In April, following a complaint from HTC, the authorities of the competition in Taiwan had opened an investigation into the marketing practices of Korean giant Samsung. The manufacturer was accused of having paid users to publish negative articles about the products of its competitors.
two companies compete in the phone market. According to IDC, Samsung holds a third of the global smartphone market, against only 5% for HTC. Samsung acknowledged the facts and has received a fine.
On its official website, the FTC announced that Samsung Taiwan will pay the sum of € 246,000 and advised that comments denigrated not only products HTC but also showed off those of his competitor.In January, the Competition in Taiwan had already condemned Samsung to pay 7385 euros for misleading advertising. More specifically, in the advertising content of the phone Galaxy Y Duos GT-S6102, Samsung left mistakenly think the camera terminal was equipped with a focus and a flash car. In September 2012, the group was also involved in a case of collusion on the price of DVD players alongside Sony, LG and Philips.
In May, in an interview picked up by Focus Taiwan, Jack Tong, President of HTC North Asia, publicly pointed practices Samsung. The man explained that one of the main advantages of the HTC Desire’s AMOLED screen was supplied by Samsung. According to him, the company has strategically slowed the production of these screens as soon as the sales of the smartphone in question began to take off in mobile operators.
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