{
  "id": 17889457,
  "title": "iPhone group: Expensive memory chips hit Apple during the Christmas season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/iphone-konzern-teure-speicherchips-treffen-apple-im-weihnachtsgeschaft",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:16:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/iphone-konzern-teure-speicherchips-treffen-apple-im-weihnachtsgeschaeft/100266784.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Apple's revenue rose 12% to $114.5 billion in the quarter, with iPhone sales up 17.5% to $57.56 billion, beating market expectations. However, the company's outlook for the current quarter was disappointing, with a predicted 7-10% revenue growth and a gross margin of 45-46%, lower than analyst expectations. Apple cited rising memory chip prices, which have increased by a record amount, as a challenge. The company is also experiencing supply chain issues with its new iPhone Duo, with delivery times currently stretching into January.",
  "summary": "Before the Christmas shopping season, Apple can expand its iPhone business. However, the company is entering the most important quarter of the year with exploding storage prices and bottlenecks in a flagship model.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}