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Why Bob Mansfield Was Cut From Apple's Executive Team

Posted by samzenpus on from the see-you-later dept.

colinneagle writes "AllThingsD reported that Bob Mansfield, Apple's Senior Vice President of Technologies, has disappeared from the executive management team at Apple. But it was only last October when Mansfield was widely reported to have been convinced to return from retirement by Apple CEO Tim Cook for a two-year stint. His return to the company may have been cut short on account of Apple's continued reliance on Samsung for its mobile SOC processors, for which Apple paid an estimated $10 billion to Samsung last year. Mansfield's group was to have played a major role in this, and apparently it has not been able effect this change."

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  1. In retrospect ... by Tamran · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... perhaps the lawsuit wasn't such a great idea? I believe it's likely the case that Apple needs Samsung. Also, the billion dollar lawsuit is like a tube of toothpaste in this scenario. Meaning that you squish one end only expands the other end (i.e. squishing does not change the volume if the cap is on).

  2. Re:Other information by alen · · Score: 4, Funny

    or he has a contract and they put him into a room with an xbox until the contract expires

  3. Re:Another way to look at it by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They kept pulling him back in.

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  4. Re:Pushing my glasses back with my finger . . . by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Funny

    LOL. No.

    You can affect a change - ie make a change to the change

    You can effect a change - ie make the change happen.

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