Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Oct 2009 23:20 UTC
As most of you will know, Nokia slapped Apple with a patent lawsuit last week. Nokia claims that Apple's iPhone infringes upon 10 patents related to GSM, UMTS, and WiFi connectivity. In its SEC 10-K annual report filing, Apple made its first cautious response to Nokia's claims.
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No it is a made up number. The 25% and 32% are the "official" numbers ( from Apple marketing ).
Well, the 32% figure I've found is a fake. It takes profit loss from Motorola and others as a negative profit market share. So, if you add all the real profits, you end up with more than 100% and you have to substract Motorola and other's loss to get back to 100%. It means that 32% is not really 32% but rather 32/150 (I don't know the real number, I put 150 for example)
Even the 25% figures does not seem likely, as it counts the iPod as a smartphone (judging by the revenue numbers).
I believe Apple is making good profit, but the 78% figure is very unlikely.
Anyway, by the number of units sold, the iPhone market share is between 1 and 2%. It is still a very nice phone, but I don't understand why some people have to make it sound like it was going to take over the world.
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2005-09-08
78% of profits in the Smartphone market of late is going through the iPhone.
Is this US numbers? I've searched google and the highest number I've found is 32%. Most numbers are around 25%, which is already quite a big achievement for Apple with its relatively small market share (in units). "
No it is a made up number. The 25% and 32% are the "official" numbers ( from Apple marketing ).