Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone: source

REDUCING CO-DEPENDENCE: Apple has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from its main supplier and competitor Samsung, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. — Reuters

SEOUL: Apple Inc has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from its main supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

South Korea's Samsung is a core Apple supplier, producing micro processors, flat screens and memory chips — both dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips and NAND memory chips — for the iPhone, iPad and iPod.