Apple's profit in the second quarter accounted for 765,438+0% of the industry's profit, while its share in the global mobile phone market was only 6.5%. At the same time, Samsung's operating profit accounts for 37% of the whole industry, while its share in the global market is 25%. The sum of the operating profit of Apple and Samsung in the mobile phone market in the second quarter accounted for 108% of the total operating profit of the industry. These data show that most of the profits of this industry are swallowed up by two giant companies, Apple and Samsung, while other companies can hardly survive.
However, Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung in April last year. Until recently, Apple won the case in the United States, and Samsung compensated 654.38+0 billion. In South Korea, it was awarded "50 boards each", but Apple accompanied Samsung 350 million and Samsung accompanied Apple 220 million. Overall, Samsung won 65438+300 million. Litigation in Germany, Japan, Australia and other places is also protracted, and there are winners and losers. It can be seen that it is not easy to technically judge and identify who copied whom, and it is also difficult to draw conclusions with trade protection or nationalist sentiment. But it is lawyers who really benefit from this lawsuit. According to some calculations, Apple and Samsung may have paid $20 million to $40 million or more in legal fees. However, it is consumers who are really hurt. A market participant of a domestic mobile phone manufacturer said that in addition to collecting patent royalties, selling products is the main way for companies such as Apple and Samsung to make profits, so Samsung will eventually compensate Apple for 654.38 billion yuan, and the huge legal fees spent by the two companies in global patent litigation will be paid by consumers.