▁Pap erm aster ▁had ▁bre ached ▁a ▁one - year ▁non comp ete ▁agreement . ▁Pap erm aster ▁counter su ed , ▁ ▁arg uing ▁that ▁Apple ▁had ▁h ired ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁management ▁and ▁engineering ▁ab ilities , ▁not ▁for ▁ins ider ▁knowledge ▁of ▁IBM ▁process ors . ▁Apple ▁and ▁IBM ▁reached ▁a ▁settlement ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁where ▁" P ap erm aster ▁could ▁only ▁work ▁for ▁Apple ▁after ▁a ▁six ▁month ▁un pa id ▁vac ation ." ▁ ▁Pap erm aster ▁joined ▁Apple ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁as ▁senior ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁Mobile ▁Dev ices ▁and ▁Dev ices ▁Hard ware ▁Engineering . ▁ ▁Report ing ▁to ▁Steve ▁Job s , ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁direct ▁o vers ight ▁of ▁the ▁i Pod ▁and ▁iPhone ▁engineering ▁teams , ▁including ▁iPhone ▁hardware ▁development ▁and ▁the ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁roll out ▁of ▁the ▁iPhone ▁ 4 . ▁Although ▁the ▁device ▁proved ▁popular , ▁issues ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁slow ▁release ▁of ▁a ▁white ▁version ▁and ▁reception ▁fla ws ▁with ▁the ▁anten na ▁resulted ▁in ▁controvers y . ▁The ▁anten na ▁design , ▁a ▁then - un us ual ▁device ▁cas ing ▁that ▁acted ▁as ▁a ▁signal ▁receiver , ▁had ▁been ▁green - lit ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁by ▁Steve ▁Job s . ▁On ▁August ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁reported ▁that ▁Pap erm aster ▁was ▁leaving ▁Apple ▁for ▁un conf ir