Inkampani esekwe kwiCupertino isandula ukubhengeza umhla apho uTim Cook eza kuthi abonise iziphumo zenkampani zamva nje kubatyali mali. Ezi datha zisesidlangalaleni, ke nawuphi na umntu onomdla unokufikelela kule datha. Umhla okhethwe yiApple ngu-Okthobha 27, umhla apho iApple izakubonisa iziphumo zemali zenkampani ehambelana nekota yesine yonyaka, yesibini kunyaka ka-2016. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba iminyaka yezemali yeApple, kunye nezinye iinkampani ezininzi zobuchwephesha, ziqala nge-1 ka-Okthobha. hayi ngoJanuwari 1 wonyaka ngamnye.
Le ntlanganiso intsha nabatyali mali izakube imnandi njengoko izakubonisa idatha yokuthengisa yokuqala ye-iPhone 7 kunye ne-iPhone 7 Plus, ethi ngokutsho kwabanye abahlalutyi isezantsi kunezo ze-iPhone 6 kunye ne-6s Plus, eyathi yasungulwa yinkampani imakethi kunyaka ophelileyo ngeli xesha. Ukongeza, iApple ayifunanga ukunika ulwazi kwinani lezixhobo ezisebenzileyo kwimpelaveki yokuqala ukufumaneka, into esasiqhele ukuyenza kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kwaye inokuba sisizathu sokuzama ukunika i-iPhone 7 ixesha lokusondela kwintengiso yangaphambi kwayo.
Kwinkomfa ephelileyo, uApple ufumene umvuzo oxabisa i-42.500 yezigidi zeerandi, ngenzuzo ye-7.800 yezigidi, ngelixa kwangelo xesha lonyaka ophelileyo inkampani yafumana umvuzo opheleleyo we-49.600 yezigidi zeedola kunye nesibonelelo se-10.700 sezigidi. Abahlalutyi sele behlile kwishishini babhengeza ukuthengisa kunye noqikelelo lwengeniso. Ngokwenkoliso yabo, uAI-pple inokuvelisa umvuzo opheleleyo phakathi kwe-45,5 kunye ne-47,5 yezigidigidi zeedola ngomgama oqikelelweyo we-38%. Ngokwabahlalutyi abathile, inkampani yakwa-Apple izakufumana nge-30 kaSeptemba kwaye emva kokuvala unyaka-mali ka-2016 inzuzo eyi-51.500 yezigidi zeedola.