Apple has taken over the lead quickly. Their iPad and iPhone added almost $10 billion in component purchases over the last few years. This article is great as it shows how the other OEM’s stack up next to Apple.
Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
