With an abundance of predictions on the announcement already widely publicized in the press, Apple's (AAPL) March 25 event itself will not be a catalyst for shares, JPMorgan Samik Chatterjee tells investors in a research note. The analyst, however, is focused on the long-term drivers that could set up Apple's video service as a strong competitor to Netflix (NFLX) over time. The ramp on user subscriptions for a new service, like video, is unlikely to drive a meaningful change to Apple's financials in the first few years, Chatterjee writes. However, Apple has a relatively easier path to scaling the service given its access to a large installed base, and can differentiate in the early years by positioning itself as an aggregator of content, which could set it up for long-term success, contends the analyst. He keeps an Overweight rating on Apple shares with a $228 price target.

Apple has renewed talks with OpenAI about using the company's technology to power some new features coming to the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The two companies have begun discussing terms of a possible agreement and how the OpenAI features would be integrated into Apple's iOS 18, the next iPhone operating system, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.

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Erste Group downgraded Apple to Hold from Buy.

Apple (AAPL) supplier TSMC (TSM) has unveiled its A16 chip manufacturing technology featuring nanosheet transistors with "backside power rails" meant for producing its ultra-advanced 1.6nm chips by 2026, Nikkei Asia's Cheng Ting-Fang reports. TSMC says the introduction of the technology can "greatly improve logic density and performance." Reference Link

Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of Google, is scheduled to report first quarter 2024 results after the market close on Thursday, April 25, with a conference call scheduled for 4:30 pm Eastern Time. What to watch... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here

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Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, CNBC's Ryan Browne reports, citing data from Counterpoint Research. Meanwhile, Huawei saw a 69.7% surge in smartphone sales in the country during the same period, Counterpoint said. Reference Link