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Apple’s iPhone highlights difference between volume and profit
MacDailyNews — Apple’s iPhone highlights difference between volume and profit Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:00 PM EST "From Microsoft to Dell to Motorola, 2008 has been a very burdensome year for number-chasers. For those who find value in and thus only pay attention to market share, units shipped and revenue, the argument for volume is becoming increasingly more difficult to justify," Kontra writes for counternotions. In What Sony Ericsson Must Do To Stage a Comeback , Jose Fermoso includes an interesting table: ...

Five easy Apple charts
MacBytes.com — ... ’s Kontra uses data from GigaOm’s Jose Fermoso to demonstrate that what matters is not how many smartphones you sell, but how much you make on each sale. Unfortunately, both writers’ comparisons are a bit off since Apple’s Q1 numbers include revenue and earnings not just from iPhones, but also from Macs, iPods and other goodies. Vol. vs. Rev. (1) Vol. vs. Rev. (2) 5. Stock Price. Finally, a glance at Apple’s share price, which having suffered a thousand cuts in the past year finally picked up a little traction in the past two weeks. [image] ...