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In the recently posted US Smartphone Landscape I used comScore’s data to paint a picture of the growth of smartphones in general and the shape of the mobile platforms in the US. The source was survey data measuring the…
This is the cascading view of Apple’s financial performance in the third calendar quarter. It only includes information that is already in the income statement but shows the relative growth of the individual product…
comScore published the latest data regarding US smartphone installed base. To summarize: Of the platforms available, Android reached 39 million users, RIM 16.5 million, Apple 24 million and Microsoft about 5 million.…
As shown in the yesterday’s post, in the third quarter, overall mobile phone profitability declined. The eight vendors I use as a proxy showed a total net profit of $8.51 billion, down slightly from $8.57 billion and a…
A few years ago, around the middle of the last decade, the mobile phone market was characterized by the rivalry between a few established vendors. These were Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. These…
This is a quick note that I’ll be speaking at the Apple Investor Summit, March 15-16, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. My topic will be the analysis of Apple’s capital structure for strategic insight. Apple…
I collected all the data available so far and created a new graph that illustrates the complete market evolution over a three year period. I chose a particular color scheme where shades of blue represent non-smart…
Samsung no longer reports mobile phone shipments. The company’s phone market performance reporting is limited to the following: Shipment : High-20%↑YoY (low-20%↑QoQ) ASP : Slight increase QoQ As the company did not…
There has been increasing chatter about a new TV being developed by Apple. My opinion on the subject was summarized in the post called Tele Vision. I contend that a TV cannot be smart until the content it delivers…
Prior to the third quarter earnings report I discussed a part of Apple’s balance sheet related to tangible assets (Plant, Property and Equipment). In a series of three posts I covered the Land and Buildings (data centers…