What did Apple actually invent?

[CaptainRaiden]

Actually it is NOT good business for Samsung's component supplier business for it to be sued for patent theft by a close partner and customer especially if the accusations stick. In fact its a good business killer. Why buy from someone who will steal your technology to become a rival?

I was talking about good business purely from the money perspective. Apple is Samsung's biggest client.

I'm not questioning your comments about existing Apple products having a high Samsung content, however from what I have read the iPhone 5 has a much reduced Samsung content so I'm not sure where you're going with this.

I was retorting to Jag's comments. Didn't have time for selective quoting at the time of posting, but here you go:

You and I could both own iPhones of the same model (4S let's say), but the two devices may have a number of components from entirely different suppliers. The common thread would be that both devices would have components (of whatever origin) that were derived from an Apple supplied design.

Apple may source flash memory from elsewhere, but for a fact every iPhone 4S runs a Samsung manufactured A5 processor and LCD panels. So, the point about two 4S' having components from entirely different suppliers is wrong.