There have never been so many products with the Apple logo in use around the world! After revealing its financial results for 2021 and exceeding all expectations of Wall Street analysts, Apple, the Cupertino giant announced that during the last year the user base increased by 150 million.
Between 2020 and 2021, active users increased by 150 million. Now, in early 2022, Apple announced that this user base would once again increase by around 150 million users. As such, it has more than 1.8 billion active devices worldwide.
Apple exceeded all expectations in early 2022
We see, for example, that between 2019 and 2020 the number of active devices would increase by about 100 million. However, between 2020 and 2021 it would already increase by 150 million units. The same growth would be recorded between 2021 and 2022.
These are record values ​​that animated the last meeting of the company’s top management and its investors. Thus, according to data shared by Apple itself, the company has more than 1,800 million active devices worldwide.
Also according to the American company, it is expected that by the end of 2022 this value will reach 2,000 million. By the way, it’s important to note that an active device is one that has interacted with Apple services in the last 90 days.
That is, an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook or other that has somehow registered on the company’s servers in the last three months.
Record revenue follows growth of Apple devices
The increase in active Apple devices also leads to revenue growth. Thus, we see a new quarterly and annual record that the North American company is achieving with more than 123.9 billion dollars amassed throughout 2021.
Thus, we note an annual growth in revenues of around 11%, an indicator of the financial strength of North American technology despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still dragging on. By the way, the same can be said for the semiconductor shortage crisis.
We also see that Apple’s iPhone continues to be responsible for the majority of revenue. More specifically, during the last quarter that covered the Christmas season, the iPhone was responsible for $76.1 billion entering Apple’s coffers.
It’s a testament to the popularity of the iPhone, the phone that has given leadership of the world’s largest smartphone market, China, to the Tim Cook-led company. It was an unprecedented feat, as we reported on 4gnews, to the delight of this company.