“Samsung is said to be pondering a potential spin-off of its money-losing LCD business, which has in the past supplied display panels to Apple for devices like the iPhone and iPad,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“The potential move comes as Samsung’s display panel business lost $669 million last year, according to the Financial Times,” Marsal reports. “By spinning off its LCD business, the new operation could focus more on building OLED panels, and could also find it easier to sell displays to companies that are competitors of Samsung.”
Marsal reports, “Wednesday’s report noted that Apple and other rivals have been reluctant to buy LCDs from Samsung, as Samsung also competes with those companies by building its own smartphones and tablets. It noted that Apple has largely relied on Samsung competitor LG for iPhone and iPad displays.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The more pain brought to bear on slavish copier Samsung, the better.
If they spin it off, don’t they still own it? How would that be any different from competitors’ perspective?
Yes, they will still own it as Samsung is a family owned business and is private. Just in case you forgot:
Boycott Samsung consumer products and teach the copyists a lesson about IP theft and unethical business practices.
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First what?
First anencephalic to visit today.
Good. Apple should find other supplies for everything they have used with Shamesung!
After which they should sue Samsung into a smoldering wreckage and make a devastating example of them to warn off others who would rip off Apple.
So much for that lame Apple TV set idea. Apple can’t even sell half a million units of that crippled $99 box a quarter so what chance will a $1,500 set top box have? Less chance than a snowball’s chance in hell..
Damn, the zombie’s walking again. Can’t somebody cut its head off, put us all out of its misery?
What a great idea. Why don’t you pour a quart of arsenic up your ass.
I know that you are capable of using polite language and this comment of yours doesn’t belong here.
Apple sold 4.25 million units of hat “crippled $99 box” in the last 5 quarters. That works out to an average of 850,000 per quarter. It’s also–by far–the best selling media streamer box on the market.
Note: It’s hard to tell but Scrotum is attempting to use sarcastic humor. There is no point in taking him seriously.
It’s time for a battle match between Scrotum and ZuneTang®, who’d rip Scrotum’s balls off with sarcastic humor.
I just have to believe that this guy is trying to be a Zune Tang… Zune Tang…… where are you when we need you to teach the new ones to have some irony in their post and not just trollism. Its such a sharp edge.
Just a thought.
Failure To See Light In OLED Could Cost Apple?
Maybe and Maybe not.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/02/10/let-samsung-illuminate-your-decision-to-dump-apple/
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44396/apple-tv-no-concern-samsung
I bet lots of companies are looking at how Samsung treats apple.
“if they can copy Apple’s IP when manufacturing for them and Apple has gazillions of $$$ to fight what are they going to do our IP , better look somewhere else… ”
screwing your customers isn’t the best advertisments.
Oh darn Samesung. Your deceit comes home to bite you.
. . . soooo screwed . . .
I think they call this ‘the other shoe’ dropping.
Okay now F off Shamsung