So do you think that Samsung for example, has less responsibility for its worker's conditions than Apple?
Look, I'm not particularly into this debate. I believe the conditions are relatively horrible, but there are lots of horrible things going on in the world, so it's not where I'd spend my time. At the end of the day, working at Foxconn is voluntary, as opposed to, say, cancer.
That said, I'm glad that there are people in the world fighting this fight. It's how social change happens. And I'm going to assume that these people, who have decided this is their fight, have done their due diligence and decided that the best way to go forward is by attacking what is the biggest company and one of the most famous brands in the world.
So do I think Samsung is less responsible? No. But this isn't about being "fair" about the blame for corporations; it's about changing the conditions at Foxconn and in turn, China and the world. Targeting Apple has proven to be the best vehicle for that. So be it.
Do you have any evidence at all for this? How do you know that targeting other companies too wouldn't be more effective?
I'm not being facetious: are you really in need of evidence? It's happening, and the people who are doing it have decided it's the best strategy. I can't go by anything else. And thanks to the nature of the experiment, it can't be repeated. It may or may not be optimal, it just is.
[edit: one reason I think it's unhelpful is that it legitimizes misleading reporting, which is itself a great harm]
Proven to be sufficient at achieving the goal, then.
It remains to be seen whether this will have any effect on other manufacturers.
Why am I quoting a 2008 movie?
There isn't much money left over after Apple is done sucking the profit out of the phone industry.
http://www.asymco.com/2012/02/03/first-apples-rank-in-mobile...
http://www.asymco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Screen-Shot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqxYiXtzKd0&feature=playe...
However, due to their all their competitors including Apple moving manufacturing to China, they have been forced to close their European plants and move to China as well.
They fact they are able to sell a lot of units at those healthy profit margins while competitors struggle to sell cheaper devices at razor thin profit margins (leading to revenue breakdown chart like you linked to) does not lend to them "sucking the profit out of the phone industry", it's them showing everyone else you dont need to peddle cheap crap because customers are happy to pay more for something that doesnt suck.