According to Agence France-Presse 17, Samsung galaxy Company believes that the new mobile phone iPhone 4S launched by Apple is suspected of infringing many patents of Samsung Electronics, and has submitted an application to the Japanese and Australian courts to ban the sale of iPhone 4S. At the same time, Samsung also applied to ban the sale of Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in Japan.
Samsung and Apple have been at war recently. Since April this year, Apple has filed seven "infringement" lawsuits against Samsung in the United States, Europe, Australia and even South Korea, involving touch screens and human-computer interfaces. Samsung is also tit for tat, launching counterclaims in every place where Apple is sued. Judging from the current situation, Samsung is obviously at a disadvantage. Most of the judgments are in favor of Apple, and Samsung products are prohibited from going on sale.
By the end of September, there were as many as 23 lawsuits between Apple and Samsung. Apple is aiming at Samsung's touch screen and operating system. Once the case is won, it means that all Samsung mobile phones that use touch screens and human-computer interfaces may be taken to court by Apple. Samsung is aiming at the 3G function of Apple's "3i" popular product. If it succeeds, it means that the iPad or iPhone will be infringed as long as it has 3G Internet access. Reuters and French Finance Network commented that the essence of this lawsuit is to "sentence each other to death for the whole series of products".
On the other hand, Apple and Samsung are still a pair of "tell the judge" and cannot be separated from each other. Although the two sides had quarreled, Samsung's flagship smartphone still uses Apple's patent, and Apple's flash memory and mobile processor are handed over to Samsung for production. According to Reuters, the A6 processor of Apple's next iPhone will still be produced by Samsung.
In addition, according to industry sources, Samsung President Lee Jae-yong attended the memorial service of Apple founder Steve Jobs at the invitation of Apple CEO Tim Cook. It is said that after attending the commemorative meeting, Lee Jae-yong did not leave immediately, but stayed at Apple until this week, and the two sides are likely to be eager to discuss the next step of cooperation.
Although Samsung stepped up its efforts to contain Apple after Steve Jobs died, analysts believe that Apple has "successfully broken through". According to the news from the Wall Street Journal, although the iPhone 4S has been listed, Samsung has been banned all over the world, and even directly submitted applications to some countries to ban the sale of the iPhone 4S. However, the iPhone 4S set a sales record of 4 million units only three days after its launch, and Samsung's containment action actually ended in failure.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed that IT is difficult for Samsung to surpass Apple in the global IT market in the future. Li Jinsheng, the author of Chosun Times, was quoted as saying that although Samsung has a good reputation and can produce good products, it is not an "Apple" and cannot be as deeply rooted in people's hearts as Apple. South Korea's "Central Daily News" also believes that although the two companies are competitors in the smart phone market, they are each other's largest trading partners, and the two sides will eventually embark on the road of reconciliation.