Apple takes 83% of global mobile profits in Q1, Samsung with 12.9%

Himanshu, 05 June 2017

Of the combined operating profit posted by global smartphone players in the first quarter of the ongoing year, Apple's share stood at 83.4%, according to a new report published by market research firm Strategy Analytics.

That's up from the 79.8% figure that was reported for the Cupertino-based company during the same period last year.

Samsung, on the other hand, took home 12.9%. That's down considerably from the 21.9% last year. Reports say the South Korean tech giant is struggling to improve its profitability "due to market saturation and generally falling margins."

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Anonymous
07 Jun 2017
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This will all change when ios 11 takes the helm. If the current beta is any indication of what the design philosophy for ios 11 will be, it will be an ugly mess of a mobile os. Down right ugly UI with a cumbersome "Control Center". It will mark the f...

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07 Jun 2017
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But you can't deny, he has a point, Apple's support for its older phones and it's system to rollout new system updates must be respected. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the time taken for Apple to rollout the first batch of updates to ...