The next iPhone version, set to be unwrapped on Sept 12, will have less Samsung imprints compared to the previous editions, with reports indicating that Apple has rolled out a program that would slowly wean away its products from components manufactured by its South Korean rival.

Samsung happens to be a close production partner of the American tech giant in putting together its hit gadgets, foremost of which the million selling iPad and iPhone.

It is expected to remain that way but in a more tempered pace, an anonymous source was cited by Reuters on its Friday report.

Apple is in the process of revising its supply chain, apparently to avoid shortages of component supplies that could delay the tech giant's targeted product launches, two of which - for iPhone 5 and iPad Mini - to come by Q4 2012.

That, the same Reuters source said, was the key factor for Apple's decision to rely less on Samsung parts in producing its upcoming gadgets this year and the near future.

The ongoing legal tussle between Apple and Samsung, which lately has been tilting in favour of the former, was hardly a consideration of the Cupertino, California-based gadget biggie, Reuters said.

According to the new agency, "Samsung is still on the list of initial memory chip suppliers" for soon-to-be released Apple devices, but the latter has also opted to contract other firms for the steady flow of DRAMs and NANDs that were standard on almost every Apple gadget that is out in the market.

Memory chips will now be sourced from SK Hynix in South Korea and Toshiba Corp and Elpida Memory, both Japanese component specialists, a separate report from The Korea Economic Daily said.

Elpida has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of Apple's shift from Samsung, with Reuters indicating that over 50 per cent of the firm's memory chip productions are now geared for Apple delivery.

Also, Apple has been gradually easing out other key Samsung components on its products, with LG Display now the chief provider of iPhone and iPad flat panels, according to The Korea Economic Daily.

The Korean publication added that batteries produced by Amperex Tech and Panasonic Corp, respectively from China and Japan, will provide the power juice needed by Apple devices.

Yet the 'brain' that governs the overall functions of both the iPhone and the iPad will remain printed with the Samsung brand as Apple appears convinced for now that micro chips made by its part-time partner and full-time nemesis were still the best for its gadget designs.

Hence in reality, Galaxy tablets and smartphones, which are mere copycats as far as Apple is concerned, will still share much of what's inside the iPhone and the iPad.