Apple Ditches Samsung as iPhone 5 Memory, Display Supplier
It's hard to believe it is just about pricing.
The common phrase to think of is that "it's nothing personal, but simply business." But when we hear that Samsung will not be providing memory chips and displays in the initial production volumes of the iPhone 5, we cannot ignore the fact that Apple and Samsung were involved in a bitter and rather damaging legal dispute. This one may be more personal than it is portrayed.
According to Bloomberg, industry sources "familiar with the matter" said that Samsung will still be manufacturing the processor, but the company will be dropped from the bill of materials otherwise as Apple is leveraging its influence to source components from other suppliers. Pricing seems to be the general reason, while other point to the legal battle between the two and we know that lawsuits have never been a good way to increase the loyalty in business relationships.
Bloomberg said that Apple is getting its displays from LG, Sharp and Japan Display. AU Optronics may join the supplier base for a smaller iPad.

Samsung would never want to have that happen, if samsung stops supplying apple, apple will always have (maybe inferior) alternatives, but samsung will lose major revenue and profit.
Anyways maybe apple wants their iPhone 5 to have LG in-cell touch displays that could be why their partnering up.
Samsung would never want to have that happen, if samsung stops supplying apple, apple will always have (maybe inferior) alternatives, but samsung will lose major revenue and profit.
Maybe not. According to the rumor from SEMICON Taiwan, TSMC will manufacture Apple's next generation ARM Cortex A15 with 20nm process next year.
Foxconn isn't a sweatshop. Pay is way above average compared to the average pay in China. People actually complain that there isn't enough overtime to earn more money. Research your facts.
The marketers and attorneys at Apple only know they have more money than anyone, but have no clue what to do with it.
I crappies are dumb enough that they will pay alot more for the same sub-par product. So Apple will lose nothing....
Ummm, they have a new product. Their newly invented 4 inch iCrapjail 5 phone. "It is a magical invention indeed", the herd of Apple morons will think. Needless to say that, probably prisoners given larger cells would also think it "magical". Sadly the money Apple has swindled from the locust that buys Apple products is being used largely to litigate over silly patents like the "slide to open" and "rectangular shaped phone with round edges" patents, and little has gone for research. Besides, I dont think iZombies would benefit from more innovation, they are already technologically challenged with the crap that populates the iPhone. Think of it this way, a richer hardware potential in the iPhone 5 would be akin to giving a lifelong invalid that can barely walk ballerina shoes.... No use for such shoes!
Yes indeed. Apple knows its clientele. They are ignorant and pretentiously silly. They match their clothes with the chassis of their devices and sit around in places like Starbucks waiting for people to look at them with their shinny overpriced unservicible Apple logoed devices.
Shortly afterwards, Apple places more orders for Samsung components.
Yes but Apple doesn't actually manufacture much of anything, Samsung does. When you manufacture the entire phone in house you have a distinct advantage. Im sure Samsung wont end any Apple contracts early but Samsung is clearly pissed off. Samsung shipped 52 million smart phones in the second quarter of 2012 against Apples 26 Million. At this point I think it is safe to say Samsung can let Apple go somewhere else. I have a distinct feeling Samsung is going to seriously cut into Apples sales in 2013. Should be interesting.
Not to mention that Samsung and Intel also produce products at Foxconn. PLEASE do your research. Many very large tech companies use Foxconn, but ONLY apple gets the blame.
I also heard that apple consumers have a much higher average income. I would rather be ignorant with a lot of money, and you can be completely right about all those points no one cares about. seriously I don't use apple because I don't like the ecosystem, but that dosen't mean their products are not very capable
yeah foxconn isn't sweatshop, only foxconn apple production line are, u get 10% higher wage but then work 16 hours a day in poor condition environment until die
10% higher wage but then work 200% higher per day in poor condition environment? that wage earned not enough to cover their medical and funeral fees, those chinese slave workers didn't make big money on that, don't even mention they stolen jobs from the american, all big money goes into apple's pocket, and leave the american jobless and crying poor...
FALSE
because in a contract, there is ALWAYS a clause asking, ie : 98.5% quality or 1% failure rate etc. if samsung dont comply, samsung pay.
Why were the employees jumping off the roofs of where they worked at?