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There are nearly one billion iPhones in use in the world today [0]. That's far from a Porsche or Vuitton level exclusive, it's more like Ford.

And since the US corporate tax rate was cut back to normal global levels, they've been repatriating the extra overseas cash [1] and mostly using it to fund buybacks and dividends.

[0]: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/01/30/900-million-iphones...

[1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/apple-exp...




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