Since Samsung sell more devices globally than Apple, it's safe to assume that Samsung are probably their own best customer anyway. And since Apple does not own any production facilities, they depend on suppliers that can actually deliver the goods. And the last time I looked, all of those suppliers were in direct competition with Apple in different markets.
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Apple Cutting Back on Memory Chip Orders from Samsung
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Since Samsung sell more devices globally than Apple, it's safe to assume that Samsung are probably their own best customer anyway. And since Apple does not own any production facilities, they depend on suppliers that can actually deliver the goods. And the last time I looked, all of those suppliers were in direct competition with Apple in different markets.
LOL tell that to the people complain in the MBA forum who got a 'poor quality' LG screen and have been taking back their Mac until they get a samsung screen.
Its been the same with the SSDs - if someone thinks another manufacturers component is 0.0001% faster, they wont be happy with their new toy.
Let's move on.
The mean streak of Steve Jobs is alive and well at Apple. But it has no place in business anymore than it does in government.
Time to turn a new page and spend all that wasted energy on innovation and cooperation. No company exists in a vacuum -- not even a big one. And it won't stay big if it keeps fighting with everybody else.
Time to turn a new page. Steve is gone and his vendettas should go as well. There is no place for them in business -- anymore than for pride itself.
Lets move on. Life is too short to be wasted this way.
The mean streak of Steve Jobs is alive and well at Apple. But it has no place in business anymore than it does in government.
Time to turn a new page and spend all that wasted energy on innovation and cooperation. No company exists in a vacuum -- not even a big one. And it won't stay big if it keeps fighting with everybody else.
Time to turn a new page. Steve is gone and his vendettas should go as well. There is no place for them in business -- anymore than for pride itself.
Lets move on. Life is too short to be wasted this way.
And there it is! Didn't take too long for the first infantile response.
Shamesung? How clever
World number 1 consumer of chips? Are you serious?
Samsung are Samsung's own biggest customer and consumer of chips.
Who do you think is going to take over the production and manufacturing? All the second rate companies that didn't get the job the first time around? Hope you enjoy your cut price cheap quality iDevices.
I don't know the details of the profit calculation of memory; but loosing a 1bn $ sales will hit the income statement in addition to have to pay another 1bn $ for a lost gamble is already 2bn$. Shareholder don't like that.
And I think it will not end with memory; next Apple stop purchasing displays or other components; I guess of course.
For me it looks a bit like Apple makes the front lines clear. Similar with Google.
So despit Samsung selling numerous different phones have having a far greater total sales, you still think Apple is a bigger consumer?
Samsung shift approx 50m smartphones a quarter around the world.
Which is over 10m more than Apple have ever managed to shift.
You need to learn how to tell the difference between the number of chips and the cost of the chips.
I think the chart for global chip purchasing might be a little skewed since it is for chip purchases. Since Samsung is a manufacturer, the chips it uses internally may not be counted as purchased in Samsung's total. If you make a sandwich, do you pay yourself for it?
I am hoping that Apple buying less chips is a sign they might be buying larger chips from someone else to keep Samsung in the dark about a 128GB iPhone. (Hey, apple doesn't like to share it secrets). I don't have an iPhone now but I do have my 64GB iPad full. Since I am switching to an iPhone finally I am hoping for more room.
I am hoping that Apple buying less chips is a sign they might be buying larger chips from someone else to keep Samsung in the dark about a 128GB iPhone. (Hey, apple doesn't like to share it secrets). I don't have an iPhone now but I do have my 64GB iPad full. Since I am switching to an iPhone finally I am hoping for more room.
You realize that this comment is absurd.
Samsung doesn't need to be a supplier to copy Apple's products. They can pick one up in the store just like you. They can watch keynotes. Etc.
Samsung filing for bankruptcy is also hilarious. Good luck with your hate-filled dream.
They don't in the iPhone. They only use 1 chip in the iphone due to space concerns. They use 2 in the touch and iPad though. Nothing holding those back from 128GB.
Technically, Samsung would be the chickens. The memory is the eggs and Foxcon is the egg basket.
Although they are working on diversifying the baskets, too.
Meh, Toshiba engineers invented NAND Flash. Theory, structure, mask, and were first to ship too.
Likewise, Intel/Micron has done a pretty good job with the chips on my Macbook's SSD. (Almost 2 years running daily and only 4% worn out. I'll be carrying this thing along until SD cards are bigger that it.)
Meanwhile, I have an SSD with Samsung NAND that's used up 90%+ of its spare. (That means it's dead.)
There's plenty of other vendors which I'd find credible for this particular component.
Think the longer form factor of the iPhone 5 will make more space for two chips?
I hope this isn't a move away from Samsung since they arguably make the best SSD drives, and the Toshiba SSD drives use Sandforce controllers that slow down noticeably when used with Filevault2.
Samsung also makes the Retina screens for the Macbook Pro that everyone wants.
Samsung also makes the Retina screens for the Macbook Pro that everyone wants.