Korean FTC May Investigate Apple/Samsung

Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 9, 2005 @06:41PM from the should-have-thought-that-through dept.

freaktheclown writes "Samsung may have sold Apple flash memory chips at below-market prices, possibly violating the country's competition laws. From the article: 'According to a report by Yonhap News, Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Kang Chul-kyu said that his agency could look into allegations that Samsung sold the memory chips to Apple at below-market rates. Apple reportedly grabbed a significant share of Samsung's flash capacity in order to introduce its new iPod Nano. Analysts also speculate the computer maker got a significant discount from Samsung in order to hit the Nano's $199 and $249 prices.'" Adds a new layer to a previous story, eh?

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Toshiba RAM in $199 nanos, NOT SAMSUNG by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-09 18:45 · Score: 5, Informative

> Analysts also speculate the computer maker got a significant discount from Samsung in order to hit the Nano's $199 and $249 prices.'"

They can speculate that all they like, but the $199 2GB nano has Toshiba chips, not samsung.

Try again.