"iSuppli" news, interviews, and features

News about iSuppli

• Apple customers downsize iPhone, iPad storage in March quarter

  Skimp on storage to buy flagship devices, survey shows

• Predictions gone wrong: Losing bets analysts made for 2013

  Analyst forecasts are meant to help IT prepare for the future. But the future doesn't always follow that script

• How Apple could have built a cheaper iPhone 5C

  Compromises -- ones Apple decided not to make -- necessary to drive down component costs for a $400 smartphone

• Teardowns reveal Apple's customary high margins for both iPhone 5S <i>and</i> 5C

  iPhone 5S' fingerprint scanner the source of pinched supply, says HIS analyst Andrew Rassweiler

• Apple's Mac move could spur PCIe flash flurry in other notebooks, desktops

  PCIe flash storage tech in MacBook Air is 45% faster than previous generations

• Galaxy S4's U.S. version needs added image processor for eye-tracking

  IHS iSupply teardown finds that Snapdragon chip in Samsung GS4 likely needs help from Fujitsu chip to handle heavily-promoted feature

Interviews about iSuppli

• Hitachi GST CEO claims hard drive future hangs in Cloud

  Officials discuss plans for combined Western Digital-Hitachi GST after deal closes later this year

Features about iSuppli

• 5 reasons why Google can catch Amazon in the Cloud

  Amazon dominates the Cloud but analysts say don't count out Google