… Image by If you pay attention to financial reports, however, you may recall that AMD's Q2 2019 sales results were reasonable, but not spectacular. Both companies reported year-on-year sales declines. …
… According to Kantar Research, iPhone devices accounted for 36 percent of US phone sales in Q2 2019, down 2.4 percent from the same quarter last year. Globally, Gartner has stated that smartphone sales are expected to decline by 68 million this year, down 3.8 percent. …
… With iPhone sales falling, Apple owning its own CPU, GPU, and modem would be a way for the company to capture a bit more profit on every phone, helping to keep margins and profits higher when sales are stagnant or declining. …
Yesterday, reports claimed that Apple was drawing up plans to leave digital music sales. …
… First of all, the company is in dire straits already. Nobody believed that the launch of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 was going to give the company more than a few quarters of positive figures, given the way gamers are already shifting to online sales. …