Apple leads in smartphone profits with 91% share


  • TECH
  • Monday, 28 Nov 2016

Apple's new iPhones are displayed before opening of the Apple Store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Maker of iPhones, Apple, has dominated the profit charts from smartphone sales with 91% share of profits from all smartphones sold in the third quarter of 2016. 

According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone profits reached US$9bil (RM39.98bil) in total during the third quarter of 2016 (ended September). While Apple leads the chart with an operating profit of US$8.5bil (RM37.76bil), Huawei comes in second with just US$200mil (RM888.49mil) followed by Vivo and Oppo with the same operating profit numbers. 

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