The head of Samsung apparently agrees with the online criticisms regarding the company's "Apple clones." According to a new report from Korean news outlet Ajunews, Samsung's executive chairman Lee Jae-yong was unhappy with Samsung's mobile division, Samsung MX (Mobile eXperience), due to reactions on social media and in tech news outlets regarding the designs of Samsung's newest products.

Samsung's chairman reportedly demanded the division "reexamine its plans" following online criticism that the designs of the company's newest devices look like Apple copies.

“The chairman (Lee) himself stepped in after the controversy over Apple's design plagiarism and quality issues surrounding the Buds 3 series and Galaxy Watch 7 released last month," an insider reportedly told the outlet. "The internal atmosphere is currently very bad.”

The report goes on to say that unspecific actions were taken against the head of Samsung MX as well as other employees in the company's mobile division. For more on this, read the full reports by Mashable and the original Korean report by Ajunews.

The criticism from Samsung's chairman is incredulous. Didn't he know well in advance what their Galaxy Watch Ultra would like like before coming to market? It's the chairman that should have his knuckles wrapped, not Samsung's design team.