subject: What If Galaxy S3, Note, And Note 10.1 Banned In The Us? [print this page] What comes next after the case between Apple and Samsung? Needless to say, the loss of this time and money-consuming lawsuit will certainly exert a great impact on this South-Korean electronics giant. It is not just about a huge sum of compensation but is more concerned with the future of Samsung. Nowadays, it wont take long for a magnate to fall down at a surprising pace. So even Samsung is now at the peak of its business curve, it is unpredictable what the future is in store for this company.
The issue now Samsung has to confront is definitely the Apples proposal of the ban on the products which have been verdicted to violate the patents of Apple. But the 1 billion dollars of compensation and the ban on 8 Samsung mobile devices are not the end of the story. The war that Apple wage towards Samsung is still firing on. It seems that Apple has set the new target on the devices which are hot-selling in the US.
Now three flagships of Samsung, such as the Galaxy S3, Note and Note 10.1 have fallen in the prey. It might sound confusing at the first time. As the new flagship of the smartphone, Galaxy S3, though appearing common in design, is out the range of Apples appearance patent charge. As the successor of the Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3 is also sold well across the globe. What goes the same with the Galaxy Note, which has led to the leap to the era of the super-large-screen smartphones. What also come in great popularity are the relating Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note accessories. Apple views that these devices have infringed the patents of slide to unlock and search.
Of course, the proposal of ban this time not necessary gets approved, but may face a temporary suspension of selling in the US. This is of course a bad news for the Samsung. This will of course affect Samsungs upcoming devices and the future product strategy. Whether Samsung will draw from the Android and turn to the Windows platform remains unclear. It seems that Microsoft will smile at this.
