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Samsung Becomes Apple's Top iPad Display Supplier in Q1 2014
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What part of my post indicated I thought they needed insider information? I said they would no longer have the resources to compete. I wasn't serious anyway
What resources are you referring to?
As for whether or not you were joking - it's nearly impossible to tell on these forums.
I haven't fully read all comments on this thread but I assume it's full of this type of comments :
"Samsung and all of its products sucks. I would never buy anything made by them!"
But if you put the Apple logo on it, it becomes the most creative, innovative and highest quality product in the market ever. Lol.
"Samsung and all of its products sucks. I would never buy anything made by them!"
But if you put the Apple logo on it, it becomes the most creative, innovative and highest quality product in the market ever. Lol.
Resources as in money... like if Apple didn't support them they'd go out of business
was only a joke though.Resources as in money... like if Apple didn't support them they'd go out of business
I (now) know you are "joking" - but in actually it could be the opposite. Apple has no doubt a favorable rate for their components based on volume. But it's entirely possible that if Apple "released" Samsung - that Samsung could, in fact, be more profitable selling their components to many vendors instead of just one.
I'd just assumed that Apple was only one of their vendors. They don't have more..? I mean they DO make their own computers/laptops/pads which I assume use their own displays at the very least
You're correct, Apple is just one of Samsung's customers.
I think what samcraig meant, was that Apple is no doubt getting a really good volume price on parts from Samsung. Therefore, replacing Apple, with multiple smaller customers paying more per part, should allow Samsung to make more profit for the same volume.
(What's happened according to business reporters, is that as Apple sucks up manufacturing output from other vendors, previous customers of those vendors have had to move over to Samsung to stay supplied.)
It's probably the other way around, since Apple insists on using silly resolutions that no one else does. Thus the parts will have to be custom built and they have no value to anyone else so should Apple choose to go elsewhere you are stuck with a worthless production/assembly line that has to be retooled or reconfigured to do something productive instead.
Sure, with displays the issue isn't that big since the panels can be cut any which way and the other components are pretty much standard so it's probably just a minor reconfiguration in this particular situation, but every time you use something non-standard or customized, expect to pay higher, not lower pretty much regardless of how big of a customer you are.
You can also add Apple's disregard for warranty laws in other countries and that fact that they have been forced to comply.
Sometimes even if its your enemy, if its in your benefit you work with them. That is exactly what Apple is doing here. Yes they may be competitors and suing each other left and right but the fact that Samsung is such a giant that already has this technology makes it lucrative to just buy it off them instead of building plants and dealing with new employees departments etc. It just makes sense business wise.
They should use the same supplier for all of their screens. It's not fair if you get an inferior LG screen. Parts should be as uniform as possible.