The iPhone last quarter took in 5.6% of unit sales and 66.3% of the profit
Click to enlarge. Source: Asymco
Some readers complained when we ran a similar headline almost a year ago, accompanied by the bottom chart at right.
At the time, Apple (AAPL) had a 3% share of the global mobile phone market but was taking 39% of the profit -- a situation that didn't seem to bode well for MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 30, 2011 7:26 AM ET
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason
FORTUNE -- At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference, LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy had some choice words for Groupon in which he accused the daily deals competitor of copying several of his company's recent efforts, including LivingSocial Instant, a service offering near-real-time deals that may only last one or two hours.
We ran an edited version of his comments earlier this week.
"So we launched LivingSocial Instant, and Groupon launched MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Jul 29, 2011 3:12 PM ET
ISPs argue they can't keep up with consumer demand -- and have to implement caps to cope. Not true says one pundit.
FORTUNE -- The argument by Internet service providers (ISPs) that too many people are using too much bandwidth seems plausible enough. After all, streaming high-definition movies, posting high-megapixel photos and downloading video games are making ever-larger demands on networks. But does that mean ISPs are really running out of MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Jul 29, 2011 3:00 PM ET
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't mince words on the state of Hollywood. Plus, he told us which Pixar film was a "bad idea."
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Photo: Kevin Moloney/Fortune Brainstorm TECH
FORTUNE -- With summer in full swing and popcorn flicks like Captain America and Harry Potter opening with robust ticket sales, you'd think Hollywood execs would be beaming. But DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has some beef with MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Jul 29, 2011 11:01 AM ET
ARM is gunning for Intel by trying to break open the old-line PC and server markets. Meanwhile, Intel is charging ahead with new mobile offerings.
FORTUNE -- Crack open your smartphone, and chances are there's ARM—not Intel—inside. The British chip designer commands the mobile market. Last quarter alone, 1.1 billion of its power-efficient microprocessors were shipped in phones and tablets. But Cambridge-based ARM Holdings (ARMH) has bigger ambitions. In recent months, MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Jul 29, 2011 9:53 AM ET
The transformative metal startup is thinking bigger these days. Much bigger.
By Eli Epstein, contributor
Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney. Photo: Modumetal
FORTUNE -- With numerous venture capital awards and an impending joint venture with Steel Dynamics (STLD) under its belt, Modumetal has kept the snags to a minimum since it competed in last year's Startup Idol competition at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference.
The five-year-old Seattle-based startup is making its name with a unique scientific MORE
Jul 29, 2011 8:30 AM ET
The next contender: Samsung, whose Android phones are gaining fast
Data: Strategy Analytics. Chart: PED
The companies that track mobile phone sales are just now catching up to the news that came out of Apple's (AAPL) last week. According to the company's Q3 earnings report, Apple sold nearly 20.24 million iPhones last quarter, up 142% from the same quarter last year.
On Thursday, IDC reported that that makes Apple the world's No. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 29, 2011 8:06 AM ET
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* Nintendo slashed the price of its 3DS handheld system by roughly one-third (from $250 to $170) because of lower-than-expected sales during the first three months. The gaming company also lowered its annual profit forecast by a stunning 82%. President Satoru Iwata said in an online letter it was MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Jul 29, 2011 7:41 AM ET
How the world's richest nation and the most valuable tech company stack up
Souces: Apple Inc., U.S. Treasury Daily Report
Unless the debt ceiling is raised by Tuesday Aug. 2, the White House keeps reminding us, the U.S. government will no longer be able to pay its bills.
But the U.S. Treasury is already running low. Its closing balance as of Wednesday, July 27, was $73.768 billion.
To put that in perspective, Apple (AAPL) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 29, 2011 6:38 AM ET
The payoff should Apple prevail in the patent wars: an estimated $30 billion
"Apple ships a much higher value of smartphones than any other player"
In a note to clients issued Thursday, Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi takes a hard look at the flurry of patent lawsuits Apple (AAPL) has launched against the manufacturers of Google (GOOG) Android phones.
All in all, he likes Apple's chances. The two key bullet points (we quote):
We anticipate MORE
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