Samsung Hits Apple With 20% Price Increase

EthanV2 writes "The Wall Street Journal cites a report which quotes a 'person familiar with negotiations between the two tech giants,' apparently confirming this special price hike for Apple. The source said: 'Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant price raise in (the mobile processor known as) application processor. Apple first disapproved it, but finding no replacement supplier, it accepted the [increase].'"

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Re:Inevitable

[bluefoxlucid]

The Galaxy S3 is a bigger seller than the iPhone. Your rational analysis falls on the deaf ears of all the fucks Samsung does not give; if they can wound Apple while they're weak, they might be able to keep their product in consumer hands by being inexpensive (the Galaxy Nexus was $350 and the LG Nexus 4 is $350, Samsung could sell their S3 or upcoming S4 etc. for $300-$400 while Apple hangs onto a $600+ price tag and exclusive network service...) as well as top-notch, and then it's just a matter of keeping the wide lead ever-widening. Make Apple the underdog and then try to not be the crap product being overtaken by the top-notch underdog.