vice chairman Eddy Cue urged then-chief operative officer Tim Cook in Gregorian calendar month 2011 to make a 7-inch pill, in keeping with AN email from Mr Cue that Samsung physics introduced as proof during a U.S. patent trial.
In AN email addressed conjointly to package chief Scott Forstall and selling head Phil author, Cue aforesaid he believed there was a marketplace for a 7-inch pill which "we ought to do one".
Speculation intense in 2012 that Apple is getting ready to launch a 7-inch version of the market-dominating 10-inch iPad, to counter increasing inroads created by smaller tablets like the Kindle hearth, and last, Google's Nexus seven. however the corporate has ne'er confirmed such speak.
The email was introduced on Friday as AN exhibit during a high-wattage trial being contend enter San Jose this summer before abundant of the technology trade. Apple and Samsung ar going toe-to-toe during a patent dispute that mirrors a worldwide struggle for trade dominance between 2 rivals that along management over 1/2 worldwide smartphone sales.
Apple accuses Samsung of repetition the planning and a few options of its iPad and iPhone, and is requesting billions of greenbacks in damages and a sales ban. The Korean company, that is making an attempt to expand within the U.S. market, accuses Apple of infringing on a number of its key wireless technology patents.
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