I know, which is why I called BS on the asymco data! That's the ONLY data they had on that post that Anti linked! It wasn't even profits, it was revenue! Yet apparently it was supposed to be proof of some claim about 47% of the EBIT of the industry...
No one but YOU is challenging these figures.
Which is interesting, because they simply don't hold up. It would be interesting to see what data created those numbers, because EVERY LINK PROVIDED by anyone else used this asymco data as the source. And asymco doesn't say where it got the data.
Hey, if you want to suck down random, unverified data on the Internet, be my guest!
Puget, there are other reports from other sources quoting profits from the previous year showing Apple with 33% of the world wide cellular phone profits... You choose to ignore ALL sources. ASYMCO used data that checks out from company quarterly reports for the seven companies that produce 95% of the world's cell phones. That data is NOT in question. They reported reported the factual data and compiled it. NO ONE BUT YOU SEEMS TO BE QUESTIONING IT? Why is that? Perhaps because it is true?