Tim Cook dinner Finds Staggering Quantity Of Apple Merchandise

Apple has continuously persevered with its international domination ever because the first iPhone was once launched in 2007. And now, throughout the tech massive’s first profits name of the yr, CEO Tim Cook dinner shared that the collection of energetic Apple gadgets has crossed 2.2 billion international.

To position that into context, it’s estimated that there are 2 billion kids on the earth. So technically, there are extra iPhones, iPads, and Macs in this globe than there are literal kids.

Tim Cook dinner shared all throughout Apple’s newest profits name

“We’re happy to announce that our put in base of energetic gadgets has now surpassed 2.2 billion, attaining an all-time top throughout all merchandise and geographic segments,” Cook dinner mentioned in a press free up.

“And as consumers start to revel in the unbelievable Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional the next day to come, we’re as dedicated as ever to the pursuit of groundbreaking innovation — in keeping with our values and on behalf of our consumers.”

It is a 10% build up from the remaining time Apple recorded its quantity of energetic gadgets in February 2023. In step with Statista, Apple reached 1 billion gadgets in 2016, that means that during simply seven years, that quantity has nearly doubled. However what’s subsequent for Apple?

As they have fun the discharge of the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, their new VR headset, there are many rumors in regards to the corporate’s eventual pivot to AI. At this level, this sort of pivot can be inevitable — particularly since they’re reportedly operating on their generative AI dubbed ‘Apple GPT.’

However in spite of gossip that iOS 18 would possibly convey with it a number of AI-related updates, Cook dinner and the remainder of Apple have remained coy, announcing handiest this of their press free up:

“As we glance forward, we will be able to proceed to spend money on those and different applied sciences that may form the long run. That incorporates synthetic intelligence the place we proceed to spend an incredible quantity of effort and time, and we’re excited to proportion the main points of our ongoing paintings in that house later this yr.”

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Charlotte Colombo

Freelance Journalist

Charlotte Colombo is a contract journalist with bylines in Metro.co.united kingdom, Radio Instances, The Impartial, Day by day Dot, Glamour, Stylist, and VICE amongst others. She maximum just lately labored as a Workforce Creator for leisure outlet The Virtual Repair for 2 years and, previous to that, labored with Trade Insider and Dexerto on their virtual tradition desks. She’s additionally seemed on BBC Radio 5 and The Father or mother podcast to proportion her experience on era, influencers, and area of interest web subcultures.

She holds an MA in Mag Journalism from Town, College of London and has been freelancing for 3 years. She has quite a lot of specialties together with era, virtual tradition, leisure, way of life, and neurodiversity.’