It turned out that the US-based technology giant Apple had some problems in the production of the iPhone. According to information obtained, Apple had to give up one of its major suppliers in China due to the US government’s trade rules. The company will turn to Samsung, one of its biggest rivals, in order to manufacture smartphones.
The US government imposes trade embargoes to put pressure on China. One of them is that unlicensed chip manufacturers cannot do business with US companies. Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), one of Apple’s largest storage space suppliers, is among the manufacturers that cannot obtain a license. As such, it seems that Apple will have to give up this brand.
40 percent of iPhones to be sold in China would use parts produced by this brand!
Apple and YMTC reached an agreement at the beginning of 2022. According to this agreement, storage units produced by YMTC would be used in 40 percent of iPhones to be sold in China. However, the licensing decision from the US government caused these accounts to fail. However, let me state that nothing is finalized for now. The US government can request documents that the YMTC wants to collect within 60 days. If the documents are approved, the work can continue.
In fact, Samsung has always produced parts for the iPhone!
If you think that there is only competition between Apple and Samsung, you are wrong. So much so that Apple has already knocked on Samsung’s door for OLED display panels, storage units and RAM and asked it to produce for itself. In fact, Samsung, the number one supplier of RAM in iPhones, allocates 40 percent of its capacity to iPhones in terms of storage space. The new decision has led to wondering whether Samsung will change the production schedule for Apple.
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