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In terms of units, no, but in terms of profit... I think the reason parent leaned on that sub-group is that it is easy to move a lot of units at the very low e
by pwinnski 4y ago
In terms of units, no, but in terms of profit...
I think the reason parent leaned on that sub-group is that it is easy to move a lot of units at the very low end with minimal or even negative profit, and that was definitely Samsung's (to name one company) approach in years past. They would sell many, many Android phones at something like $100 each, in some cases losing money on every sale, and very, very few of the higher-margin profitable phones that most people on HN think of when they think of Samsung Android phones.
That's how, for example, iPhone accounts for 75% of all profit in the smartphone market worldwide, despite a low 13% market share[0].
When it comes to the big numbers, most people aren't really comparing Apples to apples.
0. https://www.imore.com/apple-takes-75-smartphone-profits-despite-13-market-share-says-report https://www.imore.com/apple-takes-75-smartphone-profits-desp...