Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Oct 2009 23:20 UTC
Law and Order As most of you will know, Nokia slapped Apple with a patent lawsuit last week. Nokia claims that Apple's iPhone infringes upon 10 patents related to GSM, UMTS, and WiFi connectivity. In its SEC 10-K annual report filing, Apple made its first cautious response to Nokia's claims.
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RE[3]: Apple
by Laurence on Thu 29th Oct 2009 11:17 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Apple"
Laurence
Member since:
2007-03-26

78% of profits in the Smartphone market of late is going through the iPhone. Selling billions of throw away phones isn't making Nokia profitable.


So you're saying Nokia should focus their business on over-priced handsets that pretty much perform the same functions as their cheaper counter parts except for pricing most consumers out of the market?

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RE[4]: Apple
by Kroc on Thu 29th Oct 2009 12:12 in reply to "RE[3]: Apple"
Kroc Member since:
2005-11-10

Nokia should focus on continuing to exist and not hemorrhaging cash. If they had to drop their entire consumer line for the sake of becoming profitable, they could do that. In this game, profitability matters, only Apple seem to be succeeding with that, with just one handset. I could not begin to count the number of handsets out there.

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RE[5]: Apple
by JAlexoid on Thu 29th Oct 2009 14:22 in reply to "RE[4]: Apple"
JAlexoid Member since:
2009-05-19

FYI: If you do your accounting correctly, you will see that Nokia is actually profitable. Last results are mired in NokiaSiemensNetworks write-offs.

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RE[4]: Apple
by polyex on Thu 29th Oct 2009 14:18 in reply to "RE[3]: Apple"
polyex Member since:
2007-07-11

You are forgetting that Apple success with the iPhone is self evident.

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RE[5]: Apple
by Laurence on Thu 29th Oct 2009 17:50 in reply to "RE[4]: Apple"
Laurence Member since:
2007-03-26

You are forgetting that Apple success with the iPhone is self evident.


Self evident of what? That most consumers are still buying Nokia and WM handsets?

We've already addressed the point that Apples success isn't as significant outside of the US.

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RE[5]: Apple
by ariarinen on Thu 29th Oct 2009 18:52 in reply to "RE[4]: Apple"
ariarinen Member since:
2009-02-07

Most people who buy a phone in the high-end segment buys a Nokia and RIM. Probably a 1 or 2 million of the sold Iphones are upgraders from previous versions.

The competition will be more aggressive, and Iphone has not evolved much since the 2G version. What 3G and 3GS brings stuff that the competition has had for years now.

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