The iPhone 9 could be Samsung's best phone yet

As the world braces for the iPhone's big 10 year anniversary later this year, chatter is already beginning to bubble up about next year's version, unofficially dubbed the "iPhone 9."

The latest rumor involves one of Apple's biggest rivals, Samsung. According to a report Korean publication The Investor, Apple is expected to tap Samsung to produce the chips that will power the high-powered iPhone 9 next year.

The publication says Samsung's purchased "advanced chip manufacturing equipment" to create 7-nanometer chips "solely for iPhone" and the company's executives reportedly closed the deal at Apple's headquarters last month. Read more...