Apple's Q1 2025 Earnings Call Takeaways

Apple today held an earnings call to report results for the first fiscal quarter of 2025 (fourth calendar quarter of 2024), with Apple CEO Tim Cook and new Apple CFO Kevan Parekh providing insight into Apple's performance, holiday quarter product sales, and more.

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We've highlighted the most interesting takeaways from the Q1 2025 earnings call.

iPhone Sales and Apple Intelligence

Services revenue was up, and there was an increase in Mac and iPad sales, but iPhone sales were down. ‌iPhone‌ revenue came in at $69.1 billion, down from $69.7 billion last year. Apple Intelligence, which debuted in updates to iOS 18, does not appear to have resulted in a major upgrade cycle.

Cook said that the iPhone 16 models are, however, selling better in markets where ‌Apple Intelligence‌ is available.

On ‌Apple Intelligence‌ adoption increasing over time, Cook said that since the feature set is limited to the iPhone 15 Pro models and the ‌iPhone 16‌ models in the ‌iPhone‌ lineup, growth will come as people upgrade to newer devices. Cook also said he expects to see some improvement when ‌Apple Intelligence‌ becomes available in additional languages in April.

"And I think I know from my own personal experience, once you start using the features you can't imagine not using them anymore," Cook said. "I know I get hundreds of emails a day, and the summarization function is so important."

In a separate answer, Cook said that new Siri ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features will be coming "over the next several months." ‌Siri‌ features were expected in iOS 18.4, and it's not yet clear if Apple's plans have changed or the "next several months" means April.

Best Quarter to Date

Apple CEO ‌Tim Cook‌ said that Q1 2025 was Apple's best quarter to date with revenue of $124.3 billion, a four percent increase year-over-year.

Apple's installed base of active devices reached a new all-time high across all products and geographic segments, and Apple now has over 2.35 billion active devices worldwide. Sales in China were down, however. China brought in $18.5 billion, down from $20.8 billion last year.

Services Revenue

Services revenue continues to see notable growth, and the category brought in $26.3 billion, up 14 percent from $23 billion in the year-ago quarter.

All-time records were set in the Americas, Europe, and the rest of Asia-Pacific.

Paid subscriptions grew double digits, and Apple has more than a billion subscriptions across its services.

Mac Sales

Mac sales saw significant year-over-year growth, with revenue at $9 billion, up from $7.8 billion last year. Cook said Mac growth was thanks to new M4 Mac models.

There was double digit growth in both upgraders and people new to the Mac.

iPad Sales

‌iPad‌ sales grew 15 percent, and Cook said it was largely driven by the iPad Air and the low-cost ‌iPad‌ rather than the iPad Pro. Over half of sales in the December quarter went to customers who were new to ‌iPad‌.

DeepSeek

Cook was asked about DeepSeek, and the perspective that Apple will benefit from lower cost on-device compute. Cook said that he believes that "innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing."

Upcoming Products

When Cook was asked if there was "a lot of room for form factor innovation" for future ‌iPhone‌ models, Cook said that "there's a lot more to come" and that "there's a lot of innovation left on the smartphone."

Tariffs

On the potential for tariffs, Cook said that Apple is "monitoring the situation" and doesn't have anything more to say.

Next Quarter

In the March quarter, Apple expects its overall revenue to grow low to mid single digits with gross margin between 46.5 and 47.5 percent.

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Top Rated Comments

ThomasJL Avatar
22 weeks ago
Earnings calls is what Tim Cook cares most about. When Steve Jobs was CEO, product introductions was what Jobs cared most about.

Cook is focused on maximizing value for shareholders. Jobs was focused on maximizing value for customers.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Two Appleseeds Avatar
22 weeks ago
At very least it seems Apple Intelligence is useful for one person.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Canyonero Avatar
22 weeks ago
Great to see Mac revenue growing at that pace which means Apple will continue to invest in that category heavily. Tim must know he's lying to himself when says once you've tried Apple Intelligence, you can't live without - not a single feature I couldn't live without or even miss if it all went away tomorrow. Complete waste of energy production and processing power.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
I7guy Avatar
22 weeks ago
Services revenue negates decline in china sales. Good to have multiple streams of income.
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Abazigal Avatar
22 weeks ago
Quite possibly up there as one of the most daftest statements I have ever read on the forum.

Steve Jobs:

Launched game-changing products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Revolutionised entire industries inc music (iTunes), smartphones (iPhone), software distribution (App Store) as well as entirely new categories (iPad). he didn’t run Apple into the ground. But let’s not pretend he’s in the same league as the man who built it.

Tim Cook:

Inherited all the above and has spent the last decade fine tuning, optimising and milking it for every last cent.
Kudos, he didn't run Apple into the ground. But let’s not pretend he’s in the same league as the man who built it.
It’s worth remembering that Steve Jobs did all of the above with Tim Cook as one of his right hand man. Having the idea for a revolutionary product like the iPhone is nothing if Steve Jobs didn’t have access to the supply chain needed to manufacture it in sufficient quantities to sell.

And while Steve Jobs was technically the CEO on paper, in reality, he had already handed off most of his duties to Tim Cook, who was pretty much running the company’s daily operations at that point.

Different people are needed at different parts of a company’s life cycle, and I doubt Steve Jobs would have fared all that well in today’s business climate, where Apple’s biggest challenges are not other smartphone companies such as Samsung or Huawei, but governments of various nations and an increasingly polarised political climate.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TVreporter Avatar
22 weeks ago
Hey Tim how were Vision Pro sales? Not even a mention for a product not even a year old??
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)