Samsung Taiwan said it had not been told about the investigation, however the subsidiary put a statement on its local Facebook page saying it had "ceased all marketing activities that involve the posting of anonymous comments".

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But there are growing indications that Apple is starting to shift manufacturing away from Samsung to Taiwan Semiconductor.

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Motorola, Samsung, Taiwan's HTC, and LG will make handsets that will run Android.

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