Apple on 2020 so far: OK, so iPhone sales are a bit glum. Wearables, music, apps, vids to the rescue... almost

Apple's cash cow looks to be a bit unwell, as iPhone sales took a rare hit this coronavirus-ridden quarter. On the upside, the Cupertino idiot-tax operation banked billions from folks snapping up wearables, music, apps, video and more to kill their lockdown boredom. For the second quarter of Apple's fiscal 2020 [PDF], ending …

[Youngone]

What's with the pic at the top of the article? Why would a bunch of hipsters want to look at that creepy old man's phone?

Weird.

[tip pc]

I assumed it was a hipsters phone, but maybe it was Tim's and he was grimacing at a photo he unwittingly put up and the others are moments away from their shock face.

[Headley_Grange]

He's looking for the headphone socket and the hipsters are laughing at him?

[Persona]

They are looking at the photos he took of Jesus 10 years ago.

[MJI]

They are looking at pictures of his pet dogs.

[Steve Davies 3]

Well done El Reg

back on form with

Cupertino idiot-tax operation

BAU for this site CV-19 or no CV-19.

[werdsmith]

Re: Well done El Reg

Does BAU stand for “Banal As Usual”?

[Charlie Clark]

Mr Enderle's staggering analysis

Firms that build physical things will always be more vulnerable until full automation

But robots don't buy things. Anyway, any modern electronics assembly line is close to clean room standards. Though this is more for the benefit of the components than the workers. But a supply-side analysis is flawed anyway, because the problem is going to be weaker demand as more and more people go on short time or lose their jobs. In such situations a new I-Phone might not be top of their priorities.

[Packet]

I do get concerned about the usage of "idiot tax" - but hey, you do have the right to free speech (even in the UK)

[Version 1.0]

Apple fix coming soon

An update that drains the battery and a new phone with a bigger battery - sales will boom again.

[DenTheMan]

Spare chipsets galore?

With the A13 bionic appearing in the budget SE, it has to be assumed, maybe wrongly that Apple had an order glut there.

That is quite an interesting one, making the overpriced 11 range look even more overpriced.