"I will meet Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday in Seoul," said Samsung mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun at a launch event to unveil Samsung�s Galaxy Note 2 held at the company�s main office in downtown Seoul.
Shin declined to give details, but stressed that strategic meetings with major carriers in the United States are set for next week.
Samsung has already been in talks for the development of modified products aimed at escaping from Apple�s design-related patents.
The Google representative arrived in Seoul late Tuesday and Schmidt will hold a news conference with local and overseas media at Google Korea headquarters, downtown Seoul, today, to roll out its Nexus 7 tablet, here.
Lois Kim, the head of communications at Google Korea, refused to give any details about Schmidt�s plans during his stay in Seoul.
The top meeting comes after Apple faces becoming embroiled in a further clash after Samsung said earlier it was intending to sue the firm over technology patent violations in the new iPhone 5.
Meanwhile, a panel of U.S. federal judges is to follow up a separate complaint by Google which is seeking a far-reaching sales ban against Apple products.
Although the fight with Apple is becoming more dramatic, Shin clarified his bullish stance to boost handset sales by saying Samsung doesn�t much care about the ongoing litigation-related issues.
The company is widening its gap with Apple in phone shipments. During the second quarter of the year, Samsung and Apple sold 50 million and 26 million phones, respectively, according to market research firms.
Officials said the gap is expected to further widen due to Apple�s slowing innovation in products. Samsung has shortened its new mobile launch cycle _ it introduced various flagship products including the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 to respond to faster changes in consumer demand.
In contrast, Apple is still sticking with its ``one smartphone per year�� policy, making it difficult for the Cupertino-based firm to fight with Samsung in the race for smartphone market domination.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which was introduced at last month�s IFA technology fair in Germany, is a hybrid smartphone and tablet PC. The revised sales target by Samsung is based on Shin�s optimism for the success of the just-launched device.
"I have no doubt that the Note 2 will hit the jackpot. We don�t have any problems to sell over 3 million Note 2s during the first three months after the device was launched," said Shin.
