Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it didn't sell the most mobile phones in Q4 2013, it didn't sell the most smartphones, but according to an American analyst, it made the biggest profit. Based on calculations made by an American analyst, the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would have collected 87.4% of the total profit generated by all mobile phone manufacturers, those from Samsung collecting 32.2%. You will now ask yourself how this is possible, and the analyst says that the losses suffered by various mobile phone manufacturers allowed the two companies to earn so much money.
Apple (AAPL) and Samsung continue to soak up all the industry's profits, McCourt says. Apple claimed 87.4% of phone earnings before interest and taxes in the fourth quarter, he said. Samsung took in 32.2% of industry profits. Because their combined earnings were higher than the industry's total earnings as a result of many vendors losing money in Q4, Apple and Samsung mathematically accounted for more than 100% of the industry's earnings. A year ago, Apple accounted for 77.8% of mobile phone industry profits, followed by Samsung with 26.1%, McCourt said.
In the same period last year Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), collects 77.8% of the profit of mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung collecting 26.1%. Based on the new figures, we find that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), earned 9.6% more money, while in the case of the company Samsung the amount increased by 6.1%. It is also very important to note that mobile phone manufacturers lost more money in Q4 2013 than in Q4 2012, allowing Samsung and Apple to generate more profit.
