maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Theory 1: only 30% of the cost of the N900 is "real" cost

Arpa	2009-12-10 , 07:55
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Originally Posted by OrangeBox

"Catch up"?!? Nokia owns 42% of the phone market to Apple's 1%. "

This was a typical Nokia fanboyish statement. With that 1% Apple made profits, outpaced everyone else, while Nokia with its 42% lost money and more than 5% market share (mostly to Apple). How would you explain that?

Maybe if you learned the terms first. Market share is not the same as profit (or margin).

Market share tells how many devices of total a company sold. And Nokia is still bigger than the next 2 combined. There's no fanboyism in telling that.

Also comparing the numbers is kind of difficult because most of the iPhones sold are sold with a contract (kind of selling them to AT&T first and getting the money later)

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