Samsung wants to replace Apple as a customer with upstart Chinese smartphone producers

4. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 09 Jan 2013, 23:37 3 1

This is not that easy for SS to pull it off. The problem is the OEMs depend heavily on chip makers for the whole package: chips, modems, software... That's almost half the device or even more.

But SS competes directly with those OEMs and I don't think many of them will be comfortable using SS chips.

The irony is Apple is the manufacturer that can feel secure the most using SS manufactured chips b-c Apple design the chips themselves.

11. AnTuTu posted on 10 Jan 2013, 13:54 1 0

Good for Samsung :)

5. Hunt3rj2 posted on 09 Jan 2013, 23:53 0 4

Exynos and Apple Ax have no relation after A4.

7. networkdood posted on 10 Jan 2013, 10:17 0 0

if you place that processor in a high powered Android phone, you may not like it, but glad to hear it...

12. billybuttpounder (banned) posted on 10 Jan 2013, 18:26 0 0

Good, shut up then.

8. networkdood posted on 10 Jan 2013, 10:18 0 0

so, it will improve its quality by using an inferior processor? Yep, that makes sense ...

10. CreeDiddy posted on 10 Jan 2013, 12:01 0 0

You need to go back in time to the Galaxy S with TouchWiz. There were similarities to the icons, etc...There is no denying that. Samsung was smart to move away from the interface of iOS. Functionality was different b/c of Android 2.1-2.3 than iOS, but their was influence of the iPhone. You don't say that now b/c of the Galaxy S3 success, but lawsuits are filed months prior to the hearing, in which 2012 was a big win for Apple.