The US Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple is not strong, and I still don’t believe the iPhone business rises to the level of a smartphone monopoly, but if Apple fails to get the case dismissed there is the tantalizing possibility that Apple will have to reveal much it likes to keep secret or obscured.
In a recent call where Apple once again outlined all the ways the DoJ fails to prove Apple’s iPhone business is a monopoly, the company told us that the government’s argument is misleading because, in its measure of Apple’s share of the “performance smartphone” (read more expensive phones) business, they’re relying on revenue numbers as opposed to units sold.
