Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits | Crave - CNET11 Nov 2009
But overall, Nokia has faced a difficult year. Challenged by the global downturn, it's been forced to slash expenses, leading to a round of layoffs. The third quarter showed a net loss due to plummeting revenue. ..... The reason HP, Dell etc can sell things a bit cheaper (and its a bit because in the same setups Apple has proven over and over to only be slightly more expensive and even less in some spots) is that they R&D basically only the hardware, MS license's the OS ...
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Nokia sues Apple :: Hack In The Box :: Keeping Knowledge Free22 Oct 2009
Nokia said it had invested €40 billion in R&D during the last two decades and it is hardly fair that Jobs' Mob claims to have invented stuff it has spent its hard earned dosh to develop. ( Printer-friendly page · Send this story to ...
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Nokia cuts a further 1700 jobs worldwide as demand falls ...17 Mar 2009 by Amarendra Bhushan
Nokia's head of communications, Arja Suominen, said the new job cuts were part of previously announced plans to slash costs by about $909-million or more over the next couple of years. ... management to match the pruned portfolio and global consumer demand; address the marketing and other activities that will no longer be integral following the Symbian acquisition; streamline the Devices R&D organization; and increase efficiency in certain global support functions. ...
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Steve Jobs gives all iPhone owners $100 back6 Sep 2007 by Ryan Block
So the phone starts off outrageously high in price, and if you do the math on components which are in the iphone on ebay even you see that probably even including r&d costs, the phone only cost them 300 or 350 to make (and once enough are sold ... At least apple is trying to get smart about it. It's about time! And trust me, you will never see the Nokia N95 slash there prices like the apple did. Come on now, have you ever seen Mercedes Benz slash there prices too??? Reply ...
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