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If Apple would buy anyone it would be a flash memory supplier. Which they are almost doing (Apple-Bain Consortum purchase for $18 billion). There was a recent p

If Apple would buy anyone it would be a flash memory supplier. Which they are almost doing (Apple-Bain Consortum purchase for $18 billion). There was a recent price hike on their store on larger flash memory sizes. See http://news.softpedia.com/news/apple-bain-consortium-acquires-toshiba-flash-memory-unit-for-18-billion-517850.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/apple-bain-consortium-acquire... Sony doesn't make sense. Movies catalog and Playstation Ecosystem are either expensive or Apple doesn't want to go into content production they want to do distribution. Image sensors are still competitive with other phones if not better.

emn13 9y ago
Apple has used Sony sensors repeatedly. I can't remember an iphone without one, and some googling shows that the past three generations (6, 7, 8) have used sony sensors. If anything, flash is a poor bet for apple. Sure, there's a shortage now, but there are several suppliers to choose from; and if anything the high prices hurt low-end supplies more than apple. The status quo may not be ideal, but it's relatively benign. And the flash market has had quite a few ups and downs; buying a supplier risks being left with a dud if the market crashes. Sony sensors have competitors; but unlike flash they're not quite as interchangable; and sony's tech seems to be not just the most predominant, but also the best in the business. Keeping the best stuff for itself could well be an actual advantage for apple, unlike with flash. Not that I'm saying it makes sense, but it makes more sense than buying a flash producer.