Uh, this idiot of a researcher left out HTC.
HTC has been trading publicly since 2002 (well before the iPhone’s introduction).
This stupid “analyst” negates to even include reasoning as to why HTC is not considered a phone vendor in the US.
Swordmaker, it figures you’d post this.
HTC is on the chart in volume, but is it on the chart in terms of profits?
Uh, no, he didn't. He specified which phone vendors where included and why:
"The first chart shows the EBIT from the top seven vendors of mobile phones since the quarter when the iPhone launched. I annotated Nokia and Apples bars to give perspective."
HTC was not in the top seven. US figures were not considered... this was WORLD WIDE Vendors... the statistics are correct.