Apple to Benefit Further from Dropping Flash Memory Pricing
Forbes reports on Apple's "secret weapon" that has helped keep its earnings well above expectations: falling NAND-flash memory prices. And according to Forbes, there are no signs that this trend will abate anytime soon.
The dropping prices may also allow Apple and other companies to put more flash-based hard drives into their notebooks. Apple recently introduced a 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) option for their MacBook Pro. Apple's iPod and iPhone products could also see higher capacities over time.
Tech tracker iSuppli released a report last week predicting that the dollar value of flash memory sales will decline this year and next, even as unit sales pick up.
A combination of falling demand and over supply are contributing to the plummeting prices. The benefit to Apple will be higher margins for their current products as well as the ability to incorporate higher capacity storage into future products.The dropping prices may also allow Apple and other companies to put more flash-based hard drives into their notebooks. Apple recently introduced a 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) option for their MacBook Pro. Apple's iPod and iPhone products could also see higher capacities over time.
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43 months ago
Say goodbye to the mechanical hard drive as it joins the floppy drives in the electronics graveyard.
43 months ago
Doesn't Apple always benefit from falling hardware prices? They rarely drop them between revisions to begin with.
43 months ago
Well it's nothing new that flash drives are getting cheaper, faster, and higher capacity over time. But it will be several years yet before mechanical drives are supplanted in the consumer market, especially 3.5-inch drives.
As long as mechanical drives are cheaper and higher capacity than a flash drive, there will still be a market for them.
As long as mechanical drives are cheaper and higher capacity than a flash drive, there will still be a market for them.
43 months ago
Has anyone successfully swapped their MacBook Air's 80GB HDD with a 64 or 128GB SSD yet?:confused:
I expected to see a lot on this process by now...
I expected to see a lot on this process by now...
43 months ago
I never understood how, at Microcenter, you can buy a 32 GB flash drive for $50 but can't buy a 32 Gb iPhone for $300...
43 months ago
Well , good to know although for the time been I´m very happy with my 16GB iphone.
Saludos
Saludos
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