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Apple reports best-ever iPhone sales as Mac dips

Apple reports best-ever iPhone sales as Mac dips16 hours agoShareSaveKali HaysTechnology reporterShareSaveEPASales of the iPhone hit an all-time high in the final three months of last year, boosted by the new range of iPhone 17s, tech firm Apple reported on Thursday.Revenue rose by 16 compared to the same period last year to 144bn (82.5bn) - the strongest growth since 2021 - thanks to a jump in sales in China, as well as Europe, the Americas, and Japan.However, sales in other parts of the company were less positive.Wearables and accessories, which include things like the Apple Watch and AirPods, fell by roughly 3. Sales of Mac computers were down by just over 7.Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the iPhone's boost in sales meant the firm was in "supply chase mode.""To meet a very high level of customer demand, we're currently constrained," Cook said on a call with financial analysts. Demand for the iPhone 17 "exceeded our expectations, to say the least," he said, noting that sales in India set a quarterly record for the region.Cook declined to give any detail on a recently announced partnership with Google, in which the latter company's Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) product will be the basis of future Apple AI models and updates to its Siri functionality. "Where investors are really wondering about what Apple is going to do next is on AI because they have hung back more than some of the other big tech names," said Anna MacDonald, investment manager at investment firm A

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