Apple wins lawsuit over Samsung

[Rangerscott]

I want a circle phone.

I don't give a shit about LTE since we don't have it and probably wont get it for another 5 years or so.


When you look at the price of phones without contracts, does the manufacturing cost even come close to that?

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

When you look at the price of phones without contracts, does the manufacturing cost even come close to that?

When you factor in the R&D, FCC testing, Bluetooth inter-op testing, type approval, customized SW for carriers, etc., yes. The budget to develop and produce a cell phone would blow your mind.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Trip

If you are buying apple, money shouldn't even be a consideration, because you won't ever save money against their competitors.

Youd think it was cheaper with slave labor

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

When you factor in the R&D, FCC testing, Bluetooth inter-op testing, type approval, customized SW for carriers, etc., yes. The budget to develop and produce a cell phone would blow your mind.

That sucks. I'd buy a new phone every 6 months if they were reasonably priced.

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Trip

They are, apple products are made with a fuck ton of Samsung products. It would be funny to see Samsung just stop supplying Apple. That will never happen cause Samsung doesn't want to miss out on all the cash they make off Apple.

If Apple pisses off enough tech companies they could really fuck themselves over since they make jackshit. They are just a design company that depends on other companies to actually manufacturer their products, including Samsung and Motorola.

If i remember correctly, Samsung supplies ALOT of cell phone companies with the screens for the phones. Samsung also has a good hold on the TV market as well as most HD LCD Tv's use Samsung screens, Even if it says LG on the front.

From what a buddy of mine told me once with issues with phones being on backorder is bc samsung couldn't keep up with the demand and screens weren't ready in time thus causing delays in getting the new batches of phones out.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

If i remember correctly, Samsung supplies ALOT of cell phone companies with the screens for the phones. Samsung also has a good hold on the TV market as well as most HD LCD Tv's use Samsung screens, Even if it says LG on the front.

From what a buddy of mine told me once with issues with phones being on backorder is bc samsung couldn't keep up with the demand and screens weren't ready in time thus causing delays in getting the new batches of phones out.

There are all sorts of chips and parts that samsung makes that apple takes advantage of...

The screens you are talking about were for Droids, those are the Super AMOLED screens. Apple doesn't use those.

[Trip]

Found someone who did the homework for us.

"Samsung products comprise 26 percent of the component cost of the iPhone"