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To: Moonray who wrote (149788)	2/6/2013 3:08:18 PM
From: Kelly G.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

The interesting thing for me is that the profit share for Apple actually went up in Q4. We have had reports that iPhone 4 and 4S were a big part of the mix of iPhone overall sales but Apple's profit share went from 69% for 2012 to 72% in Q4. Apple & Samsung capture 103% of handset profits as rivals lose money So, increasing market share is eventually supposed to lead to increasing profit share. So far, it still ain't happening for Android.

To: Moonray who wrote (149788)	2/7/2013 1:07:35 AM
From: JP Sullivan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 213176

Walkley's research on smartphone vendor profitability covers eight manufacturers. In addition to Apple and Samsung, he surveys Nokia ( NOK), BlackBerry ( BBRY), Google's ( GOOG) Motorola, Sony ( SNE), LG and HTC. Absent from the list are Chinese smartphone vendors Huawei and ZTE, which research firm IDC listed as the Nos. 3 and 5 smartphone vendors worldwide in the fourth quarter. For the record, Samsung was No. 1, Apple was No. 2 and Sony No. 4, IDC reported last month. Since the paragraph starts by mentioning profitability, not market share, that last sentence makes you think that Apple was No. 2 in smartphone profits, which isn't so. (Or has the world stopped turning since I last checked?) This type of sloppy writing is all over the net, unfortunately.