What That and Tencent Will Get You - MOSK: 01.27.2023

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:09.0	A Dismal Holiday Quarter for smartphones, an ugly story around China, Hong Kong, and Apple, and you
0:17.0	should really listen to the Daily Observations Podcast.
0:21.6	It is Friday, the 27th of January 2023.
0:25.0	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Mecca West Ken
0:31.0	brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you
0:36.8	patrons through Patreon
0:39.2	Find out more and at your support at patreon dot com slash mecko-o-S can I just thought
0:49.6	of something funny I feel like we've heard this story before but we heard it again Thursday from
0:56.2	Market Tracker I. D.C. They say smartphone shipments were bad in 2022 with a shot of dismal for the holiday quarter.
1:06.5	According to the firm, smartphone shipments saw their largest ever decline last quarter,
1:11.7	dropping 18.3% versus the holiday quarter. decline last 7.3% Last year was the worst year in nine years, according to the firm, with the 1.21 billion
1:28.6	smartphones shipped, the lowest yearly total since 2013.
1:34.0	IDC says that was due to significantly dampened consumer demand,
1:40.0	inflation, and economic uncertainties.
1:44.0	Focusing on iPhone.
1:46.0	Things might have been so much better.
1:50.0	The way I D.C. season, Apple shipped 72.3 million iPhones last quarter.
1:56.5	That was down 14.9% from the 85 million it's estimated to have shipped in the same quarter a year earlier.
2:05.0	While I. D.C. says smartphones were down due to dampened consumer demand, inflation, and economic
2:11.8	uncertainties, we know that Apple had serious trouble getting enough
2:16.2	iPhones to meet demand, thanks to COVID lockdown at FoxCon's primary production plant for the
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