Apple could buy almost all its competitors in the mobile phone industry in cash

Apple is performing really well, but now we have a way to measure it.

Asymco has been tracking Apple’s liquid assets and its mobile competitors to come up with the following chart.

Basically, what the chart says is Apple could buy all mobile phones manufacturers except Samsung with cash alone.

Estimations show Apple has $70 billion in liquid assets (cash) at the end of Q2. Nokia has $22.6 billion, RIM $13.8 billion, HTC $25.4 billion and Motorola Mobility $4.2 billion.

Of course we will not able to see Apple buying all this companies because antitrust policies will not allow that movement; but it is really interesting to have data to measure how big Apple is.