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Can somebody explain why Samsung didn't have this title in Q2 2012? From the article: "The California company made an estimated $3.2bn (£2.1bn) profit from iP
by mcintyre1994 13y ago
Can somebody explain why Samsung didn't have this title in Q2 2012?
From the article:
"The California company made an estimated $3.2bn (£2.1bn) profit from iPhone sales in the second quarter of the year, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics, a marked drop from $4.6bn a year ago"
So, Apple 2012 Q2 : $4.6bn
"The same trend has squeezed Samsung's handset profits, which are down from an estimated $5.6bn in the second quarter of 2012"
Samsung 2012 Q2 : $5.6bn
Interesting figures anyway, Apple's drop of over $1bn is interesting, they've dropped over 3x as much as Samsung did.
- adventured 13y agoThe article is wrong. Samsung earned $3.64 billion in Q2 2012, from their phone business. They had an operating profit of $5.9b in Q2 2012 (which is the apparent source of confusion). So Apple out-earned Samsung in phones last year, $4.6b to $3.64b. http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings-smartphone-business-propels-41-5b-in-revenues-5-9b-in-profits/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings-s...
- mcintyre1994 13y agoThat'd make more sense, thanks for the techcrunch link, that's much more useful. http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/samsung-q2-profits-up-47-5-but-operating-profit-at-its-mobile-division-slows/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/samsung-q2-profits-up-47-5-... seems to confirm the Q2 2013 figure of $5.6bn for Samsung, so that's actually a big increase year-on-year. That Guardian article is very misleading.