Samsung Plans to Sue Apple if They Release an LTE iPhone

[johnomaz]

DO IT SAMMY!!! I want a ban for as long as possible. I want to watch the coolaid drinkers cry.

 

[johnomaz]

HSPA+ isn't 4G, but it is pretty damn fast. My S3 on AT&Ts HSPA network is pretty damn fast. I have LTE near by and the speeds are pretty comparable. I usually get 12-14Mb up and down on HSPA+ and about 16-18Mb on LTE.

 

[huskur]

Time to see who has the bigger HAMMER! Samsung or Apple...............the saga continues

 

[JohnnytheK]

Wasn't the majority of iPhone 4 users that thought they had a 4G device?

Yeah I drove a co-worker nuts, when I told him the "4" didn't mean 4G. BAWHAHAHA!

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[nikecar]

Yeah I drove a co-worker nuts, when I told him the "4" didn't mean 4G. BAWHAHAHA!

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my boss argued with me about that.

I wager many will think the iPhone 5 stands for 5G.

"Look, I get SUPER DUPER fast speeds, more than my 4G iPhone!!"

Word to ya mother.

 

[MissionImprobable]

The big thing will be if this is actually hardware patents involved. That would prevent Apple from shipping the phones as is with plans to enable LTE through firmware updates and would be most lovely.

 

[kodiak799]

I just don't see a ban on the IPhone in the US, especially at the hands of a foreign competitor, under any scenario. It would have to be a grossly egregious violation.

 

[wyndslash]

I just don't see a ban on the IPhone in the US, especially at the hands of a foreign competitor, under any scenario. It would have to be a grossly egregious violation.

I also think this true, sadly. But with Sammy winning cases in more technologically advanced countries, I hope the US courts wake up.

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[jayman350]

The big thing will be if this is actually hardware patents involved. That would prevent Apple from shipping the phones as is with plans to enable LTE through firmware updates and would be most lovely.

yes this would be completely different than the stuff that sammy has to change on the offending phones because hardware can't be updated after it has been shipped (obviously). If these do turn out to be hardware patents then I could very easily see a ban, at least until the hardware changes or (more likely) that Samsung comes up with a huge price tag to allow Apple to use them.

Apple will then go back to the EDGE network, and will subsequently convince its userbase that in fact their phones are so fast that their minds simply cannot keep up with it.

 

[MissionImprobable]

No doubt their spin factory will be all over this.

 

[sweeeeet]

"your using the internet wrong' lol

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[frankiez]

just read an article on Yahoo that says Crapple has asked the courts to add 4 additional products to the list of banned products. One of them is the S3. Those dirty cotton rock-suckers!

 

[xeene]

Or, they get enraged, and go "thermal nuclear" on Samsung.

Either way what will Apple ban? The Galaxy S III? The GS3 has been out for MONTHS. The anticipation for it is gone. Nothing like what would happen with the iPhone 5.

In case you haven't heard, that's one of their targets along with note and others Samsung "new" phones http://m.engadget.com/2012/08/31/apple-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-patent-lawsuit/

 

[master0fursinz]

Apple has new lawsuit targets s 3 and note 10.1. For some other patents

 

[jseah]

Your right.
It can be overturned provided it would be a positive impact vs a negative one.
How would it affect USA if the Iphone was banned?
If it wasnt?
Would our economy go into shambles more then it already is?
Apple is the number one company in the US if not the world in terms of assets and their pockets.

Capitalism at its finest no matter how unhealthy our vision of the idea currently is.
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The problem is that if Samsung gets an injunction against Apple, then you will see a lot of pressure from Congress to have the ITC injunction thrown out. The politicians will look at it as a South Korean company going after an American company and will start playing the patriotism card.

This is why Congress is proposing to change the patent laws so that "industry standard" patents cannot be used against American companies and the patent holders would be essentially forced to sign license agreements that would allow American companies to use those patents.