DeWitt Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone gross profit margins nearly 60%

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 3rd, 2010)

Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi issued a 13-page report last week in which he estimated that the iPhone's gross profit margins were an astounding 57.8%. Those margins tower above Apple's competitors with RIM estimated to have 43% profit margins, Nokia 33, and HTC 31.7%. Sacconaghi believes ...

Apple: What iPad freight records?

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 19th, 2010)

Philip Elmer-DeWitt over at Apple 2.0 is reporting that Apple has taken steps to hide ocean shipping data for its iPad. Several business intelligence companies exist that collect, analyze, and resell data of a company's shipping records. This data is sold to the company's competitors in hope that ...