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This Week in Tech · Monday, August 3, 2026

Apple Dominates Smartphone Profit Despite Lower Sales Volume

Although Android phones have a larger market share globally, Apple captured half of the world's smartphone profits in the last quarter. The company achieves this by making more money per phone than its competitors.

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But I read that I read that half, half the world's profit on smartphones in the last quarter was Apple's.
They don't have half the sales. No, no. Worldwide, other, you know, Android is much more popular. They're in the twenties, I think.
But they make more money per phone than anybody else.
Heard on This Week in Tech — “TWiT 1095: Horses and Sailboats - Folding Phones Get Cute and Expensive in a Race With Apple, published Monday, August 3, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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