No one should be surprised by the healthy rate. It probably was and is likely comparable to Samsungs, LG and even RIMM, if not the same ... the difference being some are fixed and tied to volume projections and RIMM's, NEC etc. is based upon actual sales. One has a fixed variable for sales volumes the others not fixed.
So I don't get how a company can argue they want the effective rate, or anyone elses effective rate like Apple, in order to get it ... Like I said, an effective rate in a fixed contract is like snowflakes, no two will be alike ... I know they will try anything in negotiations, if they are in fact doing just that.
It just seems to be the perception now that the Apple agreeement is the boogieman, yet Merritt seems to be saying it is not true when you know what is in it.
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