Samsung
has created a standalone team of about 200 employees to work
exclusively on making screens for rival smartphone maker Apple’s
products, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the
matter.
The
team at Samsung Display Co, which provides screens for iPads and
MacBooks, helps develop products and is only allowed to share
information about Apple’s business within the group, Bloomberg said.
The
team, formed on April 1, also helps with sales and Apple is now the
biggest external customer for Samsung components, Bloomberg said.
A
Samsung Display spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Representatives at Apple could not immediately be reached for comment
outside regular U.S. business hours.
Samsung
and Apple last year agreed to drop all patent litigation outside the
United States, scaling down a protracted legal battle between the
smartphone rivals.
The
legal battle between the smartphone rivals began in the United States
in 2011 when Apple accused Samsung of copying its iPhone designs.
Samsung countered that Apple was using pieces of its
wireless-transmission technology without permission.
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