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Gotta love the bitterness and the denial that's oozing out around here. Like it or not, people are buying these phones. You guys can keep on bleating the same tired, old "Shipped vs sold" talking point. It still doesn't stop the rall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Fill their contracts… well enough. Doesn't mean they're putting their heart into it. "No pressing need", as it were, when things go wrong. Supply contracts typically come with c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, it doesn't… Because Steve Jobs said so?
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp Samsung wouldn't intentionally be dragging its feet on the displays in order to limit iPad production until they come out with their own competing product, would they? Naw, perish the thought. …
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sleepy3 wrote: » Quite stupid of anyone to blame Samsung. Lets look at the issue. Apple requires X amount of displays per year. Samsung builds plant and says it can deliver Y amount of displays MAX. A facility cannot make an infinite amount of …
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ericthehalfbee wrote: » Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp Samsung wouldn't intentionally be dragging its feet on the displays in order to limit iPad production until they come out with their own competing product, would they? Naw, p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FreeRange Wow - we have a troll in the room who somehow thinks he's smarter than everyone else. He fails to see the obvious, which is that Apple has kept Samsung on their heels while this plays out, and that there is s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by StLBluesFan I agree. An "everyone I know" and "buddy" test is much more scientific, much less a mess. Gotta love the anecdotal "proof" to reports like this. Except that I never said my anecdotes were actual, s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal No, the judge is telling them to attend a settlement conference, not to settle. Going through a trial is a huge effort and lots of money gets flushed to the lawyers. Settlement conferences are a last-ditch …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal I really, really wish Steve Jobs were still here to attend that meeting. I'd love to see him give the Samsung execs the middle finger. They are probably relieved that he's not here to attend that meeting. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by noexpectations Sprint was "first" with 4G...WIMAX...what a mess...they are now abandoning it. Verizon was "first" with 4G LTE.....again....a mess...4 national outages since December. Also, they are focusing too muc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bullhead awesome! anything to move away from the Samesung copiers. Wow, such an insightful comment. Please, shower us with more of your wisdom!
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Quote: Originally Posted by sleepy3 I cant remember seeing anything official along these lines. Sure, they have their spats in court, but Apple knows that Samsung is far and away the best at manufacturing the highly technical parts of its devices…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton Correction: the same thing DID happen to Apple, it nearly went bankrupt. But you can be forgiven for thinking Apple will soon forget the lessons it learned during the second coming of Steve. Yes, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by peter236 Samsung also makes a lot of products. But Samsung is just taking market share from Sony. Sad, but true. On a larger scale, Sony represents much of the Japanese industry in general. They're in denial and a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shompa TSMC 28 nm does not have a problem, beside its late. Pay more attention to news in the tech world. Good reason Nvidia was whining about the liabilities TSMC was creating. I don't blame them. When your shareho…
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Quote: Originally Posted by yensid98 Why isn't the DOJ investigating this insane business practice? Charing users a start up fee is bad enough (I still don't understand why a provider needs money to start my service) but charging users a fee whe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmm Fabrication costs must be crazy with the ever shrinking dies. I have to wonder if it'll hit a point where one company can't afford it alone. Either that, or one or more foundries will have to engineer another …
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Quote: Originally Posted by siromega Am I the only one who has issues with Apple & suppliers tying up with TSMC? Their ability to deliver on time has been.... questionable. Look at the 40nm transition, and the current 28nm transition, and the…
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Smart move on Apple's part. They probably caught wind of TSMC's 28nm fabrication issues, did the math, and figured out they'd get more consistent yields with Samsung through their 2nd generation 32nm process. Recent papers are even showing there's a…