[Michael.SF.]

This helps explain why APPL has gone from 242 to 287 in just a week or so.

Those greedy bastards at AAPL! (/sarcasm)

[Swordmaker]

This analysis which finds that Apple takes home 39% of all profits from ALL cell phone manufacturing is similar to one last month that reported that Apple had 47% of the top when comparing only the top SEVEN cellular phone makers... PING!

Either figure is still remarkable!

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[BenLurkin]

What is outrageous about success?

[bigbob]

This proves exactly why I argue with people all the time who think that Android is going to upset the applecart (so to speak). Apple’s hardware and OS are sufficient, but neither is the source of their financial performance. What Apple has done is create a business model around their content-distribution engine and use case. I suspect they could stop making hardware and port everything to an Apple-branded Android platform and still make almost as much money.

[stripes1776]

Amazing profitability. Quality does matter.

[martin_fierro]

Can't help but think that the iPhone market share should double/triple if the iPhone comes to Verizon this January as rumored.

[erod]

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