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China Targets Apple with Push into Advanced Smartphone Screens

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Re: China Targets Apple with Push into Advanced Smartphone Screens

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Post by nullnilvoid »

Naritai wrote: post #7

Before anybody gets drawn in by the clickbait headline, the text of the article is about how China (i.e. large a Chinese vendor) is trying to win Apple's business away from Korean and Japanese vendors. So their sales teams are 'targeting' Apple, which is fine I guess, but not what most people think about when they hear that someone is targeting Apple.

Thanks for clarifying. This kind of clickbait headline should be punished somehow on HN. It distorts the facts and causes confusion and distractions.

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

nullnilvoid wrote: post #11
Naritai wrote: post #7

Before anybody gets drawn in by the clickbait headline, the text of the article is about how China (i.e. large a Chinese vendor) is trying to win Apple's business away from Korean and Japanese vendors. So their sales teams are 'targeting' Apple, which is fine I guess, but not what most people think about when they hear that someone is targeting Apple.

Thanks for clarifying. This kind of clickbait headline should be punished somehow on HN. It distorts the facts and causes confusion and distractions.

It is the actual title of the article, but it isn’t clear what the article is about without the byline that HN doesn’t support.

Re: China Targets Apple with Push into Advanced Smartphone Screens

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ksec wrote: post #8

>BOE Technology Group Co. plants already make display screens for Apple’s iPads and MacBook computers, Now sure why they still didn't make it into the iPhone LCD supply Chain. >“Many years ago, people were saying that no, the China guys can’t do it. But I think BOE makes a good example,” That is me as well. Or I was more like it will take them some more time to catch up, even in an optimistic view, but they are so re…

It would be wise for Apple to make sure their suppliers aren’t all in one basket.

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

ksec wrote: post #9
refulgentis wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple sources displays from Samsung, I assumed Samsung built them in Korea. Does Samsung do their manufacturing in China?

OLED Screen? Zero as far as I know. Only Battery and small quantity of NAND.

Have you heard of the iPhone X? All screens were manufactured in Samsung's flexible OLED foundries

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #13
ksec wrote: post #8

>BOE Technology Group Co. plants already make display screens for Apple’s iPads and MacBook computers, Now sure why they still didn't make it into the iPhone LCD supply Chain. >“Many years ago, people were saying that no, the China guys can’t do it. But I think BOE makes a good example,” That is me as well. Or I was more like it will take them some more time to catch up, even in an optimistic view, but they are so re…

It would be wise for Apple to make sure their suppliers aren’t all in one basket.

They do that for most of their parts. For example, they also source batteries from Samsung.

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Post by it_learnses »

adventured wrote: post #6
dosy wrote: post #3

When China already makes all the Apple screens, but somehow the author thinks they managed to target Apple by, erm, continuing to make them.

China doesn't make the Apple screens. Samsung and Japan Display make the screens (OLED and LCD). Samsung and Japan Display != China. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam != China. To target Apple in the sense that you're referring they'd have to go after South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan first, targeting Hitachi, Toshiba, Sony, Samsung and dozens of other companies directly or indirectly. That would draw in ap…

Yeah why would Apple go to any Chinese manufacturer where they can get their tech stolen and imitated with encouragement from chinese govt?

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Post by GeekyBear »

refulgentis wrote: post #5
dosy wrote: post #3

When China already makes all the Apple screens, but somehow the author thinks they managed to target Apple by, erm, continuing to make them.

Apple sources displays from Samsung, I assumed Samsung built them in Korea. Does Samsung do their manufacturing in China?

Samsung does own factories in China, including one factory that manufactures mobile displays.

http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/report/64

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