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rogifan_new said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Two key takeaways here.

1) Cook said to CNBC that over 100% of the difference in estimates from the guidelines and today is from China. That means that (World - China) revenues were better than Apple had expected.
2) At $84B, this will be Apple's second-highest quarter ever.

(also, came for idiotic "this wouldn't have happened if Jobs was in charge" takes, and wasn't disappointed.)

This was also in cook’s letter so it’s not just China.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/letter-from-tim-cook-to-apple-investors/
While Greater China and other emerging markets accounted for the vast majority of the year-over-year iPhone revenue decline, in some developed markets, iPhone upgrades also were not as strong as we thought they would be. While macroeconomic challenges in some markets were a key contributor to this trend, we believe there are other factors broadly impacting our iPhone performance, including consumers adapting to a world with fewer carrier subsidies, US dollar strength-related price increases, and some customers taking advantage of significantly reduced pricing for iPhone battery replacements. 

So it is the $29 battery (that cost them less than a $1) fault. Lol

China Prices: XS 64 gb: RMB 8,699 = $1,266 XS Max 64 GB: RMB 9,599 = $1,398 Mate 20 Pro : between RMB 5,399-6,799 = $785-990

I still have not seen a single XR in the wild..have they sold any of them?

ericthehalfbee said:

What's that "splat" sound you hear?

It's millions of haters/losers/idiots all over the world having a collective orgasm at hearing this news. Seems they can only be happy when there's bad news about Apple.

Perhaps you do dont know that Iphones in China costs 30% more than in the US. I bought mine in Hong Kong because is cheaper. Most people in the Mainland cannot justify the pricing considering that local phone makers offer similar or superior phones cheaper. In China all we need is Wechat and Alipay app which run on every platforms. I can tell you that uthe arguments that China economy is slowing is bull since other phone makers are still expanding. Perhaps if Apple released phones worth upgrading then things would be different. Truth is that Apple cannot longer compete with Huawei and Oneplus in the high-end, since their phones are superior and cheaper.