It's well known that Apple regularly tries to corner manufacturing on key components for a spell. If I recall Samsung had an agreement with Apple for a number of years for nearly all of their flash memory of a certain type.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/apple-once-again-squeezing-samsungs-flash-memory-supplies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/apple-once-again-squeezin...</a>