<story><title>Apple Captures 75% of Global Handset Market Operating Profit in Q2 2021</title><url>https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-handset-market-operating-profit-q2-2021/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cs702</author><text>...with only a 13% share of units.&lt;p&gt;That is, all other vendors together sold 87% of units, but earned only a combined 25% of industry-wide profit.&lt;p&gt;The vast majority of those other vendors are companies headquartered in Asian countries with a long history of promoting market share, access to information, and knowledge transfer at the expense of short-term profit. They might be making less money willingly to grow&amp;#x2F;maintain volume, grow&amp;#x2F;maintain access to a large volume of user data, and acquire&amp;#x2F;maintain expertise.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Captures 75% of Global Handset Market Operating Profit in Q2 2021</title><url>https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-handset-market-operating-profit-q2-2021/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>criddell</author><text>I think one of the smartest things Apple did was open physical stores and not depend on carrier stores and Best Buy.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve often wondered why their competitors don&amp;#x27;t do the same thing? Why isn&amp;#x27;t there a Samsung store a block away from every Apple store? Having a physical location for purchases, repairs, and support is why I always recommend Apple devices when somebody who isn&amp;#x27;t super technical asks me what to buy.&lt;p&gt;Microsoft made a half-hearted effort, Sony was there too soon with their stores, Dell had crappy little mall kiosks. Apple has shown you can make pretty great revenue-per-sq-ft with a store. Samsung copies everything else Apple, why not the stores?</text></comment>