> on 2012-08-27 12:16 Tom C wrote >> If I understand correctly Samsung is the supplier of many of Apple's >> displays. If true, where would Apple get them from if not from >> Samsung? If I were Samsung, I'd consider raising the price of a >> display panel to cover Apples's lawsuit if they don't win on appeal. >> In that case Apple would be paying the $1B penalty themselves instead >> of Samsung, or passing it along to their customers. Samsung could >> laugh all the way to the bank. > > that would be rather stupid of Samsung (if an epithet like "stupid" is even > useful when applied to a megacorpse), since Apple second-sources their > displays > from LG and others, and probably could buy a display manufacturer or build its > own factory if it needed to; Apple buys a lot of chips from Samsung, too; and > it's widely understood that Apple locks in long-term contracts which wouldn't > allow Samsung to be petty about the prices >
So Samsung needs to be a little more long term thinking. :) Think about what $1B means when they set prices. There's not an unlimited supply of chips and displays in the world. Assuming what you say is true then it should be all out war (and I guess it is all out war). Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
