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It doesn't take much R&D to assemble a Qualcomm chipset, an LG display panel, a Sony imaging sensor and some Samsung memory into a phone, nor does it require an
by jdietrich 8y ago
It doesn't take much R&D to assemble a Qualcomm chipset, an LG display panel, a Sony imaging sensor and some Samsung memory into a phone, nor does it require any kind of reverse-engineering or industrial espionage. The latest flagship phones might use semi-custom components, but midrange handsets are just commodity parts.