[fireman15]

Apple has taken the art of institutionalized victimhood to new astounding levels. The world's largest corporate victim approaches a stock market valuation of $1 trillion. This is despite their claims, almost from the moment they were incorporated that everyone else has been "stealing" from them. Currently they are claiming that they are afraid others will steal the design of the new xPhone. It hurt them so badly when other corporations stole their idea to combine a cell phone, a computer, and a multimedia device. Oh wait... what do you mean that there were devices which did that years before the first iPhone came out? How can that be? Oh I forgot the iPhone was thinner and had a bigger screen. Who would have seen that coming?

[TheTimeOfMan]

Looks like a great stock - to short.

[Swordmaker]

Will Apple be the first $1 Trillion dollar publicly traded company? It only needs to increase its stock price by about 18% and it's there. Ignore the Apple Hater commentary on this thread, they are know-nothings, especially about what the tech is in the new iPhone X's tech, claiming it's old hat. — PING!

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[CodeToad]

Even the Apple iOS moniker was in use by Cisco system as IOS (Internetwork Operating System) long before Apple used it. Cisco has consequently licensed the trademark to Apple.

[Teacher317]

that everyone else has been "stealing" from them.

Pretty much every successful corporation deals with internal and external theft... and the larger they are, the more they have to deal with. Walmart loses billions every year in thefts by employees walking out the door with merchandise. Many people want an unearned slice of any bigger pie. Why do you presume that Apple would be any different, and that thefts from them are worthy of quotation marks?