Apple is inhaling high volume Samsung NAND flash for new iPhones, AppleInsider reports - this might lead to further price increases as downstream vendors will have to adjust to further supply limitations for high-capacity SLC and MLC NAND flash memory chips.

Also CNN is picking up and post their Report: Apple has cornered the flash memory market.

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