The following chart shows the third quarter’s profitability of eight top phone vendors as a measure of phones sold multiplied by profit per phone.
Postcards for Asymco: metropolitan distribution of views by operating system
Oct 31, ’10
9:39 AM
Based on a reader query, I tried to find out where, by city, my readership is concentrated. I also sought to break this audience down by operating system.
Here are some observations:
For the last 30 days, here are the top operating systems used to reach Asymco.com, with the number of views from each.
Apple as mobile phone vendor: First in profit, second in sales and fourth in units
Oct 30, ’10
5:36 PM
Change in top mobile phone vendor market, sales and profit shares rank over time:
Last quarter Apple obtained 4% unit share, 22% sales value share and 50% of profit share
Oct 30, ’10
4:00 PM
Pie charts showing 13 quarters of mobile phone market evolution between the largest vendors. Pure play smartphone only vendors are shown with exploded wedges.
Trading Places: How Apple climbed into the Top Tier
Oct 29, ’10
2:20 PM
Apple reached fourth place in ranking of top phone vendors by units sold. I guess that makes it a “top tier” vendor.
So how did it get there?
Here is a chart showing how market share evolved since the quarter when iPhone launched:
