iPhone — 20% Profit Share of Mobile Industry?
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The Wall Street Journal (via MacRumors) published a report stating that while Apple’s iPhone, and RIM’s BlackBerry make up only 3% of mobile phone sales last year, the gobbled up a huge 35% take of the profits. iPhone specifically was pegged at 1% of sales and 20% of profit. Boom! indeed.
Says Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff:
The disparity will become even starker this year when the two will take 5% of the market in unit terms but 58% of total operating profits.
While feature phone maker Nokia can compete due to vast economies of scale, their profits have been declining, as have Sony Ericsson. Palm’s Pre is seen as something of a wildcard, depending on developer support and distribution reach.
For their part, Apple is set to announce Q3 results tomorrow, July 21, at 5pm ET. TiPb will provide our usual coverage of the conference call, especially as results pertain to the iPhone.
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iPhone — 20% Profit Share of Mobile Industry?
