Apple and Samsung in trouble over the Nano?

[skauff83]

Hmmmm...... (http://www.thisearly.com/content/view/65/2/)

Samsung Electronics could face an anti-competition probe over its flash memory deal with U.S.-based Apple, the world’s largest MP3 vender, early this year.

[Grant]

Uh oh... Makes sense though. Let's see how this plays out.

[dino]

We'll see how this turns out. I personally don't think there's anything in this, but I could be wrong.

[MystkLp]

yup. wat Grant said.

[Nova_442]

The deal Apple is getting on the flash chips is bordering on unfair trade practices but it's too soon to say that the companies are in trouble.

[comfortablyNUMB]

Hey, it does all make sense. And it's not really fair. I doubt much is going to happen though, like what happened with the patent war between creative and apple....nothing happened.

[Self-Imposed Ban]

Samsung said a while back (when it first became public that Apple were buying 40% of their NAND chips) that they would offer the same pricing to other parties who COMMITTED to buying the same amount. The thing is, no-one else wants to COMMIT to buying that quantity so why should they be entitled to the same bulk discount? There is nothing strange or underhanded about a manufacturer offering discounts on such a large sale. This will come to nothing.

[comfortablyNUMB]

Well that cleared a lot up.

[kpkp123]

yeah dave is right. though i dislike Apple (they are the microsoft of Mp3 players) they havent done anything wrong and neither has their supplier, samsung. dont worry they will mess up soon enough.