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Can someone explain to me how can Samsung fuck up this bad after decades in the consumer electronics business and years as the market leader for smartphones? I
by mixedCase 10y ago
Can someone explain to me how can Samsung fuck up this bad after decades in the consumer electronics business and years as the market leader for smartphones?
Is it just plain old greed cutting a particular corner or is this a more complex science that I'm taking for granted?
- hga 10y agoIf it's hubris, which I think is fairly likely, your question contains its answer: after decades in the consumer electronics business and years as the market leader for smartphones?
- hocuspocus 10y agoThe bill of materials of a Samsung flagship phone is actually relatively high. If it turns out to be simple physics, Samsung having pushed the battery-capacity-to-phone-size ratio a bit too far, this would be your classic case of a giant company putting so much pressure on its suppliers that they end up committing to the impossible. Apple ran GTAT into bankruptcy the same way.
- Analemma_ 10y agoMy guess is it has the same root cause as this Wells Fargo debacle: clueless executives give drones impossible goals accompanied by threats; drones cut corners to meet those impossible goals and keep their jobs.