Samsung Electronics has taken some flak for mimicking rival Apple's design in its new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones.

Just as importantly for Samsung shareholders, though, the South Korean technology giant may also be borrowing from Apple's profit margin strategy, too -- part of Samsung's efforts to rebuild its battered mobile profit margins.

Unlike previous iterations of its Galaxy S series, the new flagship handsets are the first to seal off the back of the device -- annoying consumers who liked being able to swap out batteries and memory cards.

While Samsung has defended the move as a nod towards a cleaner aesthetic, there's another silver lining for Samsung shareholders. For its customers, not so much.

With the memory sealed off at retail, Samsung is selling its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge in 32-, 64- and 128-gigabyte versions, and Samsung is charging consumers $100 more for each incremental gain in storage capacity.