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Apple-sues samsung for copying Iphone/Ipad

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/apple-sues-samsung-over-for-copying-the-iphone-and-ipad/
What do you guys think? Is Apple being copied by Samsung? They run different apps/os/hardware. Form factor is fairly close however......

Its mainly because of touchwiz. But I think they also sued for hardware which is kinda stupid.
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singlebyte said:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/apple-sues-samsung-over-for-copying-the-iphone-and-ipad/
What do you guys think? Is Apple being copied by Samsung? They run different apps/os/hardware. Form factor is fairly close however......
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hmm....they panic caue android will lead the world
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lol that's so stupid, Apple is getting their processors on Samsung.
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I LOVE and agree with what the Author said at the end:
"And hey, if you're going to sue Google indirectly, you can't leave a major player like Samsung outside the courtroom, it just wouldn't be fair."

Lol we have a nub unlike the iphone 'nuff said
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Dear Apple,
IOS sucks, you and I both know this, so please, don't start this suing thing again, and go prepare for the android take over.
Your former brainwashed friend,
Cashyftw

they should named their next device as iSUE.
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Way to copy, Samsung. Only Apple can use the patented design of putting the screen between the mic and speaker. Wait, what?

It will go nowhere, and in a way it is a huge compliment to Samsung. Apple is so worried Samsung is going to toast their sales, they go and do the oldest trick sue....... LMAO............ they did not get very far with Microsoft or any other of their so called lawsuits........ this will be no different.

It would be cool if sammy told apple to go F themselves when they want more components for there next phone

****ing Apple. What a stupid company that thinks the whole technology world revolves around them when it's in fact miles ahead of them.

AustinKnight45 said:
It would be cool if sammy told apple to go F themselves when they want more components for there next phone
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That wouldn't be the professional thing to do.
The professional thing to do would be to raise the cost of the NAND, the A4, and the A5 to pay for all of the legal fees. That way, Apple is paying the cost of both companies fees.
Samsung has a right to raise the cost when cost to manufacture goes up. This is probably what they'll do.
Also, I have one more thing to say.
Samsung's lawyers response should be along the lines of: "We take offense to Apple's accusations that the Galaxy S phones and tablets are a copy of the iPhone and iPad. Our devices do not instantly make the user a douchbag. Nor are our devices incredibly gay."

Don't forget, Apple sued HTC last year for touch and gesture features, including finger-swipe unlocking mechanisms, power conservation, touch-screen scrolling, and accelerometer capabilities.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190596/apple_sues_htc_claiming_20_patent_infringements.html

They just hate other brands doing better phones then them...i ****ing hate apple
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Apple thinks this will make Samsung lose money. If anything, it'll show how Apple is scared of competition, and Samsung will sell MORE. Anyways, they sell more the the Galaxy S line. You can't make them lose money.

Well, back in 2008 I owned an iPhone. It was the 3G model and I was very pround because it had high standards for a phone at that time (processor, GPU). But when Galaxy S came out I realised that the best hardware components met the best software and hey, it s open source! The first real iPhone killed is Galaxy S and Android needed this flagship phone to overcome the competition. Samsung won t lose the trial with Apple and the good part is that iPhone 5 will be more expensive and it will have even lower standards than it s predecessor (we all know that Apple A5 DualclCore is clocked at 900Mhz and is far behind Sammys Exyon @1.2Ghz or Qualcomm s DualCore Snappdragon)
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First let me say that iPhone is by far the most popular phone in the world. And this is a stupid lawsuit, now when people are considering the iphone they'll think "wait, didn't I hear about a phone similar to the iphone that apple was suing for?". they'll find out about the galaxy s (or gs2 ) and get that instead. Congratulations Apple, you just lost sales.

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http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/19/apple-spent-nearly-5-7b-on-samsung-parts-in-2010-faces-strong/
Damn Apple are dbags. Trying to use this lawsuit to cover all their expenses on Samsung parts.

Why apple is bent on suing android.

Really?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20123511-37/steve-jobs-felt-android-was-a-stolen-product/
Let's face it. Without android you wouldn't be where you are either.
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evil to the last dying breath .... shame on him
android was created before iphone
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He was the same to Adobe with regards to Flash. If it wasn't for Macromedia/Adobe, Apple would have died LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG ago. If it wasn't for Macromedia's software, graphic design and video editing software, and, of course, Flash, wouldn't have been designed on a Mac and Apple would have died a slow, painful, death. And even before that, MS bailed the c***s outs.
........................greedy
He's a hypocritical ^ asshole. Visionary my arse.

It's because they are jelly Android is catching up

AllGamer said:
evil to the last dying breath .... shame on him
android was created before iphone
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and it looked like blackberry for the uneducated before they saw the iPhone, this is the stupidest argument to put out.

z33dev33l said:
and it looked like blackberry for the uneducated before they saw the iPhone, this is the stupidest argument to put out.
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Both Android and iOS look like S60, so if other arguments are stupid, yours isn't any better.

AllGamer said:
evil to the last dying breath .... shame on him
android was created before iphone
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First Android phone did not come out until 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

Illicit Hero said:
First Android phone did not come out until 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
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oh lord.
You do realize being out in the market and existing or in development arent the same right ?
iPhone STILL looks like it did when it first launched. Bunch of icons on several pages. Apples theft or "borrowing" of design and features is well known and documented. People dont have it out for Jobs they just recognize hypocrites when they see one.

xManMythLegend said:
oh lord.
You do realize being out in the market and existing or in development arent the same right ?
iPhone STILL looks like it did when it first launched. Bunch of icons on several pages. Apples theft or "borrowing" of design and features is well known and documented. People dont have it out for Jobs they just recognize hypocrites when they see one.
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Same can be said about the iPhone, point?

Not long before microsoft fears android os for pc lol.
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How many options does ios5 "steal" from android or others. Such is the nature of business. If someone buys something, another company is going to produce a similar product with their own twist to appeal to another group of consumers and some of the "original" company's. When one company started building suvs, and another company sees a trend they will too. If one company sees that ppl like rear window wipers others are going to manufacturer them too. Take something, build it to your liking and add in to it. There are few truly genuine and unburrowed ideas in today's business. If you think you have a niche in the market, don't plan on having it long unless you continue to innovate. Heck, apple even spends less on its r&d per revenue then goggle, microsoft, or rim. Because they gave up on innovation and spent more on legal departments and advertising?
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Motorola's cavalier attitude will have them banned in the U.S. Does anyone even care?

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...microsoft-patent/&category=classic&postPage=1
Unlike apple, Microsoft gave them plenty of chances. Only Motorola can be blamed, not like they were releasing anything revolutionary anyway.

Meh...w/ that said, the Razr (thinnest) and Razr MAXX (longest battery life) aren't revolutionary to you? Minus the locked BL's I still say the Maxx is one of, if not the best phone out currently overall.

I don't find either advance to be a game changer, now if they made a small battery with that much charge or a thin phone that retained durability I'd understand.

What's Motorola?

I don't see that lasting long. Google going to lay some smack down on Microsoft with it's new patient portfolio.
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I'm anxious to see what Google does once they are in full swing with Motorola. I'm sure they will top the razr somehow.

tonker83 said:
I don't see that lasting long. Google going to lay some smack down on Microsoft with it's new patient portfolio.
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nokia/microsoft still has the bigger portfolio.

z33dev33l said:
Does anyone even care?
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It's not Apple vs. Google so..
No. Nobody cares.

These general patents are bull****. Scheduling ameeting from a mobile device?
What are we going to find out next? Microsoft holds the patent on using a finger as an input device on a touchscreen?

z33dev33l said:
nokia/microsoft still has the bigger portfolio.
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Size doesn't matter, it's what's in the portfolio that counts.

And Nokia's is independently on par with Motorola's.

z33dev33l said:
And Nokia's is independently on par with Motorola's.
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Nope, we don't/won't care. Superior android devices will continue to come out. Android will continue to flourish. People will continually buy more and more android devices while having not even hearing of windows phone.
Once again you post some flame bait, its windows phone vs android with a disguised title. I give you a 2/10 on the troll.
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Oh, Motorola! I know them.
Man you people are mean, How can you all not care about the company that started the "DROID" evolution?
It because of them, Android was put into mainstream attention. Anyone remember the old saying -"DROID Does"
I mean, this commercial had to bring back some of the fun memories
Motorola Droid C

Motorola will most likely be singing a different tune once Google flexes the "we own you" muscle a little bit.
In this day and age, I just can't understand a company who doesn't embrace the open spirit of Android development. Developers can help a company so very much if that company will open it's eyes and stop thinking "only" with it's bottom line.

Obviously they'll work it out. Too many $$'s at risk.

These kind of things don't make sense to me. It is so stupid. So if Microsoft wins, then Motorolla will just change 1 small thing in their new phones and move on with life...

LogisticsXLS said:
Oh, Motorola! I know them.
Man you people are mean, How can you all not care about the company that started the "DROID" evolution?
It because of them, Android was put into mainstream attention. Anyone remember the old saying -"DROID Does"
I mean, this commercial had to bring back some of the fun memories
Motorola Droid C
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I actually had to watch that video to learn about it. Motorola DROID line up doesn't get much play on this side of the world. Still waiting for the fantastic Razr Maxx. By time it gets here, if it gets here, it won't seem so spectacular versus the One X and upcoming GS3. Which is a shame.
Back to topic, I'm sure something will be fleshed out, MS deals more than Apple and with that whole Motorola Xbox ban thing I'm sure MS has some motivation.

I do'nt care, by the way, who cares?

Moto is crazy about everything, I wonder why they are freaking out over some patent.

iPhone 5 faster than Galaxy S3? LOL GTFIH!

Going based off the 1640 score that Anandtech got with the A6 chip. I was having beers last night when I bought the benchmark app and ran it myself. First test.
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I was confused at first since the A6 supposedly outperformed the quadcore gs3. So I ran it again and...
After working a 13 hour shift with no lunch my gs3 still outperformed the phone that made my day a living hell. GS3 best phone in the market hands down.
Synergy Rom GS3 here. Reps to all GS3 owners.
EDIT: Link to article. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6324/the-iphone-5-performance-preview

few points.
First, this is an apple vs samsung thing, and should not have its own thread.
Second, you don't have a quad-core processor
Third, you don't really think any iphone users out there are really going to care, do you? Nobody has ever purchased an iphone to be on the cutting edge of technology.

pwhoeler said:
few points.
First, this is an apple vs samsung thing, and should not have its own thread.
Second, you don't have a quad-core processor
Third, you don't really think any iphone users out there are really going to care, do you? Nobody has ever purchased an iphone to be on the cutting edge of technology.
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If he bought the international GS3 than yes it does have a quad-core
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dru1226 said:
If he bought the international GS3 than yes it does have a quad-core
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If that's the case why would it be posted in the Verizon section
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dru1226 said:
If he bought the international GS3 than yes it does have a quad-core
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If you look @ the pic he has the i535 aka d2_vzw

you beat me to it, he has the 535, thats how I knew he has the Verizon version, not the quad core one.

pwhoeler said:
few points.
First, this is an apple vs samsung thing, and should not have its own thread.
Second, you don't have a quad-core processor
Third, you don't really think any iphone users out there are really going to care, do you? Nobody has ever purchased an iphone to be on the cutting edge of technology.
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It doesn't. Its a Verizon GS3 with a dual core still outperforming the A6. u mad?

pwhoeler said:
few points.
First, this is an apple vs samsung thing, and should not have its own thread.
Second, you don't have a quad-core processor
Third, you don't really think any iphone users out there are really going to care, do you? Nobody has ever purchased an iphone to be on the cutting edge of technology.
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Go crawl in a hole. Y U MAD?
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BlueCross said:
Go crawl in a hole. Y U MAD?
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I think anyone who buys an iPhone is mad anyways.... You are in a CLOSED ecosystem and you can't do **** with an iPhone unless your connected to iTunes and even then the stuff you purchase is not really yours....? iPhone 5 is a well made and great device but your buying into a LOCKED down OS platform and that I cannot do.... I have an iPad 3 for my daughter and that is only cause it is more "kid" friendly, so if you want a kid friendly phone then get an iPhone 5 and be like EVERYONE else that has the same damn icons and os as the first generation iPhone... LOL

Quad core in OP, dual core in subsequent post.
Don't be sad that you have a phone nobody is going to oogle over anymore because of a new iphone release. Sure, it may not be cutting edge technology, but not a single iphone user is going to be impressed that your phone has 23 app points more processing power than their phone. I have a gs3 because it fits my needs, and others have iphones because it suits them. No reason to be butthurt enough to make a thread about it.
Besides, real men don't measure their manliness by the phone in their pocket, didn't you get the memo?
MFW 0/10 asks me if I'm mad
MFW somebody tries to troll me using 2 seperate accounts
Go back to 4chan, this clearly isn't the place for you.
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I think anyone who buys an iPhone is mad anyways.... You are in a CLOSED ecosystem and you can't do **** with an iPhone unless your connected to iTunes and even then the stuff you purchase is not really yours....? iPhone 5 is a well made and great device but your buying into a LOCKED down OS platform and that I cannot do.... I have an iPad 3 for my daughter and that is only cause it is more "kid" friendly, so if you want a kid friendly phone then get an iPhone 5 and be like EVERYONE else that has the same damn icons and os as the first generation iPhone... LOL
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ehh the android customization VS apple simplicity argument has been done to death, and it never proves anything.
Apple people buy apple products for simplicity or name brand awareness, and they're happy
Android people buy android for function and a sense of self fulfillment, and they're happy
People in the middle buy whatever seems cool and don't care what either have to offer, because they both get the job done and meet their simplistic needs, and they're happy
The whole grass is greener on my side debate is pure opinion, and as long as you're happy with what you have there's no issue. I can imagine an argument in your household though one day!
Daughter: I'm 17 why can't I go on dates, I'm mature enough!
Dad: Why don't you prove your maturity by doing your homework, cleaning your room, and using an adult operating system!

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Gold iPhone 5S: Apple has officially lost it

Apparently, Apple will be providing a Gold Color option for the iPhone 5S.
TechCrunch also confirmed this "Yes, there will be a gold iPhone"
if this is true then man Apple is in trouble.
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I think it will also have a "gold" price tag...

There has already been a gold HTC One:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Gold-and-platinum-HTC-One-unleashed_id44521
And a gold Galaxy S4
http://www.gsmarena.com/gold_samsung_galaxy_s4_is_now_available_for___pound1700-news-6072.php
So what?

np231 said:
Apparently, Apple will be providing a Gold Color option for the iPhone 5S.
TechCrunch also confirmed this "Yes, there will be a gold iPhone"
if this is true then man Apple is in trouble.
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Why? I would buy the Gold one. But then again, I'm FOB Asian, and a lot of analysts say this color will be popular with Asians.
I really don't think the gold would be too gaudy and it would add to the iPhone's aristocratic feel.
Also this would match up with the 5C rumors. Apple could be trying to reach out to more people in developing markets like Asia. Android (samsung) reigns king there.

It will most definitely be popular with Asians and fancy, glimmering, posh girls.

The iSheep will line up for days for this latest Apple gimmick like all the others.

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I think it will also have a "gold" price tag...
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And gold box
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Oh that gold iPhone? I already have 3
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Oh that gold iPhone? I already have 3
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Asians. (aliens meme)
Seriously though, I think Apple has realized that, numerically, it is only winning in the first world. The rest is dominated by Android. The Gold iPhone would appeal to Asians who can afford it and the 5C to those who can't.

See, Apple has not lost their ability to innovate!
*sarcasm
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sauprankul said:
Asians. (aliens meme)
Seriously though, I think Apple has realized that, numerically, it is only winning in the first world. The rest is dominated by Android. The Gold iPhone would appeal to Asians who can afford it and the 5C to those who can't.
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I think you missed the point of that meme, it's not a racial profiling thing, but the gold iphone looks like it'll appeal to people who like flashy things like big chains, grills and rims.

How have they lost it it looks so attractive and premium.
Who said it was real gold its just gold colour aluminum so it won't have a higher price tag then the other colours.
How is this a gimmick? It's just a colour that looks attractive more than any other phone besides the Nokia 8800 series, the only thing this makes me feel is why HTC one didn't come in a gold colour.
I'm not saying that iPhone's are good but you people are obvious haters if your going to call a gold iPhone colour a gimmick, a gimmick is something that is unuseful, stupid or has no purpose but a gold variant of a iPhone 5s is clearly not a gimmick as it has a good purpose that it does very well which is to look premium. It doesn't take an Isheep to buy a phone which looks good it just takes a person who buys a phone with one of the main priorities being having a good design. An isheep is typically a person who buys anything that apple throws at them even if it doesn't work like imaps but I can't understand how you can say apple have lost the plot, what they have done is improved a already excellent designed device and made it even more attractive. The silver variant of the iPhone 5 was described as looking like it was bought from the jewellery store as its beveled edges shines like a expensive watch and this looks even better. Okay, iPhone's are rubbish but atlest their good at something and that's their design which you can't criticize. When people have this in there hands it will look so good it will definitely be a head turner, see for yourself:
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diestarbucks said:
There has already been a gold HTC One:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Gold-and-platinum-HTC-One-unleashed_id44521
And a gold Galaxy S4
http://www.gsmarena.com/gold_samsung_galaxy_s4_is_now_available_for___pound1700-news-6072.php
So what?
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Indeed. Is this really any more garish than Google itself?