In a new iPhone 5 release date rumor, details have emerged on the continuing Samsung vs. Apple situation. It appears now that the Samsung company will do whatever they can to fight Apple's ban on their products in the United States. The news comes ahead of Apple's rumored plans to reveal the iPhone 5 release date in mid September.
According to PC World's report, Samsung said on Tuesday they will "take all necessary measures" in order to keep selling their products within the U.S. Just a day before, Apple went to the U.S. District Court for Northern California and filed a request to ban eight of the company's smartphones that are currently sold. Samsung will be able to file a motion to stop any injunction that is ordered, or appeal such an injunction.
This past Friday, a court ruled Samsung had infringed on Apple's patents with 28 products. The court awarded $1.05 billion in damages to Apple via Samsung. Among the current Samsung phones that are part of the ban request are multiple "Galaxy" products including the S 4G, S2 AT&T, S2 Skyrocket, S2 T-Mobile, S2 Epic 4G and the Galaxy Prevail. The Samsung Galaxy S III is not part of the ban.
However, Apple may decide to push their injunction to ban just about any product from Samsung. Meanwhile, Samsung is looking to appeal the jury judgement from this past Friday, and according to their latest statement, won't be backing down from Apple's legal actions. The news certainly keeps Apple in the spotlight as the company is said to be preparing its new iPhone 5 for a release date of September 21st, after a press announcement on September 12th.
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