HTC, Samsung Disagree With Apple's Smartphone Claims (AAPL)

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, cell phone makers HTC Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. made statements on Monday that disputed claims made by Apple Inc. AAPL that the iPhone 4's reception problems are also being experienced by other smartphone makers. Taiwan's HTC said Apple should solve their own issue, rather than drag down competitors as well. "The reception problems are certainly not common among smartphones," HTC chief financial officer Hui-Meng Cheng said. "They (Apple) apparently didn't give operators enough time to test the phone." Samsung, which is the world's second-largest cellphone maker by shipments, said the company "hasn't received significant customer feedbacks on any signal reduction issue for the Omnia II" smartphone which was shown prominently in Apple's presentation.