Apple reported its best-ever fiscal year for revenue and earnings per share, with September-quarter iPhone revenue up 17.5% to $57.6 billion and Mac revenue up 24% to $10.8 billion, a four-year high. CFO Kevan Parekh said AI offers 'a wide range of ways' to drive revenue, including device upgrades, third-party app fees, and paid access to Apple's own AI features. Shares fell in premarket trading after Apple warned rising memory costs would squeeze holiday-quarter margins.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
Apple released iOS 27.2, adding Siri AI support for more languages along with numerous bug fixes. Following the update, some iPhone users may notice faster battery drain, but Apple has stated this is a normal, temporary side effect of the device completing background setup tasks like indexing data and updating apps.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-03
A physical dummy unit built from leaked CAD files gives an early look at Samsung's Galaxy S27 Ultra, comparing its size and design against the iPhone 18 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro, and current Galaxy S26 Ultra. The leak shows the camera bar moved higher on the back, while dimensions and the S Pen slot remain largely similar to the S26 Ultra.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-03
Apple reported fiscal Q4 2026 revenue and net profit each up 12%, with record Services revenue, 17% iPhone growth and 24% Mac growth, but declines in Wearables (-8%) and iPad (-10%) revenue. Shares fell as much as 4.43% in after-hours trading before paring losses to close down 2.81%, as executives flagged rising memory costs, supply constraints and a mixed holiday-quarter outlook.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-03
Apple reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $114.48 billion, up 12% year over year and above the $113.39 billion analysts expected, with EPS of $2.10 versus the $1.99 forecast. Despite the beat, shares fell roughly 3% in after-hours trading after management's guidance pointed to slower services revenue growth and gross margin pressure from elevated memory costs. Apple also repurchased $24 billion of stock during the quarter, bringing buybacks to $86 billion over the past 12 months.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-03
Despite warnings from the TSA, FBI and FCC about plugging phones into public USB charging ports, security researchers note there are no confirmed real-world cases of such 'juice-jacking' attacks. The FCC had issued and later withdrew its own warning after experts challenged how serious the risk actually is, and a 2019 Los Angeles County DA warning was similarly unsupported by actual cases.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Apple executives said the $1,999 iPhone Duo remains sold out after selling out within days of its late-October launch, with COO Sabih Khan telling analysts the company cannot predict when supply will meet demand. Some buyers have reported cracked screens along the fold, and Apple said it will replace affected units. The comments came as Apple reported record annual revenue of $479bn and iPhone sales of $57bn for the July-September quarter, a 17% rise that excluded Duo sales.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-11-03
Apple's iPhones show a 'slide to answer' control for incoming calls when the device is locked, offering no on-screen decline option, but display both Accept and Decline buttons when the phone is unlocked. This is default iPhone behavior, not a setting users accidentally changed. Users can still silence or decline locked-screen calls using the side button or volume buttons.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Apple reported fiscal Q4 2026 revenue of $114.5 billion, up 12% year over year, with net profit of $30.71 billion, setting September-quarter records despite supply constraints on iPhone, Mac and iPad and rising memory costs. CFO Kevan Parekh told investors the company expects December-quarter revenue to grow 7-10% year over year, which would make it the highest-revenue quarter in Apple's history, with gross margin projected between 45% and 46%.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-02
On Apple's fiscal Q4 earnings call, COO Sabih Khan said the foldable iPhone Duo remains supply-constrained and that it's hard to predict when demand will be met, with ship times stretching into next year for many buyers. Khan also noted the company has raised prices on some products due to rising memory chip costs tied to AI demand, and said Apple is deepening its titanium supply partnership with Perryman to support Duo production.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
Apple's fiscal Q4 earnings showed inventory, led by computer memory, rising 31.1% quarter-over-quarter to $14.54 billion and 154.3% year-over-year from $5.72 billion. Executives said higher memory costs will pressure gross margin, forecasting 45%-46% for the December quarter versus 47.9% in September. CEO John Ternus called current memory pricing conditions 'unprecedented' and said purchase obligations rose $33 billion from June to September.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
In a Reuters interview following Apple's record fourth-quarter earnings, which excluded Duo sales since the foldable launched in October, COO John Ternus said the iPhone Duo remains supply-constrained and that Apple cannot predict when supply will meet demand. He also confirmed that a small percentage of units have been returned over cracked displays, with Apple replacing them.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-02
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