[–] kuuuzya 1d ago ↗ Whatever Apple does in 2026, it's the competitors who cash in — Samsung on the displays, Google on Gemini running Siri AI. [–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ Apple still has their 30% margins on top of whatever they give, like always. And has used Samsung and other parts since always.They, on the other hand, have razor thin, mass retail, margins, for what they sell to Apple. [–] ledoncool 1d ago ↗ Or even 50% :( [–] YouDontKnow2 1d ago ↗ Most uninformed comment of the day goes to Coldtea on Hack News
[–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ Apple still has their 30% margins on top of whatever they give, like always. And has used Samsung and other parts since always.They, on the other hand, have razor thin, mass retail, margins, for what they sell to Apple. [–] ledoncool 1d ago ↗ Or even 50% :( [–] YouDontKnow2 1d ago ↗ Most uninformed comment of the day goes to Coldtea on Hack News
[–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ So? It's an insignificant amount compared to Samsung/Apple scale revenues. Samsung's revenue for 2025 was 233 billion. They get 0.4% more. So? [–] ledoncool 1d ago ↗ On the scale of a single company, that’s quite a lot. 0.4% only for one product, only from Apple. [–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ They sell to dozens of major companies, plus sell their own retail.An added 0.4% revenue for selling the most expensive part (the display) of the new flagshit product, for the most popular high end phone line in the world, sounds about right.
[–] ledoncool 1d ago ↗ On the scale of a single company, that’s quite a lot. 0.4% only for one product, only from Apple. [–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ They sell to dozens of major companies, plus sell their own retail.An added 0.4% revenue for selling the most expensive part (the display) of the new flagshit product, for the most popular high end phone line in the world, sounds about right.
[–] coldtea 1d ago ↗ They sell to dozens of major companies, plus sell their own retail.An added 0.4% revenue for selling the most expensive part (the display) of the new flagshit product, for the most popular high end phone line in the world, sounds about right.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 16.9 ms ] threadThey, on the other hand, have razor thin, mass retail, margins, for what they sell to Apple.
An added 0.4% revenue for selling the most expensive part (the display) of the new flagshit product, for the most popular high end phone line in the world, sounds about right.