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To: Valueman who wrote (4085)12/9/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13582
 
Valueman, I don't think cfoent is suggesting 3-stars (Samsung) will be the buyer; just that they have a good relationship with the Q and lo and behold, they happen to have the best CDMA phone available in America. I've had the 3500 since day one; it is great. I can't wait till they come out with the 8500. I want to be like a Korean and change phones 3 times a year. Bully for the Koreans--working in the Japanese mercantilist mode, they had a captive home audience to sell their product to in the early going...now stronger and more developed, they come over here and they can just demolish the market. I don't see how Nok can let the Koreans win the handset division, unless they want no part in the N. American CDMA market.



To: Valueman who wrote (4085)12/10/1999 8:35:00 AM
From: Keith Feral  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 13582
 
For Samsung, the greatest advantage to buying the Q's handset division would be the brand name. I would never buy a Samsung brand product, but I would have no problem buying a Qualcomm brand product made by Samsung. The acquisition would automatically put Samsung right behind Nokia for digital handsets sold in North America.
I think there is plenty of motivation for Samsung.