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#118
Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
How is this argued??? I mean, Apple has a huge warchest. They're quite conservative in that regard. Would this mean, that, Nokia would have gotten an advantage if Nokia was aware of Apple iPhone development? Was it perhaps an intended strategy by Apple to evade this awareness?
Nope, what they mean is that by not having to pay royalties, Apple was able to get a better profit margin, which allowed them to invest more money into R&D.

Basically, they got stuff for free, and that gave them an edge. At least, that's what Nokia argues.