Initial reports confirm the sales success of the iPhone 17 series. Although at first glance this scenario does not benefit its main competitors, for one in particular the opposite is the case. It’s about Samsung. While the South Korean company competes with the Apple smartphone with its Galaxy series, it is also the supplier of one of its key components. Apple’s success with its new iPhone models directly translates into million-dollar profits.

For many years, Samsung sold displays exclusively to its Cupertino rival. But with the launch of the 17 series, the real moneymaker was memory chips. The Asian firm’s semiconductor division is one of the main suppliers of the iPhone 17 RAM, a special type called LPDDR5X that the iPhone 17 uses.

The success of iPhone 17 also benefits Samsung

After the launch of iPhone 17, Apple has had to respond to strong demand, driven strongly by key markets such as China. However, the Cupertino company does not produce all the internal elements of its devices, and this is where Samsung’s components division comes into play.

In fact, the demand for chips is so high that sources in South Korea state: Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron operate at maximum production capacity to meet both memory demand for smartphones and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips for AI applications.

Thanks to Apple’s participation in the production chain, Samsung is able to manage the costs and availability of components for its own smartphones. The truth is that the difficulty Meeting global demand for chips could raise prices, which could benefit Samsung’s marginsBecause it’s one of the few manufacturers that controls most of the supply chain, from RAM to potentially revamping its own Exynos processors.

The sales success of the iPhone 17 is ironically excellent news for Samsung. Beyond the competition in stores to sell the final device, South Korean company gains advantage as an indispensable supplier of critical componentsespecially RAM memory.

This business duality allows Samsung to achieve record revenue in its semiconductor division, leveraging Apple’s leadership in the premium market. Dependency between competitors is a reality in this industry and for Samsung The market is in his favor: the greater Apple’s success, the greater its profits.

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