Sony Wants to be Number Three, Thinks it “Could Buy Apple and Samsung” in the Future

[Musouka]

MoHasanie said:

ethomaz said:

Are you crazy? It's more plausible do buy any company bur Apple... the valeu of the Apple is way way way bigger than others.

Actually, Exxon Mobil has replaced Apple as the world's most valued company. Also, according to this article, Petro China could be bigger than both of them! 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/01/2013125185850853738.html

And this article explains why Apple may never be the most valuable company ever again

http://readwrite.com/2013/03/07/apple-may-never-regain-its-status-as-the-worlds-most-valuable-company

It's not publicly traded but still...

Saudi Aramco's value has been estimated at up to 10 trillion US$ in the Financial Times, making it the world's most valuable company.^[6][7][8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco

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In any case, the rankings for Q412 were as follows:

The ranking for 2012 were:

So while Sony and Huawei did good in the last quarter, they still didn't manage to sell that well eariler in the year. Even if they were able to keep the moumentum, they would probably end up as a distant 3rd.

Also, regarding the quote of buying Apple or Samsung, it only appears in the Japanese source of the Rocket News article but not the sources that this source lists (Phone Arena & JP Retures) so it might very well be a mistranslation or whatnot.