Slow iPhone sales didn’t stop Apple from its best Q4 revenue ever

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple today reported its fiscal fourth quarter 2019 earnings, which saw the company earn a record $64 billion in revenue. The news reflects the general trend with Apple over the past year: iPhone sales are down, but service revenue hit an all-time high. In other words, Apple’s strategy to de-emphasize hardware sales and bet more on subscription services seems to be working.That $64 billion in revenue is up 2 percent year over year compared to Q4 201