And yet weirdly, Appleinsider, the source of the alleged debunking, regularly publishes very similar estimates.
Obviously they started doing so when Apple was far in the lead, they'll probably stop after the latest one, which shows that Samsung has now caught up and is only three percentage points behind after closing a gap of 40 percentage points in the last 3 quarters:
"Apple takes 53% of smartphone profits, Samsung at 50%, remainder lose money"
Amusingly, they refer to this as "the latest data to refute a recent claim that Samsung Electronics had dethroned Apple, Inc., in mobile profits." because Samsing being 3, 2 or 1 percentage points behind is so completely different from them being 1, 2 or 3 ahead (and remembering we're talking about estimates here) that it warrants not one but two rants from Appleinsider and John Gruber questioning people's morals and professionalism.
Obviously they started doing so when Apple was far in the lead, they'll probably stop after the latest one, which shows that Samsung has now caught up and is only three percentage points behind after closing a gap of 40 percentage points in the last 3 quarters:
"Apple takes 53% of smartphone profits, Samsung at 50%, remainder lose money"
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/31/apple-takes-53-of-...
Amusingly, they refer to this as "the latest data to refute a recent claim that Samsung Electronics had dethroned Apple, Inc., in mobile profits." because Samsing being 3, 2 or 1 percentage points behind is so completely different from them being 1, 2 or 3 ahead (and remembering we're talking about estimates here) that it warrants not one but two rants from Appleinsider and John Gruber questioning people's morals and professionalism.