“Apple’s September 9 event, entitled ‘Hey Siri, give us a hint,’ is causing quite a stir,” Daniel Sparks writes for The Motley Fool. “And the list of expected products to be unveiled continues to grow.”
“Ahead of the event, the ever-active rumor mill has narrowed down likely products to see the light of day to a new set of iPhones, new bands for the Apple Watch, an iPad mini 4 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and a significantly revamped Apple TV,” Sparks writes. “While all of these announcements would be important ones for the tech giant, the Apple TV may be the most important item for investors to watch.”
“The best part of the new Apple TV will be the alleged App Store to go with it,” Sparks writes. “Apple analyst Horace Dediu recently pointed out that gross Apple App Store billings have surpassed total U.S. box office sales and are set to surpass global box office revenues next year… Investors should take note of how fast App Store sales are growing. Apple’s annual run rate of gross billings, as Dediu explains, in July is up about 50% from the year-ago quarter.”
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