ZDNet:
While some smartphone makers chase market share, Apple is pulling away when it comes to profits: For every dollar of operating profit in the smartphone market, Apple is nabbing $0.92, leaving the others fighting for scraps.
That estimate comes from Canaccord Genuity as noted by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend.
Considering that Apple’s iPhone sales globally account for roughly 20 percent of all smartphones sold, the situation for its competitors will only get worse.
Android users and vendors can and do brag about market share. I’m sure Apple is very happy with profit share and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Looser’s gotta brag bout sump’n.
Unless you’re own Apple stocks… Why care about profits? Idiot fanboys…
Angry about something today?
Profit enables Apple to do a lot of things, including high-level R&D, retain valuable employees through worldwide recessions, fend off hostile lobbyist-bought Congressmen and takeovers, and striking better deals with partner companies like carriers and media companies that actually protect consumer interests.
Profit allows Apple to make better stuff, which is the reason they’re earning that profit in the first place.
“Idiot fanboys”
What’s the opposite, or maybe it’s the inverse, of schadenfreude? You know, where you take sorrow in the happiness of others?
For the record, I’m long on AAPL in my IRA, Roth IRA, and “Apple stock to buy more Apple gear” portfolios. Also, I care much more about Gross Margin than “profits”.
I think it’s called “sour grapes.” Don’t know what millennials who don’t eat fruit would call it, though.
Hi Kyler, it’s actually losers not loosers.
Just sayin.
Cause here at least you’ll get a civilized reply and for the most part you have decent comments.
But yea, it’s true. Some people don’t seem to see the big picture. I own no stock in Apple, but I do have an interest in there products. Something that some people seem to lose sight of.
He typed you’re instead of your. We may be giving him(?) too much attention. Regardless ( I was tempted to type irregardless btw : ) ) maybe the millennial equivalent is tart tweet?
The millennial equivalent of anything is barely literate.
Since the door has already been opened to correcting spelling, it is “their,” not “there.” 😛
Ha! Very good. : ) and a civilized reply too. Fixed.
Just noticed that. Weird mistake to make since I don’t think I typed it on my phone. Anyway I can always use the (bogus) excuse that English isn’t my native language and I don’t live in an english-speaking country either.
As for the point: I truly think there is something pathetic about fanboys crowing about how much money some other entity or person makes. Seems to be an uniquely American thing and a little crass and low on substance (I do admire many other things about America).
The subject is certainly newsworthy, but it does get caught up in the idiotic flame-wars of different brands and it honestly shouldn’t affect how people enjoy their products.
No worries, we all make grammatical mistakes, it was more of a light ribbing than anything else.
There is no one here “crowing” about Apple’s profits. As Moeskido succinctly and astutely commented, it’s much more than profit. I won’t reiterate.
As to flame wars, there were none and wouldn’t be any if not for intentionally inflammatory comments that include the word “fanboy” and it’s various iterations.
Do people here love Apple products and are we proud to use them and to see Apple having the success it is today, Certainly. I as well as many others here have been using Apple products and following them for many years. In the dark days it was tough going, it’s nice to see them doing so well now. That’s pretty much it. No fanboy comments are needed and only serve to cause unneeded tension and detract from the topic at hand.
Lastly, please stop insulting the almost 320 million people living in the United States. You can just lump everyone together because of a few embarrassing individuals. I know of no one like you describe and I live here. Granted most of my friends are artists and scientists, but still, it is not my common experience throughout the U.S. and I, for one, would appreciate some constraint.