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How Much of an iPhone is Made by Samsung?

How Much of an iPhone is Made by Samsung?

Posted August 11, 2011 at 1:33pm by iClarified
The Economist takes a look who makes what inside the iPhone, and how much the various components cost, in a report released yesterday.

Notably, Samsung provides some of the most important components to Apple: the flash memory used to store your data; the working memory, or DRAM; and the processor. In total these account for 26% of the component costs for an iPhone.

Despite their working relationship, Apple has sued Samsung for copying the look and feel of its iPhone and iPad. Earlier this week the company won a preliminary injunction banning the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in most of the European Union. Many believe this will permanently damage the manufacturing relationship Apple has with Samsung.


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R H
R H - August 11, 2011 at 10:55pm
No one! No one can produce components with that high quality like samsung....
Nobo1
Nobo1 - August 12, 2011 at 8:43am
The Taiwanese are more than capable
DarkAlex
DarkAlex - September 14, 2012 at 4:32pm
your mom is capable
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