In the wake of a historic stock price drop, Apple surprised investors with some good news on Thursday.
Customers helped Apple set an App Store sales record during the 2018 holiday season. This news comes just one day after the company lowered revenue expectations for its holiday quarter, resulting in a loss of $57 billionin market value.
According to Apple, App Store customers spent more than $1.22 billion on app and game downloads and subscription purchases between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
This is the most money ever spent in the App Store in a single week. In addition to the $1.22 billion record, Apple customers set a new single-day record. iPhone and iPad users spent more than $322 million on New Year’s Day.
Gaming and self-care categories took the lead in app downloads and subscriptions during the holiday week. Fortnite and PUBG were the most downloaded games over the seven-day span.
This new App Store record brought the company’s services revenue to an all-time record during the holiday season This includes services such as the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, and Apple Pay.
The App Store’s holiday milestone provides Apple with a much needed positive story just one day after the company’s worst day in years.
On Wednesday, Apple halted stock tradingwhile CEO Tim Cook addressed investors with a letter lowering the iPhone maker’s quarterly revenue projections by $9 billion.
Cook pointed to lackluster iPhone salesand the U.S.-China trade war as reasons for the company’s lowered revenue expectations. Apple stock tanked after, with the company’s falling to fourth most valuable market share behind “most valuable” position other tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
However, this App Store news could also strengthen Apple’s defense to criticism when the company made the decision to no longer disclosethe number of units sold for its products like the iPhone. Apple claims that total sales numbers of its hardware no longer reflect how the company is doing. The Cupertino-based company argued that because there are already so many existing iPhone users, the sales numbers for its services, such as app downloads, are a much more accurate indicator.
With lower than expected iPhone sales cited as a reason for Apple’s fall from grace on Wednesday, the App Store’s record-breaking holiday performance may just put Apple’s argument to the test.
TopicsAppleiPhone
(责任编辑：探索)
You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies
If you've ever ordered Cards Against Humanity from the delightfully corrupt board game's website, yo
...[详细]狗哥要將湖人打出季後賽 ，快船一裁一簽 ，本賽季9人買斷（公牛隊有人敢穿1號球衣嗎）
在外麵吃飯表麵上看是省心了 ，從健康角度來看 ，一種極壞的習慣。關愛身心健康 ，就要從飲食開始
。所以跟小編學習一下健康香蕉燕麥蛋糕的做法
。1.1全部材料用攪拌機打勻 ，最後加發粉
。2.2原料3.預熱烤箱180
...[详细]朝九晚五的工作 ，是不是讓你喘不過氣？常年的加班 ，你是不是已經無力吐槽
？當你拖著空扁的肚子繼續工作時 ，你是不是向往路邊的美食攤？打住 ，去路邊吃不衛生，你還不如自己學著做。下麵 ，就讓小編帶大家先來學習一下
...[详细]Airbnb activates disaster response site for Louisiana flooding
Airbnb has activated its disaster response page following the record-breaking flooding in Louisiana.
...[详细]大部分疾病和癌症都與我們的飲食息息相關，所以為了健康，我們務必重視飲食這一方麵 。為了健康 ，不要再經常外出吃飯 。為了健康 ，寧可多花點時間自己做 。為了讓你做得更順利
，小編就先來介紹下關於粉絲蛋皮海苔湯這道
...[详细]對於很多媽媽來說 ，家裏的寶寶和愛人吃得健康 ，才會少生病 。今天小編就為主婦們介紹一道適合家人食用的番茄蝦仁疙瘩湯 。1.蝦仁洗淨挑去蝦線 ，加入少許鹽 、料酒、薑絲和幹澱粉；2.121西紅柿洗淨切小丁；3.2
...[详细]很多人都不會做飯 ，這個在現代社會很正常 。畢竟現代餐飲業的繁榮
，我們可以在飯店吃飯。可是很多時候自己親手做的 ，味道真的不一樣 ，關於韭菜豬肉雞蛋餃子的做法 ，你可以自己動手做一下 ，然後自己品一下，相信味道絕
...[详细]Olympian celebrates by ordering an intimidating amount of McDonald's
It's no secret that Olympians have to eat clean for years to ensure they're at peak physical conditi
...[详细]對於上班族來說 ，沒到節假日肯定是最興奮.幸福的 。節假日 ，你除了可以享受到寧靜.祥和之外
，你還可以享受到美食 。一份可口的飯菜擺在你麵前 ，相信你必是無比激動的。那麽 ，下麵就讓我們一起來學習一下如果做簡單自
...[详细]