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In 2021, Apple had one billion iPhone users.
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There are 1.65 billion active iPhone devices worldwide.
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In 2021, the company earned approximately $71.6 billion from the sale of iPhones.
Technological devices, especially smartphones, are an essential tool today for all people. In this sense, according to the analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, he has obtained information that the iPhone SE 4 has been canceled due to a performance problem in which Apple plans its first 5G modem.
Figures from the company’s 2021, Apple has a billion iPhone users. Therefore, this figure is similar to the installed base, which is different from that of the number of iPhones sold to date.
From 2007 to the end of 2018, when Apple stopped reporting the number of units sold, 1,468 million iPhones have been sold. The current figure will be around 2 billion units.
In this sense, and among its data shared in its annual reports, the brand founded by Steve Jobs highlights that America is its largest regional market, with net sales of 51.5 billion US dollars in the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year 2022.
Apple canceled the iPhone SE 4
According to what was reported by the analyst, Apple’s new modem was planned to arrive with the iPhone SE 4 to work as a test before equipping it on the iPhone 16.
The third-generation iPhone SE was released in 2022, and features A15 Bionic, iOS 15, a 4.7-inch screen. inches and “retro” design of the iPhone 8, where its starting price in Mexico is 11,499 Mexican pesos.
In that sense, specialists point out that without your own modem, Everything seems to indicate that Qualcomm will continue to dominate the 5G modem sector.
“The cancellation of the iPhone SE 4 has significantly increased the chances that Qualcomm will continue to be the exclusive provider of baseband chips for the new iPhone 16 series,” reads the text shared by Ming-Chi Kuo.
This information has gone viral throughout the world, since it is not the first time that Min-Chi Kuo has disseminated information from the brand led by Tim Cook.
Let’s remember that last December the analyst wrote that canceling said equipment was on the table as one more option, not only because of the Apple modem issue, but also because of the relative low demand that Apple has for its cheapest smartphones.
This information was reflected in the fact that sales of the iPhone 12 mini were so disappointing that Apple did not renew its line for the iPhone 13.
So, with the next version of the SE cancelled, it is not clear to the specialists and related sources in the industry that if at some point Apple will resume the vision of generating smartphones with modest features at more affordable prices.
Once again, the technology industry generates information that is important for the sector, especially when it comes to one of the most relevant brands such as Apple.
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