Apple took home over 90% of mobile profits last year

15 February, 2016
The iPhone maker's share of the smartphone market stood at 17.2% in 2015.

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  • AnonD-374526
  • 6vt
  • 04 Dec 2016

aliie62, 16 Feb 2016We are talking about reasonable profit, not to plunder cust... moreIn your wildest dreams, perhaps.

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    • AnonD-374526
    • 6vt
    • 04 Dec 2016

    Aspros, 16 Apr 2016Do you know what that shows? That most of the firms respec... moreAnd we customers never bothered to switch to android driven by compassion towards customers. They are all driven by the welfare motive and not profit motive like apple. They just want to help the customers who cannot afford apple and they care a damn for the profits. You are a genius sir/madam.

      Do you know what that shows?
      That most of the firms respect their clients and sell their devices close to their actual cost.
      Whilst Apple makes super profits by greedy overpricing their devices, selling them many times above their actual cost.
      This profit is made at the expense of their customers, i wonder why they are so happy about it...

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        • MKH1990
        • Nu7
        • 18 Feb 2016

        Some people don't know how to calculate. It's 105% but after you minus the 6% it's down to 99%

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          • Anonymous
          • 9LB
          • 16 Feb 2016

          I dont think people understand profit is making money off of what you sell if you pay 10 dollars to make something and sell it for 12 dollars thats 2 dollar profit of course Apple has the highest it doesnt sell cheap phones like samsung or any other brand all their phones even old models are expensive lol

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            • Anonymous
            • Tcf
            • 16 Feb 2016

            How does Canaccord Genuity define mobile device profits? Does it include software? If yes: Where is Google, as they clearly make a mint? If no: How did they separate out iPhone hardware profit from iPhone software profit?

            Methology!

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              • AnonD-1825
              • p77
              • 16 Feb 2016

              AnonD-491808, 16 Feb 2016Old information and old news (I heard a few months ago), In... more"In fact, Apple sales drop in 2015."

              We know your "facts"

              Apple sales were record high in 2015

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                • AnonD-491808
                • teq
                • 16 Feb 2016

                Old information and old news (I heard a few months ago), In fact, Apple sales drop in 2015.

                92% Apple market's profits in 1Q 2015, Then after the Apple market's profits blow than 2% (Last six months),

                http://snap.ashampoo.com/uploads/2016-02-16/FJvrpwhX.png

                Or - http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BT-AD034_SMARTP_16U_20150713131205.jpg

                Old news - Apple’s Share of Smartphone Industry’s Profits Soars to 92% - http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-industrys-profits-soars-to-92-1436727458

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                  • aliie62
                  • 0p5
                  • 16 Feb 2016

                  Duel, 16 Feb 2016"It means iphone price is much higher than its production e... moreWe are talking about reasonable profit, not to plunder customers! Although companies work for making money, they should think about making a sustainable business model. Of the my opinion, Apple has not respected to its customers and it will be revealed in the near future. In that time, you would see Apple Bankruptcy ;)

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 61x
                    • 16 Feb 2016

                    Anonymous, 16 Feb 2016This is not surprising. Apple is a status symbol in many p... morewonder why you happy when they took that much profit from you
                    if me i'll be pissed off reading this news

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                      • Duel
                      • Scq
                      • 16 Feb 2016

                      farhad, 16 Feb 2016It means iphone price is much higher than its production ex... more"It means iphone price is much higher than its production expense but Why?"

                      That's called business, every company does that, company need to do money, maybe this is somehow unknown concept to you?

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                        • farhad
                        • 0p5
                        • 16 Feb 2016

                        It means iphone price is much higher than its production expense but Why?

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                          • mafia
                          • 39x
                          • 16 Feb 2016

                          question is, is apple taking home 90% of the worlds tax money fraudulently.?

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                            • AnonD-356282
                            • PUa
                            • 16 Feb 2016

                            Says the person who's probably never owned one.

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                              • Duel
                              • Scq
                              • 16 Feb 2016

                              Subzz, 15 Feb 2016Bro, I am not a Samsung fan boy.. Neither do I use samsung ... more" Plus apple share is less than Samsung, yet they make more profit..."

                              Of course, Apple is only selling high end phones. Samsung ASP is around 250 where Apple is 690. so of course they do lot more profit because they only sell high price models unlike samsung who's most sales coming from low end.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • tSv
                                • 16 Feb 2016

                                This is not surprising. Apple is a status symbol in many parts of the world and people don't think twice about paying a silly premium for a Chinese made phone of questionable quality

                                  Tech-9, 15 Feb 2016whats the difference of speed in real life ? 0.1 sek faste... morei never knew android phone become more faster after getting update 2 3 years later

                                    b0ne, 15 Feb 2016"just say no, people"why ?

                                      harlekkin, 16 Feb 2016Please don't put all of us in one bucket. I have no confide... morein this gsma no matter what reason, if u admit u like apple , people will call u stupid / isheep / idiot . because they will easily getting butthurt because u not used android.

                                        Johnny, 15 Feb 2016Apple fans are people that need to pay to feel that they ar... morePlease don't put all of us in one bucket. I have no confidence issues, I buy Apple because I simply love the phone and can't stand how complicated android is.