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>The mobile-phone industry is becoming a cozy cartel between the network operators and a limited range of manufacturers. It could certainly use a fresh blast of
by krisgee 13y ago
>The mobile-phone industry is becoming a cozy cartel between the network operators and a limited range of manufacturers. It could certainly use a fresh blast of competition from an industry outsider.
HA! Yeah that really worked out eh?
- IBM 13y agoIt certainly did but only for Apple. Everyone else doesn't have the market position to make the same demands on carriers.
- adventured 13y agoHas worked out extraordinarily well for Samsung. They're making $30 billion a year in profit now, a drastic increase from five years ago. They have as much clout as Apple does these days, if not more given their position in manufacturing components.