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Yes, when you are working with a company and sharing trade secrets only to have them turn around and take those secrets to make their own devices that compete d
by programminggeek 13y ago
Yes, when you are working with a company and sharing trade secrets only to have them turn around and take those secrets to make their own devices that compete directly with yours and then they make commercials making fun of said products and your customers, that doesn't really help the business relationship.
- simonswords82 13y agoIt can't have hurt the relationship that bad if Apple haven't sourced a new provider. If I were Apple I'd pull the contract on principle but I'm sure financial forces are at play here.
- melange 13y agoThey are doing everything the can to source a new provider. There just aren't that many people who have the manufacturing capacity to produce these chips at scale.
- piyush_soni 13y agoI keep hearing this. What are those 'secrets' that you are talking about (Any link which gives specific information?) Samsung has been making phones much before Apple has been. Are those secrets "Rounded phone corners", "icons in a grid", "Slide to Unlock", or "jumping scrollbar"?
- jmelloy 13y agoDetailed definitions of the chips they are making and the strategy/prioritizations they use while upgrading them?
- melange 13y agoIf you really think Apple has contributed nothing more to the modern smartphone than 'rounded corners', this is not the appropriate place to ask this question because you risk being mistaken for someone trying to start a flamewar. I recommend quora instead.
- straight_talk_2 13y agoRecommend Quora? Remind me to ignore your recommendations in the future. As for Apple contributions, you should probably check out the lawsuits vs Samsung.
- melange 13y agoI know where the assertion about the round corners comes from. Are you seriously claiming that this is all that Apple has contributed to the design of modern smartphones?
- piyush_soni 13y agoYour question seemingly assumes that they contributed 'rounded corners' to the smartphones in the first place.
- melange 13y agoSo are you really saying that apple contributed nothing at all to the modern smartphone?