Yesterday an Asian publication published information according to which a Samsung manager would have stated that at the moment the company that employs him does not want to end the legal disputes with Apple. Today another Asian publication says that 200 heads of Samsung divisions from all over the world will meet to discuss the company's strategy in the face of the economic recession that the globe will go through, but also the strategy regarding the relationship with Apple, a company that is its partner and enemy.
Samsung Electronics top executives and about 200 chiefs of overseas branches meet on Dec. 17-18 to discuss strategy in the face of the global recession and an intensifying standoff with rival Apple. The meeting comes after Samsung decided to hike the price of application processor chips used by Apple and right after a US court rules whether or not Samsung should pay Apple more than US$1.05 billion in damages for infringing Apple's design patents.
The publication further claims that Samsung has increased the production price of processors for iDevices, although company officials denied this, and the vice president of the division that supervised relations with partners, including Apple, would have been fired. The meeting in December will probably establish a guideline based on which Samsung will act next year in terms of sales and product promotion, and we can expect various surprises from the company.
