>>>>Yeah, their sales trends clearly show their current model is horribly broken:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/10/despite-record-mac-sales-70-of-apples-revenue-comes-from-ios.ars>>>>
>>>>Oh, wait ...
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>>>Android is already outselling iOS by quite a margin. My biggest fear with Android was patent litigation, but Google's purchase of Motorola's patent arsenal pretty much puts that to bed. I'd be selling my Apple stock in the next 12 months (if I had any).
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>>How do Android handset/tablet makers' profits compare to Apple's?
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>Pretty decent actually:
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>Samsung had 4.7billion profit in 4th quarter 2011
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http://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-records-record-profits-thanks-to-smartphone-salesFurther details:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/us-samsung-idUSTRE80P1KY20120127"Apple, though, is streets ahead in profitability. It generates half its revenue from the iPhone, boasts a 37.4 percent operating margin, versus Samsung's 11 percent, and its $17.3 billion operating profit is almost four times what Samsung earned from selling phones, chips, flat screens and TVs combined."
Regards. Al
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