Apple cuts-back iPhone Parts chip orders from Samsung

We all are aware of Apple - Samsung major US patent lawsuit that been going for over than a year. However, these legal issues didn't affect their component supply deal, which has Samsung provide most of the memory chips that Apple uses in its mobile devices such as iPad,iPhone and iPod.

According to Reuters and several other news outlets, all citing anonymous sources, with the iPhone 5, Apple is now steering away from Samsung as its main chip supplier. Instead, the company is looking to strengthen its supplies from competing chip manufacturers such as Toshiba, Elpida and Hynix.

Source (Reuters)