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On the iPhone and Apple's Meteoric Rise To the Top
zacharye writes "Friday marks five years since the world first got its hands on a smartphone that would turn the industry on its head. In five short years, Apple went from the ground floor to being the most profitable company in the smartphone business by a staggering margin. Apple and Samsung — two companies that weren't even on the smartphone industry's map a few years ago — are now the only two major global vendors making money, and the split was estimated at 80/20 in Apple's favor last quarter. That's 80% of smartphone industry profits in less than five years with just five different smartphone models under its belt during that span."
You really don't get it do you? Samsung sold more Galaxy phones so clearly they manufacture even larger quantities. They are also a vertically integrated company so you can be damned sure they are able the eek more margins than others can. In fact Apple is one of their clients... Samsung also uses the same CPUs on their phones and tablets (which have been embargoed in the US by a court case with Apple). Samsung manufactures the A5 CPU for Apple as well. Only an idiot would bet on Apple winning on a battle like this. Samsung is the world's largest electronics manufacturer encompassing just about every single piece of hardware required to manufacture a phone. They are the world's leading DRAM, Flash, Display manufacturer.