Samsung Mobile Head Made Two Trips To The Us To Secure More Chips
According to Korean publication TheElec, Roh made the first trip stateside in March and another in July. He was reportedly accompanied by a company vice president responsible for component purchases during his second trip to the US. They met an unnamed “global application processor maker,” possibly Qualcomm, to ask for more smartphone chipsets. However, they were “outright refused” by the said company. Perhaps the company was in no position to increase its overall supply, let alone supply more to Samsung....