With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits
May 3, 2012
With 8.8 percent of mobile phone market share, Apple’s share of profits is 73 percent. Samsung, riding the Google Android juggernaut, grew its market share (by units shipped) to 23.5%, up 35.4% year over year, and its share of the profits to 26%. HTC, by contrast, is barely breaking even. And the rest -- Research in Motion, Nokia, Sony, Motorola and LG -- are losing money.
Remember: We're talking about all mobile phones, not just smartphones. And the entire worldwide market, not just the US.
With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits