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It mentions nokia, motorola and the other manufacturers as being unable to create such a innovative product like the iphone. It is not true.

So they did make one? If they did not, how is that not true?

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Because the smartphone market is a small part of the global market. The iphone is also one of the most expensive phones around. In a few years when the market gets more mature we will see a lot more competition from the "other manufacturers". Most of which also provides telecommunication systems.

Obviously they din't, if so we would be talking of the pPhone now.

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