[citation][nom]watcha[/nom]You do know that there is more to a phone than the processor used, and that any accusations of 'copying' levelled at Samsung by Apple have not been anything to do with the processor, but in fact due to copying the design aspect which was very much created entirely by Apple. A CPU choice and design can tell you a lot about the device, even indirect components.The reason ericburnby cited the chip is that it gives Samsung information on the time scales, launches, volumes, etc which alone tells them a lot about the architecture of the devices, even in OLD cases where the CPU wasn't designed by AppleAs it happens, the fact that the A5 is used in all the current top-tier products means that the CURRENT case (we're all living in the present, right?) is that Samsung manufacturers to Apples design, and we've already seen examples of them trying to copy that in the legal case - which, by the way, another case was won by Apple preventing sales of the Galaxy Tab again yesterday. At least the law can see blatantly copying when it happens - I mean even the packaging was the same, ridiculous 🙂 Anyway, I digress. The point is that whether or not the CPU was designed by Apple or not is irrelevant since it gives Samsung all kinds of other information, and also the fact that the new chips ARE designed by Apple makes the past process irrelevant.[/citation]
SoCs doesn't really reveal what kind of device is going to be out of the factory. Just to put in perspective the A5 is used in the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S, the A4 was used on the iPhone 4, 4th gen iPod Touch, 2nd gen Apple TV and the iPad. Now with the LCD display that's another story.
Could you please point to the article where it states that Samsung tried to copy the Apple A5?
First Apple hasn't won any court case. Apple was awarded a temporary injunction preventing Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab. Apple was also awarded a temporary injunction against N-TK, yet N-TK won the case.