{"id":208100,"date":"2026-01-30T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:18:17","slug":"apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Posts $143.8B Q1 Revenue As China iPhone Sales Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eand.co\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge\">Apple Posts $143.8B Q1 Revenue As China iPhone Sales Surge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eand.co\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge\">https:\/\/eand.co\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-30 07:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"eand.co\">eand.co<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s revenue hit a record of $143.8 billion, driven by a surge in iPhone sales in China. The company\u2019s Q1 earnings came out yesterday, beating Wall Street estimates and driving the share price high in the aftermarket. The stock price climbed as high as $266 and then dropped to $259, where it consolidated, marking a 0.5% uptick from the last close.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s iPhone revenue also hit a record of $85.3 billion, beating the Wall Street estimate of $78.3 billion by 8.9%. Apple\u2019s CEO highlighted the iPhone-driven revenue growth in a Reuters interview: \u201cThe demand for iPhone was simply staggering, with revenue growing 23% year over year to achieve its biggest quarter in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>Q1 Highlights: Apple Beats Revenue Estimates and EPS in Big Margins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Apple\u2019s quarterly revenue of $143.8 billion (16% YoY) immediately shot up its stock price as it beat Wall Street estimates of $135-$138.4 billion by 4-5%. The estimated EPS was $2.67-$2.68, which was also beaten by large margins, as the report indicated a high earnings per share of $2.84 ( a 6-7% beat).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The smartphone giant also generated $54 billion in operating cash flow and returned $32 billion to its shareholders. The second biggest revenue generator for Apple was the service segment, which hit a revenue of $30 billion, well within the analyst estimate range. The share price went from the previous close of $258.28 to $259.69 in the after-market \u2013 a 0.5% climb.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>The iPhone 17, Android Switchers, and Doubled Store Traffic in China<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Apple\u2019s latest smartphone flagship lineup played a key role in grabbing a huge market share in China. The iPhone 17 series rose against China\u2019s local-product promotion policy, and Huawei\u2019s competitive pricing is remarkable. Analysts attribute the iPhone\u2019s unprecedented sales in China to the iPhone 17 buzz and increasing Android switchers.<\/p>\n<p>Apple reported a double-digit growth in Android switchers in China, driven by iPhone\u2019s privacy,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eand.co\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Posts $143.8B Q1 Revenue As China iPhone Sales Surge https:\/\/eand.co\/apple-posts-143-8b-q1-revenue-as-china-iphone-sales-surge Publish Date: 2026-01-30 07:03:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/eand.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Apple-Beats-Q1-Estimates-As-China-iPhone-Sales-Lift-Revenue-To-143.8B.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-208100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208102,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208100\/revisions\/208102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}