Ives: Current fiscal year will be Apple's strongest iPhone unit year ever
Dan Ives · The Apple Paradox, Trump’s Impact on Markets, NVIDIA Demand — With Dan Ives and Stephanie Link · Oct 23, 2024 · at 2:00
Dan Ives discusses Apple's valuation and iPhone demand cycle on the Big Technology Podcast.
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“So regardless of what you want to say about Apple intelligence, if it's going to be rolled out in October, November, January, February, in the next, for this fiscal year, this will, unless some black swan event happens, be the strongest iPhone unit year ever historically. So I think over two hundred forty million in terms of units.”
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