Ah yes, an Apple fridge, that only lets you put food you bought from the Apple Grocery Store in it
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Why won't Apple just buy Samsung?
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Ah yes, an Apple fridge, that only lets you put food you bought from the Apple Grocery Store in it
You obviously are either preteen, trolling or don't know how businesses operate.
Ah yes, an Apple fridge, that only lets you put food you bought from the Apple Grocery Store in it
If only Apple could invent a replicator.
Not sure US law is entirely relevant in this case, as Samsung is not a US company. Ditto for EU law.
Apple doesn't have that kind of money to buy a Company like Samsung. Samsung and all its assets would be valued at 200 Billion+. Apple simply doesn't have that kind of money laying around. Samsung makes WAY more than phones and computer monitors. Apple isn't up to the challenge of running Samsung either.
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No but just as google had to get US, EU and China (and one else?) government approvals before completing the purchase of Motorola, I suspect apple would need US, EU, China and Korean approvals to close the deal and the likelihood of that is between slim and none (oh and slim left town
)I thought Apple was the most valuable company on earth! It even says so on the front page of Mac Rumors.
Last I check Apple and Exxon were in the running for most valuable company. I don't know who is first as of now. Samsung Electronics Co. is currently valued at $150 billion. Apple currently holds about 103 billion in cash. For Apple to purchase Samsung which they won't do, they would have to pay all of there liquid assets + stock, or do it all in stock in which case Samsung would probably become the largest shareholder which would render the point of this moot.
For the same reasons I can't just walk into your home, look around and say "Nice House, I'll take it" when it's not even up for sale.
Confusing. If Samsung were that rich, why weren't they the ones running for most valuable company?
Anyways, Apple could just buy the Smartphone part of Samsung. That isn't too expensive anymore.
It would because Samsung's US shell would be a part of the transaction. Jurisdiction would attach at that point.
Even if the US entities were kept separate somehow, both would most likely engage in import/export to the merged entity abroad, which is also covered by antitrust law.
In this case they are one in the same. Apple is the most valuable company in terms of market capitalization.
Do you know what a peer is?
Apple and Samsung are both titans; Apple just happens to be the biggest titan right now.
It's not for sale, so how could they buy it?
And even if it was, it wouldn't pass antitrust rules because it would concentrate the vast majority of sales and assets in the market into a single entity.
As many people have pointed out:
1. Apple doesn't have nearly enough money to even consider buying Samsung
2. Even if Apple had the money to try to buy Samsung, Samsung wouldn't allow it
3. Samsung is *far* larger than Apple
4. etc etc
Samsung is to Korea what a General Electric is to the USA. They wield more power and influence than many governments.
Apple is a very rich company, but they aren't nearly as diversified as Samsung.
What happens when people get sick of iPhones and iPads? Disaster for Apple.
What happens when people get sick of Galaxy S phones and Galaxy Tab tablets? Samsung still sells electrical components, appliances, vehicles, microchips, etc etc etc
1. Apple doesn't have nearly enough money to even consider buying Samsung
2. Even if Apple had the money to try to buy Samsung, Samsung wouldn't allow it
3. Samsung is *far* larger than Apple
4. etc etc
Samsung is to Korea what a General Electric is to the USA. They wield more power and influence than many governments.
Apple is a very rich company, but they aren't nearly as diversified as Samsung.
What happens when people get sick of iPhones and iPads? Disaster for Apple.
What happens when people get sick of Galaxy S phones and Galaxy Tab tablets? Samsung still sells electrical components, appliances, vehicles, microchips, etc etc etc
These threads need to stop. We shouldn't have to explain why it is a bad idea for apple to buy: Adobe, Microsoft, Samsung, Nintendo, Sony, etc.