[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by afv011

Out-sold: Samsung sells 52 million smartphones in Q2 2012, double what apple sold. Ouch.

I think that's healthy. Apple is going for a high-price market, Samsung is competing in all markets. Both models are needed.

When it comes to making money, Apple is still doing fine:

Although Apple shipped only about 6 percent of the industry’s smartphones and tablets in the second quarter, they accounted for 43 percent of the industry’s revenues. More importantly, Apple took 77 percent of the industry’s operating profits, despite being “a seasonally weak period,” for iPhone sales.

The other 94% of sales by volume accounted for only 23% of profits. Ouch?