Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule i-Apple imemezele ngokusemthethweni imiphumela yezezimali yekota yesibili yezimali ka-2020. Khumbula ukuthi le Q2 ihambelana nekota yokuqala yonyaka: Januwari, Februwari noMashi. Ukungaqiniseki ngokuthi imiphumela yezomnotho izoncika kanjani kumthelela i-COVID-19 ebingaba nawo ekuthengisweni kwe-Apple. Noma kunjalo, I-Apple imemezela imali engenayo ethe xaxa kunokuqhathaniswa nekota efanayo ngonyaka odlule. Kepha konke lokho okucwebezelayo akulona igolide ngoba umthelela omkhulu we-coronavirus uzofika ku-Q3 lapho ukubaluleka kwalezi zinyanga zokugcina kuzobonakala ngoba zizohambisana nezinyanga lapho amazwe amaningi ahlukanisiwe.
I-Apple ibeka amarekhodi okugqokwa nezinsizakalo ku-Q2 2020
UTim Cook umemezele ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule imiphumela yezezimali ka-Apple yaleli kota lesibili lezimali. Isiphetho ngaphambi kokuya emiphumeleni sikabili. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinsizakalo nokugqokwa kuyigugu emqhele Okwe-Apple kusethwa irekhodi ngemuva kwerekhodi kwikota ngayinye. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Apple ikwazi ukufihla umthelela wobhadane lomhlaba wonke ngemali engenayo ethe xaxa. Kodwa-ke, kufanele sibhekane nezinyanga ezizayo ngendlela engcono kakhulu ngoba ziyizinyanga ezibaluleke kakhulu kwi-Big Apple: I-WWDC 2020 nokwethulwa kwama-iPhones amasha.
I-Apple iphakamisile Ama-dollar ayi-58.313 lokho kuqhathaniswa ne- Ama-dollar ayi-58.015 Kwikota efanayo yonyaka we-2019 sibona ukwanda cishe kwama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-300. Kodwa-ke, le datha ifihliwe kusukela ngoFebhuwari u-Apple bekulindeleke ukuthi abe nezindawo ze- 63 kuya ku-67 billion dollars. Inkinga ye-COVID-19 idale ukuthi abezimali benkampani balungise izibalo ukugwema ukushaywa kanzima.
Uma sihlaziya imigqa ehlukene yemikhiqizo ye-Apple sibona ukuthi ifayela le- I-iPhone isewumthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-28.962. Kulandelwa izinsizakalo lapho sithola khona i-Apple TV +, i-Apple Arcade noma i-Apple Music enamadola ayizigidi eziyi-13.348. Ngemuva kwalokho kwafika izintambo (i-Apple Watch, i-AirPods, i-Apple TV) imali yazo eyayizigidi ezingama-6.284. Endaweni eyandulela eyokugcina amaMac anamadola ayizigidi ezingama-5.315. Futhi, ekugcineni, i-iPad kuzo zonke izizukulwane zayo itholakala ngezigidi ezingama-4.368.
Impumelelo enkulu ye-Apple ezindaweni zokugcina kuyizinsizakalo nezinsimbi basetha amarekhodi omlando enkampani. UTim Cook ukuncomile ukukhula kwalesi sici, ekhipha isifuba sakhe kumzuzu onzima wokuthi bekufanele baphile njengezinye izinkampani ezinkulu kepha okukhombisa isifiso sabo sokuqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezintsha:
Ngaphandle komthelela ongakaze ubonwe womhlaba wonke we-COVID-19, siyaziqhenya ngokubika ukuthi i-Apple ikhule phakathi nekota, iqhutshwa yirekhodi lesikhathi sonke lezinsizakalo kanye nerekhodi lekota lezinsimbi.