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Of course. I'm simply saying it makes them less vertically integrated.
by fuzzmeister 16y ago
Of course. I'm simply saying it makes them less vertically integrated.
- vaporstun 16y agoBut in spite of the fact that they outsource manufacturing, they have their own OS, hardware they've designed for the external (such as the chassis), and components they've designed internally (like the A4) - they're still far more vertically integrated than any competitor. Do you have any more vertically integrated player in the market that has yet to be discussed? The rest of the companies use off-the-shelf parts and an OS they haven't designed. They all are far less vertically integrated. Certainly Apple is not completely integrated vertically, but that doesn't mean they aren't more so than any of their competitors.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoSamsung designs and builds chips (the A4 with another name basically), AMOLED screens, RAM, flash, chassis and OS (Bada) for some of its smartphones. Probably even more so for its dumbphones. I'm guessing Nokia is also more "vertical" than Apple. And that's just immediate rivals in this industry, I'm sure there's better examples if you only limit it to "in the world".
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- pohl 16y agoIs having one's fingers in a lot of pies quite the same thing as vertical integration? If a team making a Samsung phone needs a chip made by another arm of Samsung, do they get special pricing or do they have to bid against other chip customers?