Apple is really, really counting on its Apple TV+ and credit card services to pull out a win.
The company reported a 13 percent profit drop and a miniscule 1 percent revenue growth in its third quarter earnings call on Tuesday. That's a $10.08 billion reduction in profit from a year earlier, but also an improvement from the past two quarters of revenue losses — with Apple's services division to thank.
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