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Apple paying Apple?

Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 12:58 AM EDT

I don't think the question is whether Samsung is legally in
the right to do so. The question is whether Apple loses more
in lost sales than they can make up in litigation, making it
in their interest to pay up. No one
here has the information required to know the answer to that
question.

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Apple paying Apple?

Authored by: tiger99 on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 11:26 AM EDT

Yes, very good points, but I have to wonder if Samsung could strangle the supply of key components, and so kill the Apple production lines, for quite a few years, until the inevitable contract dispute worked its way through the courts. Based on the glacial pace of a few cases we have seen here, of course.

If Apple had had to redesign their products with alternative components (in some cases, there are none), or were unable to supply products to market for some considerable time, they would quite probably never recover, as the market would have moved to things they could actually get, like Android, or even Crackberry.

I am not saying that Samsung would kill Apple, but I suspect that they could. It is always a very bad idea to be in legal dispute with your key supplier.

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Apple paying Apple? - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 01:06 PM EDT
- Apple paying Apple? - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 02:15 PM EDT
  - If you don't like one version of Android.... - Authored by: tiger99 on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 02:51 PM EDT

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