Resistance is futile: Apple mopped up 90% of mobile industry profits in Q2

Resistance is futile: Apple mopped up 90% of mobile industry profits in Q2:

The cell phone industry is being quickly commoditized, with faster rollouts, lower prices for ever-improving specs, and a panoply of players - from startups to established brands. Save for Apple.

The team from Cupertino currently enjoys the lion's share of mobile industry profits, and we mean lion's share - Bloomberg calculates that Apple is now soaking in more than 90% from the profit pie in the business, followed by Samsung, with the rest left to scramble over a measly percent or two, or lose money outright.

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