The consequences of biting the hand that feeds you.

Samsung is aproximately twice as big as Apple (comparing revenue and assets).

ROFL!

Indeed. I also thought about that when Applesued them, but I wasn't sure how many components cames from Samsung.

So, basically, Apple's iPhones (and iPads and iPods) use processors, storage and screens from Samsung. Those are the key components.

I don't know what Apple was thinking when they decided to sue them.

What goes around comes around

And it continues. Apple will find some Chinese company soon and dump Sammy. First they steal another company tech, then to get the last laugh they do this...... Says a lot about Samsung, the CEO needs to go, he is mismanaging the company.

Hey, is that Broly on your profile pic? Anyways, love it!

If you read the OP, Apple did look around but found nothing. *

AFAIK they have been testing TSMC, but it doesn't seem to be able to provide Apple before 2015. TSMC is testing 450mm wafer production, to increase the number of good chips per wafer and that way increase production and reduce cost per good chip, but it seems they have delayed it until 2018, and they seem to be capacity constrained with nVidia, AMD and Xilinx at the moment. I'm sure they can't provide Apple those 200 million chips per year without negating other customers those wafer starts.

Samsung also sells Apple flash memory, and screens, so it was a really bad decision to sue them. *

I would much rather sue them than have them steal ideas from the best selling phone in history. Apple would have lost a ton more if they made Samsung continue to bite off them.

Doesn't change the fact that what goes around comes around. If Apple wants to play hard ball, they have found friends to play with. And I'm enjoying the show.

Reason is: I hate bullies. And Apple is a bully.