Apple cuts back chip orders from Samsung, the war rages on

07 September, 2012
Various sources claim Apple is reducing the volume of its mobile component orders from Samsung.

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  • Anonymous
  • ix1
  • 07 Sep 2012

As i have said before i work with phones daily and all the high end smartphones do most of the same things that 95% of the population use them for which is calls texts music apps and internet. so no one cares about patents honestly the amount of customers whos say they don't care they either buy Samsung because of the brand and their cheap or iPhone for the brand or they already have apple stuff. no one cares. however apple need to stop trying to sue their competition out of the market and yes (this comes form a s3 owner) Samsung could have been more innovative with design in their OLDER models. End of the day their isn't much room to innovate anyway.

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    • Anonymous
    • vMe
    • 07 Sep 2012

    AnonD-68369, 07 Sep 2012lol..keep dreaming..if you ever use as i do android and iOs... morestrange ive used android for months and dont have lag issues. guess ur argument has gone right there huh

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      • AnonD-68369
      • i84
      • 07 Sep 2012

      Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012Whatever Apple said and Whatever they did....Atlast SAMSUNG... morelol..keep dreaming..if you ever use as i do android and iOs you will be ashamed of the affirmation you just made...ios is a lot more stable and user friendly than android who is born to lag, Google admitted that android kernel have lag from the very beginning and will never be fixed not till the end of android somewhere at 2014 when windows mobile will take over android

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        • r0bvl
        • Pcu
        • 07 Sep 2012

        Toshiba pays millions every in patents. Either way Samsung wins.
        Besides it is us the consumers that will suffer the most if this war keeps on. The fact that Apple is so afraid to compete with product and technology rather than in the courts is something to think about..

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          • AnonD-11106
          • t7}
          • 07 Sep 2012

          This would change the new iPhone in terms of durability, performance, and size (since the new chips should have a different design). Since the chips are new, this change could be for the good (if the new manufacturer have quality chips) or for the bad (if the new manufacturer only cares for profit and produce low quality chips). It could even affect the new iPhone price (since another manufacturer will have different pricing).

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            • Anonymous
            • IWY
            • 07 Sep 2012

            don't make people hate you more rotten fruit..... pathetic......

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              • AnonD-16429
              • wd8
              • 07 Sep 2012

              Dazz, 07 Sep 2012It's biggest customer is the Military where cost is no obje... moreTrue to an extent. but why did Apple take this decision to cut short? surely, Apple will face a crunch in their supply of quality chips, at least intially.
              I reckon Apple has no plans to release a new device any sooner(after iph5). Or may release an experimental device to have user feedback about the chips from its new suppliers.

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                • AnonD-55045
                • N9x
                • 07 Sep 2012

                Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012WE STRONGLY feel that asian tech coz must stop all producti... moreYou do know that Apple's biggest chip supplier was Samsung's plant located in Austin, TX before this right? Now they will start, indeed, to hire third parties who use "cheap Asian labor" to build their chipsets. If AXX chips were once synonimous with quality, that's about to be put to question.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • TiH
                  • 07 Sep 2012

                  Apple seems to be gearing up for a War.
                  The market stake allows them to push a component manufacturer as they seem fit.
                  Any other secondary component manufacturer would be more than willing for this.(who knows they could even buy a component manufacturer for a few billion dollars , they have a lot to spare)
                  I don't agree with it but it is the way it is.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tR6
                    • 07 Sep 2012

                    Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012in this world, there are 75% of buyer who brought the iPhon... more90% of user in this group would just know how to make call, message, mail, facebook, and download gameSSSS. that's all they care, it's a good phone when all this are working fine for them. i had a friend who told me galaxy note sucks, coz his Pokerist connection hangs every time he had good cards and did a all in, LOL.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3Jb
                      • 07 Sep 2012

                      WE STRONGLY feel that asian tech coz must stop all productions related to apple --let apple make its own or perish .. usa needs jobs also .. apple is making high profits from cheap asianmade products.. there needs to be SANITY and someone should knock some sense into apple heads ..

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vMe
                        • 07 Sep 2012

                        watching u smart folk argue is awesome!
                        just cas i can, then im gettin outta here cas imma gunna get abused!!!lol

                        apple sports the new nano sim = a vein attempt to keep you as iphone/apple users.. sorry i mean an attempt to keep you pouring money in apple products hence the new smaller connecter that the ip5 is supposed to be sporting...
                        how annoyed are you guys after spending serious cash on iphone accessories!!!! may as well throw them in the bin now huh...
                        Apple looking after their customers ...not...
                        All u fanboys staying so loyal to Apple, Apple proving how loyal they are to you.

                        gotta run!!!! hey i never claimed i was smart!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • vMe
                          • 07 Sep 2012

                          Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012Anyway guys, going to bed. No hard feelings, nothing person... morewell the ip5 isnt released yet but all good lol night

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                            • AnonD-70349
                            • LaL
                            • 07 Sep 2012

                            Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012It's really funny when you guys use selective arguments. ... morewe're talking about 2 different kind of buyers. You and I can be dumb to buy and debate about Apple and Samsung, but that is not the case on billion $ corporations, believe me they have the math right to the 7th decimal they know who is the best.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4fL
                              • 07 Sep 2012

                              My oh my poor Crapple I know Samsung doesn't even care, a company that is only aligned to phones and computers will never be any match for one that brings life in all forms to many homes so blah blah...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vMe
                                • 07 Sep 2012

                                Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012It's really funny when you guys use selective arguments. ... morelame argument, the ip4 is a great phone..
                                now your just clutching at straws

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • PG5
                                  • 07 Sep 2012

                                  Anyway guys, going to bed. No hard feelings, nothing personal.

                                  Also, think of today, we have SGS3, Lumia 920, Xperia TX, iPhone 5. Incredible phones from different companies, different philosophies, but if I got any one of these as a birthday gift, I would be very happy indeed. We are lucky to be able to experience such great tech, compared to just 5-6 years ago.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • tR6
                                    • 07 Sep 2012

                                    Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012It's really funny when you guys use selective arguments. ... morein this world, there are 75% of buyer who brought the iPhone, s2, note, s3 just for the purpose of show boating.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PG5
                                      • 07 Sep 2012

                                      AnonD-70349, 07 Sep 2012I said Samsung owns all the quality trees. The real worl... moreIt's really funny when you guys use selective arguments.

                                      Ok let's go with your argument, Samsung owns 80% market for a reason, they must be good right?

                                      The iPhone is one of the best selling phones and the iPhone model is one of the highest selling phones. By your logic shouldn't that also be for a reason, and that it is very good too? Of course not! Suddenly it's all about how buyers are dumb, etc etc right? Ok I've heard this one before too.

                                        Anonymous, 07 Sep 2012No problem. Also, as much as I like to debate, I try to sta... moreI agree..Screaming,shouting and blind fanboyism is for the ignorant...And yes,Nokia's fake video/picture story was extremely stupid as I don't think they needed the souped up show..But hopefully the 820 and 920 will let them regain some of the lost marketshare. Let's wait and see..