Following-up on the profitability discussion for the top eight vendors, I built a chart to show estimated profit capture from smartphones, further dividing the vendors into inter-dependent (own OS) and modular (licensed OS)[1].
The areas shown represent total profits by vendor and architecture. The totals:
- Inter-dependent: $3.83 billion
- Modular: $0.59 billion
Most of the modular profits came from selling Android devices.
[1] Samsung and Nokia profits from Smartphones are not directly available and are estimated.
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