“Higher Revenue numbers make Nokia’s pathetic profits on that revenue look FAR WORSE. “
Apples higher revenue numbers only show that Apple customers pay an exorbitant markup on their products. Barnum Bailey was right once again.
No one has EVER been forced to buy an Apple product. Look around... do you have any? Is Steve Jobs pointing a gun at your head, reaching into your pocket?
Is that why Nokia's CEO is on the unemployment lines and Apple's is not? Perhaps you better rethink your claimed adherence to Capitalism and your presence here on Freerepublic and maybe check out membership in Democrat Underground... you might be better suited for membership there. This is the Free Market at work, driftdiver.