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Financial analysts estimate that, with the profits that the iPhone is leaving Apple, could become the most profitable business segment in a few months. Until the fourth fiscal quarter, Nokia was still the undisputed leader, but followed closely by Apple.

While Nokia and Samsung are the largest handset manufacturers in the world, Apple, in terms of profit, beats them both, that is speaking solely in terms of operating income. This statement was made by the research and analysis firm Strategy Analytics.

Meanwhile, if Apple does not usually present their results broken down, operating income was estimated for the iPhone at us$ 1.600 million for the third two months of fiscal 2009. For its part, Nokia reported a profit of us$ 1.100 million for the same period.

According to experts, this news serves only to reiterate that both RIM and Apple have a higher profit margin than other competitors. It has been said that Apple and RIM together control 5% of the mobile phone market, but the two hog 58% of operating profits.

Another report released recently says that Apple has a 32% overall profit in the mobile market, which means 8% of total revenue on this account. These numbers are not limited to the segment of the mobile phone market, but account for all mobile phones sold during the first 6 months of 2009.

In the last fiscal quarter, Apple released the iPhone was sold, on average about $ 600, proving that consumers opted for the recently introduced iPhone 3GS.

It was also announced that even though consumers pay only a fraction of the total equipment cost, the rest is subsidized by operators that make the customer pay off the total equipment cost during the contract signed with the operator.