Wearables announced as Apples fastest growing category as iPhone sale slip

Apple has announced that its ‘wearables, home and accessories’ category is the fastest growing category, increasing by 33% from last year.

IPhone sales have dropped for the first time in two years, dropping by 15%.

The ‘wearables, home and accessories’ category includes the Apple watch as well as the Air Pods, which both proved extremely popular in the period.  Services saw a revenue increase of 19% and the iPad and Mac categories saw revenues rise by 17% and 19% respectively.

Overall, Apple reported revenues of $84.3bn in its first quarter, ending December 29^th 2018, which is a 5% decline compared to the same period the previous year.