NEW DELHI: Apple reported an all-time revenue document in India but once more as greater gross sales of iPhones and demand for different merchandise, comparable to iPads, MacBooks, and AirPods, noticed the corporate proceed its gross sales surge.
Announcing the corporate’s outcomes for the Sept quarter, CEO Tim Cook reserved the now-customary phrases of reward for India, a market the place it’s not solely increasing manufacturing but in addition its retail contact factors throughout all channels – on-line in addition to offline comprising multi-brand retailers, premium resellers and company-owned shops. “… we continue to be excited by the enthusiasm we’re seeing in India, where we set an all-time revenue record,” Cook stated throughout the firm’s earnings name.
The firm reported an over 6% progress in international internet gross sales to $95 billion throughout the reported interval towards $89 billion a 12 months in the past. However, it would not give a separate break-up of India numbers. But whereas India fired all cylinders for Apple, its progress in the much-bigger Chinese market was virtually flat throughout the quarter.
According to a Counterpoint Research report, Apple iPhone gross sales accounted for 22% of market share in worth phrases in the September 2024 quarter in India.