota yesithathu ekugcineni ilethe ukukhula-okukhuphuka ngamaphesenti ayi-15 unyaka nonyaka. Kodwa-ke, imali engenayo evela kumathebulethi ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti amabili kuphela, okubonisa ngokuyinhloko ukuthandwa i-iPad entsha neshibhile.
Izinsizakalo, ezihlanganisa okuqukethwe kwedijithali nezinsizakalo, i-Apple Pay, ukulayisensa nokunye, zibe nekota yazo engcono kunayo yonke. Imali engenayo kubo ifinyelele ku-7,3 billion dollars. AmaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,7 avela kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi eminye imikhiqizo, ehlanganisa ne-Apple Watch ne-Apple TV.
Ama-iPhone (amayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-41, akhuphuke ngo-2% unyaka nonyaka) kanye nama-Macs (amayunithi ayizigidi ezi-4,3, akhuphuke ngo-1%) nawo abone ukukhula kancane konyaka nonyaka, okusho ukuthi awukho umkhiqizo owehlayo. Kodwa-ke, uTim Cook uthe kube nokuma okuthile ekuthengisweni kwezingcingo ze-Apple, okudalwe kakhulu yingxoxo emnandi mayelana nama-iPhones amasha, abasebenzisi abaningi abawalindile.
Kungakho kuthakazelisa kakhulu ukubuka isibikezelo se-Apple sekota elandelayo, ephela ngoSepthemba. Ku-Q4 2017, i-Apple yethule isibikezelo semali engenayo phakathi kwe- $ 49 billion ne- $ 52 billion. Ngonyaka odlule, ku-Q4 2016, i-Apple yayinemali engenayo engaphansi kuka-$47 billion, ngakho-ke kuyacaca ukuthi ilindele ukuthi kube nesithakazelo kuma-iPhones amasha. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, singalindela intshumayelo yabo ngo-September.
