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South Korean tech giant Samsung may have lost the patent battle to Apple but the legal blow has been softened as its premier device, the Galaxy S3, surpassed the iPhone 4S to become the world’s best selling smartphone.
The research firm Strategy Analytics released the latest study before the launch the iPhone 5. If combined however, the two Apple device had higher sales than Samsung’s flagship smartphone. Still, the reports were impressive. The S3 overtook the 4S during the third quarter, selling over 18 million units in just three months.
Samsung said that sales weren’t as fast as most people assumed as many consumers temporarily withheld from purchasing the S3 with the expected launch of the iPhone 5. Apple sold 16.2 million 4S smartphones, while the iPhone 5 which was launched mid-September, sold around six million.
Experts attribute the S3’s success to Samsung’s extensive distribution of the device across several countries outside of the US. Supper through operator subsidies also contributed to the success of the Galaxy smartphone.
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After the US tech giant won a $1 billion patent infringement case against Samsung, the latter has cancelled a lucrative contract with Apple to supply the LCD displays used in devices such as the iPhone, Macbooks, and iPad. The development means that by next year Apple devices will be using the Samsung display.
Apple is already in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to replace Samsung, who has also been manufacturing the CPU used for the iPad and iPhone. The California-based consumer electronics giant is already looking for other display manufacturers after the cancelled contract with the South Korean company.
Samsung Display supplied majority of Apple’s LCD displays for the first half of this year, shipping numbers of up to a 15 million. Now, Samsung is looking to compensate for the cancelled contracts by supplying to Amazon, and its sister company, Samsung Mobile.
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Despite news of the much-awaited iPhone 5 hitting the shelves soon, Apple is still lingering behind South Korean competition Samsung. This, in spite of the decreasing global demand for mobile phones.
Just two months since its release, Samsung’s Galaxy S3 already sold 10 million units, boosting the total number of mobile devices sold by the company to a staggering 90.4 million units for the second quarter alone. The numbers exceed the previous quarter and suggests a 29.5 percent increase in sales.
Apple’s share of the market is at 6.9 percent after selling 28.9 million iPhones. The American company’s share is dwarfed by the East Asian company’s 21.6 percent cut. European mobile phone manufacturer Nokia on the other hand, holds on to second although it comes with a declining market share. It’s hold of the mobile phone industry has decreased to 14.8 percent.
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Apple now faces another trademark-lawsuit in China filed by a Jiangsu Xuebao, a chemical company, who argues the US tech firm knowingly infringed trademarks with its Snow Leopard Operating system. Xuebao is the Chinese equivalent of Snow Lopard.
The chemical company said that Apple had applied for the same trademark in 2008 but had been rejected by the office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Jiangsu Xuebao is a known company for commodity products like shoe polish, toothpaste, and other household chemicals.
The latest lawsuit comes on the heels of the a recent trademark legal issue Apple faced regarding the iPad. The company paid US$60 Million to resolve the dispute with Proview Technology.
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by Gregg Keizer for MACWORLD
Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro is now shipping faster to online customers, according to the company’s e-stores for Australia, the U.S., Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan and several other countries.
Read more on the faster shipping times
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Talk about tech-savy countries and you have to include Japan. Over the years, the Asian nation has not only developed one of richest economies in the world, but also the most conducive environment for technological advancement. From complex humanoid robots to innovative green homes, Japan’s high level of ingenuity has created a technological boom that translates to some of the world’s most advance gadgets.
Despite this, it’s interesting to note that on a global scale, it’s South Korea’s Samsung and the United States’ Apple that has taken a huge share of the smartphone market. Where are the Japanese companies?
In this special feature by Patrick Budmar, we take a look at why Japan’s smartphones never made it on a global scale. Are their mobile devices simply too advanced, and thus, too niche for the Japanese market? Consider this with the fact that as a society, Japan’s people are also very open to the latest emerging mobile technologies. Here we get a view on why the smartphone industry in the country never dominated key markets in a global level.
Read the article here via PC World Australia
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In London, Samsung won a ruling against Apple who filed a patent lawsuit on the Galaxy Tab for copy the design and technology of the Ipad. Judge Colin Birss ruled in favor of Samsung, saying the Galaxy Tablet is not as “cool” as the Ipad.
“The (Galaxy Tab) do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design,” explained Birss.
The ruling marks a victory for the Korean electronics company who has seen its smartphones challenging Apple with its Android-based gadgets. The fierce competition for smartphone supremacy has seen both firms file lawsuits on one another on the basis of “infringement” of design rights.
Read more about the court ruling in favor of Samsung
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