Acer chairman JT Wang's media statements from Thursday saw him also add that he was bracing for the possibility of a patent lawsuit from Apple or other companies. He noted that Acer was as much of a supporter of Android as HTC and that Acer had to be ready. Wang nonetheless took a sanguine view of Apple's approach and suggested that, if Apple wanted to get cash or market share, any expenses were just the "costs of doing business," according to Digitimes' account of events.