Samsung

A couple of days back, a Korean source reported that Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple’s iPhone and iPad processors by 20%. However, a new report published today by Seoul-based newspaper The Hankyoreh claims that this is not true, according to an unnamed Samsung official (via TechCrunch). The report says that Samsung official has denied reports of any manufacturing...

Gartner has just published its quarterly report covering global mobile phone sales according to operating system and manufacturer. While sales dropped 3.1% during the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, smartphone sales experienced a 47% spike, rising to 169.2 million units in Q3. (more…)

Samsung isn't eager to follow HTC's example by settling its patent disputes with Apple. According to a report from Agence France Presse, a top Samsung executive says the company has no plans for negotiation; instead, they will proceed with litigation. (more…)

Earlier this month, the UK Court of Appeal in London ordered Apple to remove the misleading statement citing a judge comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products and replace it with a new notice. Apple showed compliance by publishing a revised notice, acknowledging that Samsung did not infringe Apple’s patents and therefore did not breach U.K....

Folks over at DisplayMate have ran an in-depth series of Mobile Display Technology Shoot-Out tests in order to examine the performance of the Microsoft Surface RT as compared to Apple iPad 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (for the best display among 10 inch Android Tablets). Find out who wins after the jump! DisplayMate's test revealed that Microsoft Surface RT's display outperforms all...

The "I hate you, but I can't live without you" relationship between Apple and Samsung is turning out to be very profitable for the latter, as it is a supplier of key components of Apple's mobile devices. As the Korean daily Chosun Ilbo reports, Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple's iPhone and iPad...

Back in October, Samsung filed a request for a re-trial demanding that $1.05 billion verdict awarded in favor of Apple should be overturned because the jury foreman Velvin Hogan failed to disclose that 20 years ago he was in litigation with Seagate, for whom Samsung is a major investor, during the jury selection. CNET now reports that Federal District...

If Apple decides to lower its reliance on its old partner (and rival) Samsung, it will do more harm to itself, as it will lose quality products, while Samsung's operating profit will suffer a minor loss, a recent market analysis claims, as cited by The Korea Times. (more…)

Booz & Co. has just published the results for its 2012 analysis of 10 most innovative companies in the world, based on not how much these companies spend on research and development, but how those R&D funds are invested in talent, process, and tools. Well, the company who's on top of the list is neither Google...

The fight for smartphone and tablet market share isn't just about launching the best devices but also retaining the best supply chain management (SCM). Apple has been on top as the No. 1 for five years now on Gartner's top 25 list. (more…)

According to anonymous industry sources, Samsung will no longer be the sole supplier of Apple-designed chips that power the iPhone and iPad devices, reports DigiTimes. Due to the likelihood of losing future orders for Apple's next-gen. application chips, Samsung is reported to be delaying the construction of its new logic fabrication facility. Dubbed as Line-17, Samsung is apparently putting off...

Anybody who read Apple's first attempt at an apology will agree with the courts in the UK: nice try, but do it again... this time, with feeling (or at the very least, with accuracy). The revised notice made appearances in UK newspapers earlier this week. (more…)