蘋果業績靚但失預期,AI功能遇阻滯,中國市場競爭激烈

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蘋果盈利上升但銷售未達預期

蘋果公司最近公布其年終假期季度的收入為1243億美元(約合2207億紐元),但銷售增長未能符合市場預期,特別是在中國市場面對激烈的競爭。蘋果的首席執行官蒂姆·庫克稱這是公司“有史以來最佳的季度”,該季度的利潤達到363億美元(約合644億紐元)。

這一增長主要來自蘋果的服務及數字內容部門,而iPhone的銷售在包括中國在內的多個市場有所下滑,該季度iPhone的總銷售額為691億美元,比去年同期減少了約5億美元。

蘋果的首席財務官凱文·帕雷克表示:“我們的創紀錄收入和強勁的運營利潤推動每股收益達到新的歷史高點,並實現了雙位數增長。”他還指出,蘋果所有產品和地區的活躍設備安裝基數達到歷史新高。

在這個季度中,蘋果的服務部門(包括Apple Music、iCloud、App Store和Apple TV+)的收入為263億美元,較去年同期的231億美元有所增長。儘管如此,蘋果的股價在盤後交易中輕微下跌至234.33美元。

美洲仍然是蘋果最大的市場,該地區的收入達到562億美元,而歐洲的增長也相當強勁,收入達到339億美元。投資者對蘋果新款iPhone的需求十分關注,特別是在蘋果在人工智能技術上遭遇挫折之後。

蘋果在1月中旬推出了一項軟件更新,禁用了最近推出的AI功能,因為BBC等新聞機構抱怨用戶獲得的新聞標題或摘要中錯誤百出。這一舉措出現在蘋果增強其新一代設備的“蘋果智能”功能之際,市場對蘋果是否能在AI競爭中站穩腳跟充滿期待。

蘋果智能是一套全新軟件功能的組合,旨在改變用戶的產品體驗,這些功能包括AI影像編輯、翻譯以及在消息中添加小的創意元素,儘管這些功能的野心不及OpenAI或Google等其他AI公司的承諾。庫克在財報電話會議中表示:“蘋果智能建立在我們多年來在硬件和軟件上的創新基礎之上,開啟了一個令人興奮的新領域,並已經提升了iPhone、iPad和Mac的使用體驗。”

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蘋果暫時禁用剛推出的AI功能的決定,正是因為多家媒體反映用戶收到的新聞標題和摘要錯誤頻出。蘋果希望通過這些新AI功能吸引顧客購買最新的iPhone型號。

隨著蘋果、谷歌、微軟和亞馬遜等科技巨頭深信生成式AI的力量是計算技術的下一篇章,這些公司正在加大投資,以免被市場拋在身後。

根據行業數據提供商Canalys的報告,蘋果在中國這一關鍵市場的智能手機銷量已不再是第一,兩家當地競爭對手的出貨量激增,超過了蘋果。“激烈的競爭導致市場格局不斷變化,”Canalys的研究經理劉安柏表示。

在當前的市場環境中,蘋果必須不斷創新,才能在智能手機市場中保持競爭力。面對強勁的競爭對手,如何調整其產品策略和市場定位,將成為蘋果未來成功的關鍵。

這一事件也反映出科技行業在面對快速變化的市場需求和消費者期望時,所需的靈活性和適應能力。蘋果雖然在財務表現上仍然強勁,但如何在智能手機市場中重獲優勢,仍然是一個亟待解決的挑戰。

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