Following Apple's Q2 2012 earnings report, SAI has posted a nice chart showing Apple's growth in context.
Apple generates almost as much revenue as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook combined. Apple was at $39.2 billion, the other guys combined are at $40.4 billion. Below that we have Apple's profit growth. Apple's profits were up 94%. Google's were up 60%. Everyone else was down on a year on a year over year basis. And, Apple's profits of $11.6 billion are bigger than everyone else's profits combined, which came in at $8.33 billion.
It's not apple's fault that ur phone is locked. U can get a factory unlock at the actual price of the phone. But we chose the 200 for 16gb, 300 for 32gb, and 400 for 64gb. These low prices are subsidized by the phone carriers so of course they have to lock it to their carrier to earn a profit. Or else every1 would get a 200 dollar iPhone n go to. Tmobile. Then next thing u know, AT