"I expect Apple Services to continue as the strongest part of Apple's business with consistent and accelerating growth well into the future," said Michael Obuchowski, chief investment officer for Boston-based Apple shareholder Merlin Asset Management. "Many analysts will continue to be obsessed with the number of iPhones sold in a quarter, but increasingly iPhones will become just part of a growing number of 'devices' designed specifically to access Apple Services."

As quoted in a CNET story by Shara Tibken: What iPhone slowdown? Apple's sales are better than feared https://cnet.co/2jkTUdF