Apple fell nearly 4% in premarket trading as its revenue missed expectations

Apple fell nearly 4% in premarket trading as its revenue missed expectations.In the fourth quarter, Apple's total revenue was 83.36 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 29%;Net profit was US $20.551 billion, up 62% year-on-year. Among them, Apple's revenue in Greater China in the fourth quarter was US $14.563 billion, up 83% year-on-year.

The iPhone is still Apple's strongest product, with Apple's fourth-quarter iPhone revenue of $38.87 billion, up 47% compared with the same period, but falling short of the expected $41.6 billion.

The revenue of Apple service business was 18.28 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%; Mac revenue was $9.18 billion, up 1.6% year-on-year. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that the revenue of services and Mac reached a record high.

Apple's wearable and accessories business revenue was 8.79 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%; Ipad revenue was US $8.25 billion, up 21.4% year-on-year.

Cook said: "Although the supply restriction problem is larger than expected, and we estimate that (related losses) are about 6 billion US dollars, our financial performance is very strong. Supply constraints are caused by chip shortages widely discussed in the industry and manufacturing disruptions related to the epidemic in Southeast Asia."