First, to our lead. We had a slew of big tech earnings this week, and getting the attention was apple. I traveled to their new headquarters in california on thursday to sit down with tim cook after earnings were released. We went through some of the main takeaways. It sounds solid to me. When you look at a device like this, it is incredibly sophisticated. It is at a higher price point. The you consider replacement cycles for consumers are slowing, i think it is a very strong number. While people like to talk about the high price point might deter consumers from upgrading, you have to keep in mind it is a total cost of service. The hardware isnt the biggest chunk of the service. Emily we also talked about the performance of the iphone x in china. There has been concern that the price was too high. I asked cook about that, he told me, in china, the top five selling smartphones, everyone is the iphone. This same situation in the u. S. , japan, the top six out of seven smartphones or iphon
Industry as amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and j. P. Morgan join forces. First to our lead. , andd earnings this week getting the attention was apple. To their new headquarters in california on thursday to sit down with tim cook it after earnings were released. It sounds solid to me. A device like this is incredibly sophisticated. It is at a higher price point. I think it is very it is a very strong number. Point might price deter consumers from upgrading, you have to keep in mind it is a total cost of service. The hardware isnt the biggest chunk of the service. Emily we also talked about the performance of the iphone x in china. There has been concerned that the price was too high. I asked cook about that, he told me, in china, the top five selling smartphones, everyone is the iphone. Every one is the iphone. Not bad, he said, i feel great about that. What do you make of these numbers, given all of this fuss . I think the numbers show it was too expensive. There are different ways to loo
And gop president ial nominee mitt romney is fueling speculation he may step back into state politics. In a tweet today he said he will make an announcement on february 15 about the senate seat skin to be vacated by orrin hatch. Two students were shot and one wounded critically in a Los Angeles Middle School classroom. Police took a female student into custody. It happened just west of downtown los angeles. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily welcome to Bloomberg Technology. Apples brandnew headquarters with what else but Apple Earnings. I just got out of a meeting with tim cook i will bring you highlights. Lets dig into the numbers. Apple selling slightly below estimates. The average selling price was 796. The company hitting an all time revenue record. 88. 3 billion. I want to bring in cory johnson in new york. I want to start with a quote from tim cook, there has bee
Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily welcome to Bloomberg Technology. Apples brandnew headquarters with what else but Apple Earnings. I just got out of a meeting with tim cook i will bring you highlights. Lets dig into the numbers. Slightly below estimates. The average selling price was 796. The company hitting an all time revenue record. 88. 3 billion. I want to bring in cory johnson in new york. I want to start with a quote from tim cook, there has been concerned about how well the iphone teller iphone x is selling. He said it was the most popular smart phone launch since november. Every week it has been the topselling iphone in the world. What is your takeaway . It sounds solid to me. Incredibly sophisticated. It has a higher price point. The replacement cycles are slowing. It is a strong number. People like to point to the high price point. Deterredhas desert consume
Growth and uncertain growth. The aussie dollar is falling sharply on that news. Australian stocks, on the other hand, rallying more than 2 on the news. In asia, japans markets were closed for the Constitution Day holiday. Chinas Managers Index shrinking to a 14month for its 14th month coming in below forecasts. A bit of a mixed picture. Shanghai compost up 2 . And hang seng almost the lower. All eyes on . Yeah, go for it. Moving forward, in pretty negative territory. And germany is lower than 2. Ftse lower than 1 . Italy and spain off by more than 2 perhaps because the eu trimming its 2016 growth forecast to 1. 8 from 1. 9 . Its 2017 growth forecast from 1. 9 to 2 . Also cut Inflation Forecasts despite their efforts to do Everything Possible to try to lift inflation. Watching european financials, ubs reporting a sharp decline in management wealth business. Which was supposed to be all the european banks going into wealth management, they were going to be smoother when it comes to their