Saturday, November 5, 2011

With just 4% of mobile market, Apple owns 52% of profits

BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech : Filed Under: Business , Mobile\nApples iPhone accounted for just 4.2% of the mobile handsets shipped in the third quarter of 2011, but the company still managed to rake in more than half of the industrys profits..Among the eight top cell phone vendors in the world, Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley said Apple accounted for 52% of total operating income between them..The figure is down from 57% in the second quarter..Samsung accounted for 29% of profit among top vendors, up from 18% in the June quarter, and HTC accounted for 9% of total operating income.
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