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Google's $12.5 Billion Bet on Blocking the iPhone

Google made a $12 billion bet on let's try to block the iPhone. And when Apple can't sell the iPhone because we have the essential patents on Wi-Fi and GSM, they will have to negotiate an Android license with us. They had won that bet. This would have been brilliant. Like just flat out brilliant. I mean, was it worth- was it worth? Do you honestly believe they made a $ 12.5 billion bet on that one thing? I do.

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