iPhone leads Apple past Nokia to #1 in mobile phone profits
Apple doesn’t make the most mobile phones but, as of the third quarter of

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2009, the Cupertino company does make the most money from them. Research firm Strategy Analytics says Apple is now the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker, kicking Nokia from the top spot between July and September.
Apple’s phones only command about 2.5% of the world’s cellphone market, though the iPhone’s cool factor and the company’s premium pricing let it rake in about $1.6 billion in operating profit from the iPhone in the third quarter of 2009, besting cellphone stalwart Nokia and its $1.1 billion in operating profit for the same period.

