Apple CEO Tim Cook was originally Samsung never bring to justice

The relationship between Apple and Samsung is probably one of the most unusual in the art world, because as much as the companies compete with each other so much they need each other. Since 2011, the patent disputes before international courts are held, but as the Reuters news agency reported , the current Apple CEO Tim Cook Samsung never wanted to take them to court.

Steve Jobs, Apple 's co-founder and longtime CEO of the California company, is responsible for the report, the patent war between the two big players in the technology market. Although Samsung acts as a key supplier for the production of iPods, iPads and iPhones, bursting the collar jobs, as the South Koreans with the Galaxy Tab brought in (after Jobs' opinion) cheap imitation of the iPad on the market. Already the first Samsung Galaxy S, Apple was an eyesore, because it resembled the iPhone not only in form but also felt similarly. In the hope of a modification of the design in future Samsung smartphones was abandoned at that time still a legal and patent disputes, as people "familiar with the situation" are claiming.

Tim Cook, who after the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 became the head of Apple knew about the important role of Samsung as an Apple supplier, and was strongly opposed to sue the South Koreans. The Reuters report states that Apple bought last year alone parts, worth 8 billion U.S. dollars from Samsung:

Tim Cook, Jobs' successor as Apple chief executive, what iPad opposed to suing Samsung in the first place, according to people with knowledge of the matter, Largely because of that company's critical role as a supplier of components for the iPhone and the. Apple bought some $ 8 billion worth of parts from Samsung last year, analysts estimate. ( Reuters - Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life)

Last year, Apple reported a partial victory against Samsung, as a U.S. court because the South Korean company of patent infringement to a fine of about $ 1 billion condemned . Partial victory because Apple continues to try to sell the affected Samsung devices to get it banned .

Meanwhile, Apple is also seeking to reduce its dependence on Samsung always on and so will in future not only the SSDs for the MacBook production by SanDisk come, but also the processors for the iDevices TSMC instead of Samsung. Even when the batteries are Californians look for alternatives. At this stage, however, Apple cannot completely dissociate from Samsung, because no other company can tackle the enormous quantities (eg displays), which Apple calls.

[Via ZDNet ]