As expected Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone 5, reports Reuters.
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court, contending the iPhone 5 infringed on Samsung's patents.
In a statement, Samsung said: "...we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights."
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Sourgrapes - October 3, 2012 at 5:20am
In Canada when you launch a lawsuit against someone and loose you have to pay the other guys legal fees.
Google is going to loose
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Lol - October 2, 2012 at 9:38pm
Samsung is so frustrated. First the "next new thing" terrible commercials and now this
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Guest - October 2, 2012 at 8:42pm
It is a branding and marketing move. It is difficult for Samsung to win this case as Apple license most of their LTE technology from Qualcomm. Samsung just want to tell the world they also invented something and not a copycat company!
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Charleston Heston - October 2, 2012 at 7:09pm
It's a Madhouse!!! A Madhouse!!! You damn dirty apes!
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Simon - October 2, 2012 at 8:21pm
Well played sir.
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Manuel - October 2, 2012 at 4:22pm
I think you're right in many ways.
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Wowow - October 2, 2012 at 3:16pm
i have iphone 5 and samsung galaxy s3, and i love it !
i don't even care about the problem between apple and samsung !
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City023 - October 2, 2012 at 1:38pm
Why is Samsung still trying? Dear Samsung, just make, design or build a better phone and let the people chose between Apple and Samsung. But for now, your still way behind Apple and probably #3 behind Blackberry. And by making commercials about IPhone, your showing the world that Apple is on top of the cell business. Thanks for the promo and stick to TV making.
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Guest - October 4, 2012 at 10:19am
Just so you know dude, Samsung owns 38% of the smartphone market while apple owns just 18%. while iphone is the most publisized phone and i love it, you have to give credit to Samsung specially when they sell twice as many ohones as you..... If you dont believe the numbers - go look it up.
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Simon - October 2, 2012 at 1:35pm
The sky is falling!!!!! So will samsungs stocks when they lose this case too.
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PureNrg - October 2, 2012 at 11:40am
yup I agree,
I own a Samsung phone,blackberry and a iphone in our household which are all active.
I have a samsung phone and dont like it the iphone is so much better the quality and os just work together.
The worst thing is I have to use a blackberry for work I wish they switch us over to iphones soon.
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miskol - October 2, 2012 at 5:46pm
"The processor the used in Apple's product(A4, A5X, or etc) are made by Samsung"... described in a better term, Apple designed their previous chips themself(SoC), Samsung only manufactured them. As for Apple A6, they took it to the next level which used custom Apple-designed ARMv7 based CPU. Please get your facts straight also. in simpler word, Apple is the innovator and Samsung is just a manufacturer. if Apple never contracted Samsung to manufacturer most of iPhones components, and if Eric Schmidt never was on Apple's Board, i dont know what crappy smartphones will Samsung/Android produced themselves. if you look into more facts, Eric Schmidt (Google's then CEO) was on Apple's Board members when the iPhone were first being developed but was ousted before the iPad is developed. Hence the reason why Android's smartphones can play catch up with iPhones, but for tablets they are just far behind the iPads.
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PureNrg - October 2, 2012 at 11:28am
Finally a good comment, there is to much anger and infantile behavior here.
you know these two companies are smart they both know all people talk about now is Apple and Samsung making them the ONLY two talked about phones out thier its all marketing.
Talk about me good or talk about me bad....just keep talking about me.
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steps parku - October 2, 2012 at 11:32am
The point is even samsung does not own the os they run on their device. they also rely on someone for that so what's the big deal if apple is also getting hard-ware stock from them? apple runs its own os that enhances maximum performance of the device unlike my samsung s2 that i always need to charge my phone for serious battery drainage. The truth is they all have their ups and downs but it's up to u to judge which is having more downside when comparing. like i always say, choose wisely. I for once will go for premium quality not something that just features anything. And remember samsung's success in the market share results in the wide variety of consumer electronics product. Not only smart phones, ipods, and computers like apple does so u can't just compare. imagine apple also into that . Then u will actually realize the bigger race is on.
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asdfsadf - October 2, 2012 at 11:28am
I disagree... as the owner of a galaxy s3, a galaxy nexus, and numerous iphones --- the wider screen is not great. it's not comfortable in the hand...
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Simon - October 2, 2012 at 8:19pm
People wanted a 16:9 screen and apple gave it to them. Now they want a wider screen! How big does a phone need to be? It's a phone! Not a tablet!
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steps parku - October 2, 2012 at 11:00am
You are right. we consumers are here doing the real fight and hating the most but this people even though waging patent war are in business and working hand in hand. Samsung may still sue apple but yet apple is asking them to manufacture things for them. and it's vice versa. so what's the point if they really hate each other so much, why the link? we have to wise up. Remember the end user will always go for the best, something with all the features i guess..... not devices that is making name or fame.
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ipad123ipad - October 2, 2012 at 10:09am
People have tested it and the iPhone 5 is faster than the galaxy s3! I love Apple and Samsung, I am not a fanboy! I am just saying Facts :)
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steps parku - October 2, 2012 at 11:13am
oh yes but at least we all agree that the ios is better than the android. so choose wisely.
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steps parku - October 2, 2012 at 11:15am
oh yes but at least we all agree that the ios is far better than the android which sadly can't run on samsung's smart phones. So u see, the choice is always yours. choose wisely.
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ipad123ipad - October 2, 2012 at 11:49pm
You also said that you are going to switch to a more reliable platform (android) iOS is probably the most reliable platform out there!! Just saying ;)
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20a3f2b - October 2, 2012 at 7:15am
The boot is on the other foot! I would be so excited if iPhone gets a ban!
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azraeil - October 2, 2012 at 7:12am
When Apple sues, that's because the other guy cheated. When Samsung sues, it's because they suck .... seriously?
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OceanMindedBoy - October 2, 2012 at 6:38am
I feel bad for Samsung. The are acting so immature. People are starting to get annoyed with them and will stop buying their products.
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ipad123ipad - October 2, 2012 at 10:15am
The iPhone 5 is not bad!! It is the fastest phone on the market! It is thinner than the s3! It's more durable than the s3!! I am not a fanboy of Apple, I like Samsung and Apple!! This is just common facts :)
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Hemanth - October 2, 2012 at 6:35am
In this war Apple will win again against Samsung. I believe Samsung took others' creativity. Surely they will lose the case against Apple before they reach a compromise.
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tdtran1025 - October 2, 2012 at 6:16am
OK, now it's my turn. I'll let you taste your own medicine. I'll find the right court to tie up your cash cow in litigation while I launch my products for my own fanboys.
I'm sure this must be what Samsung thinks. Now that the iPhone 5 is here, it proves that the right design is tantamount to performance gain. Putting 4 cores in phone is not the answer. Samsung has all the talent they need to well in this market such that they need not rush to market any design that only looks flashy on paper.
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Manuel - October 2, 2012 at 1:18pm
Android just needs to have their one dedicated hardware for their OS just like apple did. Stop giving it to Samsung and htc and lg etc.. There are other manufacturers out there people. I've had both. Right now I have iPhone 4S and I love. Hoping or more customization. People need to get over their childish ish and realize they both have advantages. Right now I'm also trying the windows phone. Pretty cool too.
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Sam - October 2, 2012 at 6:09am
..Samsung actually meant "Err...and of course attack is the best form of defense..how else can we defend our shameless copying of iPhone and iPad designs..hehe.."
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JamesHoyland23 - October 2, 2012 at 6:07am
Apple is a billion times better than Samsung plus Apple gets their latest iOS and updates, Samsung gets nothing. So Samsung shouldn't sue Apple at all. Apple is the best and always will be.
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