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Apple buying up world’s available NAND flash supplies for next-gen iPhone
MacDailyNews —
... as Apple ramps NAND demand for its next-generation iPhones,'" McLean reports. "Apple's position in selling tens of millions of iPods gives it the ability to cherry pick components at prices many competitors can't match." McLean reports, "Finding enough flash RAM supply may become more difficult as Apple continues to eats up an increasing volume of the world's supply of memory parts, even as the global economy cools and production is cut back." Read more in the full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Good thing Palm's Pre is just takeover bait or they wouldn't be able to find ...
Report: Apple Buying Flash Chips Like Crazy For The Next iPhone
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Feb 19, 2009 07:23 AM [image] The buzz around the rumored next-generation iPhone is slowly growing. All reports are pointing to a possible June launch. Now, analysts say that Apple is scooping up massive quantities of NAND Flash RAM. The report comes from ThinkEquity Partners and sheds some interesting light on the current market for RAM. According to the report, Apple has bought all of Samsung's capacity to manufacture RAM chips through April of this year. This move appears to suggest that the June time frame for the next iPhone launch may be correct. Apple uses RAM chips ...
Linkpost | 2.19.2009
TechBlog —
... February 19, 2009 Linkpost | 2.19.2009 • Apple buying up available flash RAM supplies for next iPhone - There are shortages and price spikes as a result. • ...
Report: Apple has cornered the flash memory market
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... ) is using that leverage to full advantage as it prepares to launch its next generation iPhone, according to a report published Wednesday in AppleInsider. The company is “inhaling” supplies of memory components, causing spot shortages and raising the price of flash memory for everyone else. ...
Apple Introduces NAND iShortage
Digital Daily —
... The NAND flash memory supply may be headed for a bit of an early season drought thanks to Apple (AAPL). According to a new report from ThinkEquity Partners, Cupertino has bought up all of Samsung’s flash RAM inventory up to April 2009, presumably in preparation for an iPhone refresh. Samsung produces just over 40 percent of the world’s NAND Flash RAM, so we’re talking an awful lot of flash here — enough to cause part shortages and price inceases across the entire RAM market. “Our checks indicate that Apple has started ordering for its iPhone refresh ...
Welcome to the Internet, home of Apple flash memory rumors
CrunchGear —
... AppleInsider has some exciting news: Apple is shopping for RAM for the new iPhone. Apple has purchased all of Samsung’s available memory until April 2009, which totally means there will be a new iPhone! Maybe tomorrow! ...
Apple Shopping for Components for the Future iPhone
HardMac.com —
According to Appleinsider, Apple has started to purchase components to be used in the future iPhone. As usual the main part will have to deal with flash memory, and Apple request is to high that price might start increasing as many production lines are currently on hold due to the general economic slow down. ...
Apple Gobbles Up Flash Memory Supplies
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... that it bought over 13% of global production, a whopping $1.2 billion worth in 2007. This same sort of shortage occurred last year when Apple wiped out the supply of flash RAM for the release of the iPhone 3G. This year the economic recession and cuts in production are further obstacles that will have to be faced in the quest to fulfill Apple's high demand. Via AppleInsider
Apple prepping for new Cinema Displays, possibly next iPhone
Obsessable News Feed —
... to get its distribution lines in gear. The company's pulled the existing 20-inch Cinema Display from its online shop, and we've heard that retailers have been notified that the product is being discontinued. This sets the stage for new monitors to take its place, and we don't think it's too presumptuous to say that they'll use LED backlights and feature DisplayPort connectors, just like Apple used in its refresh of the 24-inch Cinema Display last year.
Industry reports are indicating that Apple's been making a run on available flash RAM ...
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VentureBeat —
... Apple hogs flash RAM for the next iPhone — Apple Insider reports that Apple has been gobbling up flash RAM supplies to prep for the iPhone’s next incarnation, actually raising the spot price for memory. ...
Why is Apple buying up the world’s NAND flash memory supply?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Unlikely as it might be, Apple might already be planning a new iPhone form-factor. From the rumored iPhone Nano to the iPhone Tablet to the iPhone HD to the multi-core iPhone, Apple has been rumored to be working on all sorts of super-portable mobile devices packed with NAND flash memory. Is Apple poised to launch a new breed of iPhone or some other portable mobile device? Time will tell…
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[Via: AppleInsider]
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