What do you get when you add Microsoft, Google, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo and Facebook profits all together? A number that is less than Apple's profits, that's for sure.
In its fiscal year 2012 that one company headquartered at One Infinity Loop bagged $41.7 billion in profit on $156.5 billion in revenue, a pretty decent 26.6% ratio, which most companies out there can only dream of, and which proves that disrupting an industry pays off big time even in a recession.
The other Silicon Valley giants above raked in $34.4 billion in combined profits, though Microsoft's profit margin is slightly higher than even Apple's, and that's with all the R&D costs around Windows 8/RT creation and distribution.
Another eye-opener on Apple's insane profits is the sum that all PC makers raked in as a whole - just south of $20 billion, which is less than a half of what Apple alone made, next to hardware giants like HP, Dell, IBM, Intel, Asus, Acer and Lenovo. Turning our attention to the mobile industry, despite Samsung's rapid ascent, Apple dominates the overall profit chart there, too, with Samsung, Nokia, RIM and HTC combined making less than $20 billion. The cable and media behemoths like Time Warner, Comcast, News Corp and Disney, are also slouching against Cupertino's signature hardware/software ecosystem.
Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena since 2010, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.
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