CLAIM #1622 · AAPL (AAPL) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Jul 31, 2025 · due Sep 30, 2026
“You are going to continue to see our CapEx grow. It's not going to be exponential growth, but it is going to grow substantially.”
Kevan Parekh · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Capital expenditures (CapEx), as reported for the fiscal year (payments for acquisition of property, plant and equipment / capex line)
It came true if: FY2026 CapEx greater than FY2025 CapEx (year-over-year increase > 0%), consistent with 'substantial' growth rather than flat or exponential
Where: Apple 10-K / cash flow statement (capital expenditures line) and quarterly earnings commentary
In context
“Any color on that would be helpful. Kevan Parekh: Great, Aaron. Thanks for the questions. Let me answer the first one, first around foreign exchange. For Q3, we really had no impact from a foreign exchange standpoint on the year-on-year results. And so -- when we look at both the revenue growth as well as the gross margin, there was virtually no impact from foreign exchange. As we look at going from Q3 to June quarter to the September quarter, again, very, very, as I mentioned earlier, a very small tailwind going from Q3 to Q4 from a foreign exchange standpoint on both revenue as well as gross margin. And then on the second question, sure, on the CapEx side, I think we talked about the fact that we are, and Tim mentioned the fact that we are increasing our investment significantly in AI. You are going to continue to see our CapEx grow. It's not going to be exponential growth, but it is going to grow substantially. And a lot of that's a function of the investments we're making in AI. As we mentioned, we also have other items that fall under that category, facilities and some of our retail store investments. But I would say a lot of the growth is really being driven by AI. I would remind you that we do have a hybrid model though, where we also leverage third-party infrastructure in addition to investing in our own first-party infrastructure. Operator: Our next question is from Atif Malik with Citi. Atif Malik: Tim, at the WWDC earlier in the quarter, you showed impressive updates on Vision Pro with the use of widget, spatial scenes, persona and new ways to create content. Appears like Meta and Xiaomi are seeing strong momentum on their AI glasses. So is the focus still around enterprises on Vision Pr”
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