5 Interesting Highlights from Apple’s Q2 2024 Earnings Call

Yesterday afternoon, Apple reported its quarterly earnings for the first three months of 2024, handily beating analyst’s expectations but still falling short of how well it did last year in key areas.
The first few months of the calendar year represent Apple’s second fiscal quarter, with the all-important “holiday quarter” being fiscal Q1. Those bleak wintery January-March months are always tricky. They’re often thin on new products and even thinner on major holidays and other events that encourage folks to buy Apple gear.
Nevertheless, this year was more significant than most in some ways. Apple released its highly anticipated Vision Pro spatial computing headset, which made a big splash in appearance if not in raw numbers, and also unveiled a new M3 MacBook Air lineup in both 13- and 15-inch versions, marking the first time Apple’s most popular consumer MacBooks have made an early-year appearance.
So, how does this translate to Apple’s bottom line, and what else can we glean from comments made by Apple’s CEO and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)? Let’s dig in and find out. Read on for 5 exciting things that came out of yesterday’s earnings call.