Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics has denied a
story put out by the Korea Times which said that Samsung would no longer be
producing LCD panels for Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)’s various devices.
A spokesman for Samsung said that story in the Monday
edition of Korea Times was "100 percent false," and has demanded that
the story should be retracted by the publication.
"Samsung Display has never tried to cut the
supply for LCD panels to Apple," the spokesman said.
Reports about Apple whittling down its dependence on
Samsung as a source of components used by it on various devices have been
gaining ground recently.
Apple recently cut NAND flash orders from Samsung for
its iPhone 5 shipments.
Samsung, which supplied Apple with 15 million LCDs in
the first six months of 2012, reportedly shipped only 3 million LCDs to Apple
in the third quarter and is expected to drop that number down to 1.5 million in
the fourth quarter, Apple Insider reported.
Apart from Samsung, Apple has now brought other
component makers such as LG and Sharp, both of which companies are now part of
the company's supply chain.
While Apple and Samsung have yet to snap ties, the two
companies are engaged in bitter legal battles in court across continents, where
they have accused each other of infringing on patents and violating copyrights.
These lawsuits are now threatening to spill over the
business relationship between the companies as well.
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