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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Q8tfreebe who wrote (76061)4/2/2008 7:00:47 PM
From: pyslent  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197226
 
Apple and Rimm do it by moving up the foodchain to value added services (music/movies or e-mail). LG and Samsung survive (to this point anyway) on volume.

Apple and RIMM still have a pretty nice gross margin on their handset sales (high 30%). Do you really believe that they do so while paying 16%? I don't. Beyond this message board, I haven't seen any actual evidence to support this as a de facto "standard rate" for GSM.