Apple Inc. & Samsung Electronics
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Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. emerged as the global smartphone market leader in 2025, capturing a 20% share and recording the fastest growth among top brands, driven by strong demand for its iPhone 17 and iPhone 16 series.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics finished 2025 in second place with a 19% market share, experiencing modest shipment growth, but facing pressure in Americas and Western Europe.
Jan 12, 2026 · 7 articles
Regulatory
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is seeking the United States government's approval to purchase memory components from blacklisted Chinese companies due to the chip shortage and has raised prices on its goods.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics, a member of SEMI, is one of the top three memory chipmakers that would be affected by government policies regarding the memory chip shortage.
Jul 02, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. has raised prices on its devices due to increased memory costs, which the lawsuit alleges are a result of the defendants' anticompetitive practices. This highlights the broader impact of the alleged price-fixing on consumer electronics.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is a primary defendant in the class-action lawsuit, accused of conspiring to fix DRAM prices and restrict supply, which could lead to significant financial penalties and reputational damage.
Jun 29, 2026 · 31 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. has increased prices for several of its products, including MacBooks, iPads, HomePod smart speakers, and Apple TV set-top boxes, due to soaring memory and storage chip costs. This move has led to a decline in its stock price and signals a significant challenge to its supply chain resilience.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics shares shed value on worries that the massive rise in chip prices will eventually hit a wall, following Apple Inc.'s price increases.
Jun 17, 2026 · 185 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is a major technology company that relies on memory chips supplied by Samsung Electronics. It has also raised prices on some of its products due to rising component costs.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is expected to report an 18-fold jump in operating profit for the second quarter due to high demand for memory chips driven by AI growth. However, potential large employee bonuses and risks to AI infrastructure investment could impact future earnings.
Apr 20, 2026 · 6 articles
Domestic
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is mentioned as a customer pressing for more memory chips amid a global shortage and is reportedly seeking to buy memory chips from Chinese manufacturers, indicating broader market dynamics affecting Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is a key player in South Korea's AI and chip investment drive, pledging significant funds for new fabrication plants and advanced packaging facilities, particularly in the southwest region. The company's stock price has soared due to the AI boom.
Apr 20, 2026 · 86 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. entered a multi-year deal with Alphabet Inc. to base its next-generation AI models on Google's Gemini, which is a significant endorsement of Alphabet Inc.'s AI capabilities. Apple Inc. was also surpassed by Alphabet Inc. in market capitalization.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics plans to double the number of its mobile devices with AI features powered by Google Gemini, indicating a growing adoption of Alphabet Inc.'s AI technology.
Jan 12, 2026 · 7 articles
International
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. shares dropped after the company hiked prices on many products to offset increased memory costs, raising concerns about potential lower demand.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics sank significantly due to the broader sell-off in AI-related shares, impacting South Korea's market.
Jun 03, 2026 · 191 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. shares dropped after hiking prices for its products to counter rising chip costs, weighing on the broader market.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics' shares gained in South Korea, contributing to the Kospi's record surge.
Jun 24, 2026 · 57 articles
International
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is actively lobbying the Trump administration to secure approval to purchase memory chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies, a blacklisted Chinese company. This move is aimed at mitigating the financial strain caused by soaring memory chip costs, which have already led Apple Inc. to increase prices for its products like MacBooks and iPads, impacting its market capitalization negatively.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is one of the three major non-Chinese memory chip suppliers Apple Inc. currently relies on. The event highlights the consolidation of the memory chip industry outside of China and the potential impact on Samsung Electronics if Apple Inc. is allowed to diversify its supply chain to include Chinese firms.
Jun 17, 2026 · 62 articles
International
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. reported better-than-expected profits, leading to a 3.3% rally in its stock and significantly contributing to the S&P 500's rise.
Samsung Electronics: Shares in Samsung Electronics slipped, tracking losses in tech shares overnight on Wall Street amid global market uncertainty.
May 05, 2026 · 374 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is expected to launch the IPhone Air, a new ultra-thin model, which could replace the iPhone Plus line and introduce new technologies like in-house Wi-Fi chips and silicon-anode batteries. This launch is a significant product strategy shift for Apple Inc.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is mentioned as a competitor in the slim phone market with its Galaxy S25 Edge, providing context for Apple Inc.'s IPhone Air strategy.
Aug 26, 2025 · 7 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. will integrate Alphabet Inc.'s Gemini AI models into its Siri voice assistant and other Apple Intelligence features, aiming to enhance its AI capabilities after facing setbacks in the generative AI race. This deal builds on their existing partnership.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics's 'Galaxy AI' already uses Alphabet Inc.'s technology, demonstrating Alphabet Inc.'s existing presence in the mobile AI market, though this event primarily focuses on the Apple Inc. partnership.
Jan 12, 2026 · 7 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple agreed to design and manufacture chips with Intel in the United States, a deal that validated the foundry market and lifted sentiment across the industry.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics' stock fell significantly as part of the rout in South Korean chipmakers.
Jun 12, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is mentioned as a past customer of memory chips, highlighting the shift from commodity memory to specialized HBM for AI.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics, another major memory chip producer, saw its stock rise due to the increased demand for memory chips in the AI market, joining the trillion-dollar valuation club.
May 19, 2026 · 104 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. has recently increased prices for its products like MacBooks and iPads due to rising memory costs and component shortages, highlighting a challenge that Fire-Boltt's new brand, boltt, will face in delivering affordable smartphones.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an established competitor in the Indian smartphone market, which boltt will be competing against, particularly in the affordable segment.
Jun 25, 2026 · 6 articles
Business
Apple Inc.: Apple Inc. is seeking US approval to buy from Yangtze Memory Technologies due to rising memory prices, highlighting the increasing demand for Yangtze Memory Technologies's products.
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is mentioned as a global leader in the DRAM market, against whom Yangtze Memory Technologies has historically been viewed as a technological laggard.
Apr 20, 2026 · 7 articles
Business
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics signed a $16.5 billion deal with Tesla, Inc. to develop AI6 self-driving chips after Tesla, Inc. scrapped its Dojo program.
Aug 25, 2025 · 24 articles
Business
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics's Galaxy S25 Edge is referenced for comparison in terms of thickness and weight, highlighting the competitive nature of the smartphone design market.
Sep 04, 2025 · 6 articles
Business
Samsung Electronics: The BBK Electronics — OnePlus 15 is expected to compete with similarly priced flagship smartphones from Samsung Electronics, indicating market competition.
Sep 27, 2025 · 11 articles
Tech
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics has released its latest software version, indicating a competitive environment for smartphone software updates.
Oct 06, 2025 · 7 articles
Business
Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is among the companies that Nvidia is supplying with chips through new agreements, showcasing Nvidia's broad market penetration.
Oct 29, 2025 · 14 articles
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