Nokia made more money from Apple than from selling phones last quarter
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1. RobotMan posted on 27 Apr 2012, 04:07 1 0
"Redmond giant will swoop in at some point to add to its patent war chest, or acquire total control of the Finns' smartphone business in some way"
He. he.he..
2. plgladio posted on 27 Apr 2012, 04:11 0 1
Oh!
Why Apple is not interested to buy it for a huge cash rather?
6. PhoneArenaUser posted on 27 Apr 2012, 04:46 6 0
Maybe Nokia don't sell them ?!
8. 99n100 posted on 27 Apr 2012, 05:35 3 0
What's make you think that Nokia will sell since it is a cash cow?
9. plgladio posted on 27 Apr 2012, 05:42 0 0
What about paying more than they need, they are accepting now since they are not running business in that cash, but they are slowly coming down in market, so they might need more money to run.. In that way I thought about selling the patents.
11. deacz posted on 27 Apr 2012, 05:54 0 0
Nokia has tons of cash atm
12. PhoneArenaUser posted on 27 Apr 2012, 06:14 2 0
And what Nokia will gona do without the patents?
21. 99n100 posted on 27 Apr 2012, 10:43 1 0
I don't think Nokia will be so desperately to sell their assest now, otherwise, their credit rating will drop more drastically.
4. raunak posted on 27 Apr 2012, 04:38 5 1
i really want nokia to be successful again..nokia has already lost half of its identity and i'll really hate it if MS totally acquires nokia's smartphone business
10. plgladio posted on 27 Apr 2012, 05:43 4 1
That also might happen, saying they need a mobile company.
Like how they acquired Skype..
13. PhoneArenaUser posted on 27 Apr 2012, 06:15 1 0
Agree, also Nokia has a lot patents.
15. haseebzahid posted on 27 Apr 2012, 06:28 0 0
Ms has higer potential then just gettnig Nokia it can go for APPLe as well in future since everyone is paying MS in some way even Apple and android
14. Droid_X_Doug posted on 27 Apr 2012, 06:25 0 1
Another company in the same position as Nokia (large collection of patents being licensed) is MS. MS is making more off licensing from Android handset manufacturers than they are making from WP license fees. If MS bagged WP and just focused on their licensing, they would have a better financial result.
20. Penny posted on 27 Apr 2012, 10:39 0 0
Or, you know, they could do both. Which they are now.
22. Droid_X_Doug posted on 27 Apr 2012, 15:15 0 0
MS has dropped probably close to $2 billion on all iterations of their mobile OS (it might be more, since MS ain't fessing up). One article I read asserted that MS makes approximately $500 million/year in licensing fees paid by Android manufacturers. If MS had passed on their mobile OS, they would have a net profit of at least $1 billion to show for their licensing efforts in the mobile space. Instead, they have maybe broken even.
16. mercorp posted on 27 Apr 2012, 08:12 0 0
NOKIA GOT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$....
19. Yassham posted on 27 Apr 2012, 09:05 0 2
If Nokia has $14 billion and Microsoft has $60 billion , Apple tops with $80 billion !
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