subject: Iphone Should Be "korea Mobile Phone" [print this page] In 2010, Samsung company provided Apple with us $ 7.48 billion worth of raw materials, Korea became one of the most important parts procurement. Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper jokingly claimed that after the iPhone 4 is released, iPhone should be "Korea phone." Include screen, processor, memory, battery, and other major components are managed by Korea manufacturers.
It is worth mentioning that, Apple Korea purchases most of parts are high added value, is not easy to replace components, with the sales of Apple products, Korea's status in the world electronics industry is quickly conceals. However, Korea manufacturers high degree of vertical integration models, let Apple heart afraid when you work with them.
Since the beginning of 2010, Samsung and Apple lawsuit is escalating. First by Apple to provoke the war. Apple in April this year in the United States sued Samsung, saying the latter Galaxy series mobile phones and tablets of copying Apple's iPhone and iPad. 6 days later, Samsung announced retaliatory in Korea, and Japan, and Germany sued Apple, claiming that Apple invasion of Samsung mobile phone transmission technology patents.
Since then, both sides and mutual action in multiple countries, escalating the conflict. According to the industry of teardown reports, iPhone value in 32 parts procurement from Samsung, including A4, A5 processor, NAND Flash, DRAM memory, and part of the screen.
The other hand, the Samsung brand of smartphones are a big threat to iPhone site, which made Apple intolerable.
For many electronics manufacturers, Samsung is a strange adversary, a business it may be your customers, but another business unit may be your direct competitors. Samsung cornered the world quite a lot of key parts of manufacturing, wide use of NAND Flash in iPhone and iPad Flash chips, Samsung also has a vital role, accounting for about 40% of the world's market share. Apple purchase of Dram chips, Samsung, but absolute leadership control of the world's 50 per cent of capacity.
Samsung high quality displays are marketable goods on the market, including the HTC (microblogging), number of smart phone manufacturers face depends on Samsung's productivity. Samsung this identities of enemies and friends, partners, including Apple have to watch out for. There have been news, Apple will reduce procurement from Samsung, for example, the contract is not transferred to the order of the CPU brand business company.
