iPhone, the goose that laid the golden eggs of Apple – The Universal

The sale of mobile phones has become possibly slow for some technology companies, but not for Apple.

Analysts expect another good financial report when the giant Caltech report quarterly results on Tuesday. The iconic iPhone remains popular even though other manufacturers are seeing a decline in demand.

Wall Street analysts estimate that Apple will report 10 000 300 million in profit after sell iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products worth 49 billion dollars in the April-June period.

Apple still spreading sales figures for the new Apple Watch, but some analysts believe that demand has fallen since its launch three months ago. But it does not matter: as in other quarters, Apple will bring the best return on their smartphones, especially the new models iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which launched last year, and here’s why:

BIG SCREENS ARE POPULAR

People use cell phones to interact with others, view photos, play games, much more than to call phone. And for these activities, many users prefer a big screen.

According to some analysts, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that many recent buyers of the iPhone are people who left the phone with Android operating system. Some customers were attracted to Android devices in recent years because they had larger screens, but Apple’s decision to enlarge the iPhone screen is calling the attention of Android owners, according to Ryan Reith, an analyst at IDC.

Apple may sell 47 million iPhones in the most recent quarter, 34% more than last year, according to analysts polled by FactSet.

THE IPHONE ARE VERY PROFITABLE

With a retail price of US $ 600 before subsidies telephone, mobile Apple They are more expensive than many models that compete with Android, but also generate more profits.

Although the company does not broken, Michael Walkley, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, estimates that in the first Apple three months of 2015 amounted to 92% of the 16 thousand 600 million dollars in operating profit generated by smartphones for companies around the world.

Apple’s rivals FACING CHALLENGES

Apple sold 18.2% of all smartphones in the world in the first quarter of 2015, Samsung 24.5%, according to IDC. But the South Korean company expects a decline in revenue in the April-June quarter apparently because sales of its Galaxy S6 models fell short of expectations.

Other companies like HTC have also reduced their expectations quarterly financial due to weak sales in China and lower demand for high-end Android phones. For its part, Microsoft, which will eliminate 7000 600 jobs and reduce the value of your Nokia phone division in 7000 600 million dollars basically acknowledged that their effort has failed to build a business that sells phones with Windows system.

The IDC company expects an increase of 11% in the global cell phone sales this year, compared with 28% in 2014.

DO NOT CLEAR THE DEMAND FOR APPLE WATCH

Experts believe that iPhone sales will resume vigor when Apple releases its new models later this year. Analysts say many still using past models, as version 4 or 5, as a result, it is possible to buy new ones when their contracts expire two years with the telephone companies.

With other Apple products like the iPad, sales are down several quarters, while the demand from Apple Watch analysts give estimates ranging from optimistic to lackluster.