>On the other hand, Samsung's smartphone market share is pretty important for its nascent non-memory component business, ... not sure why that matters? the na

>On the other hand, Samsung's smartphone market share is pretty important for its nascent non-memory component business, ... not sure why that matters? the nascent non-memory component business is not the major cost-center, or money-maker for the company. Samsung's doesn't always use internal parts in their products -- take for instance, Sharp, which had been Samsung's LCD panel supplier until Foxconn took over. There are also rumors that some lower end Samsung smartphone use displays made by BOE.