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by Tyrannosaurs 5349 days ago
Does it? It may not ship the units that Samsung ships but it makes far more money off the smaller number of units it does sell.

The reality is that Apple were the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world for one quarter. It would be more accurate to view the fact that they were (briefly) number one as a blip rather than see it as a major title they lost and something they need to react to.
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hpaavola 5349 days ago
How much money does Apple and Samsung make from smartphones?
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davidrhunt 5349 days ago
From Q2 2011

http://www.bgr.com/2011/07/29/apples-iphone-accounted-for-66...

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hpaavola 5346 days ago
That seems to show total profit of Apple from Q2 of 2011. See http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/04/20Apple-Reports-Seco... "The Company posted record second quarter revenue of $24.67 billion and record second quarter net profit of $5.99 billion" and compare that number to the latter graph on the page you posted.

Or am I reading this wrong? I know nothing about finances, so it very well might be that case that I just don't understand what I read.

So, again, how much does Apple and Samsung make money from mobile phones?

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