I can't understand why people are so angry. common guys let's enjoy life peacefully. You have 3 simples choices :
-You go with Apple and enjoy IOS if you think it's better.
-You don't like to be limited so you go with Samsung to have an Apple 'looklike' + Android goodness
-You don't like to be limited and in the same time you're tired of people thinking you're a appleuser wannabee, so you choose a true inovative Android experience -> HTC
I think everyone can be happy with one of these choices.
PS : Of course, I don't say Samsung should "copy" Apple's design.
What technology? Technology-wise Apple is 1-2 years behind Samsung. Apple is scared of competition. Samsung phones are far superior: 4G, dual core 1.2ghz processors, super amoled+ screens up to 4.5", NFC, newer Wi-fi, BT, Haptic feedback, SWYPE kyboard, thinner - all these results better usability.
You are misunderstanding quite a lot about technology here, but it's okay, I will walk you through it, and then you will understand.
First, you overstate your case, no one is "1-2 years" ahead of anyone in this market technology wise, but we can ignore that one.
Your excited. You were looking for emphasis. I understand.
The main thing you are missing here is that "technology" is not just a list of stuff that's in the phone. Good networking technology is not about whether it has 3G or 4G, it's about overall network performance and efficiency. It's not about whether it uses Wireless N versus Wireless G, it's again about overall performance and how the phone does the job that the consumers want it to do.
Secondly, even when it comes to the individual parts and assessment of those parts in isolation from the overall phone, it's again about performance and usability, not specs and numbers. For instance, gimmicky things like Haptic feedback or a Swipe keyboard that only appeal to a small group of consumers and actually get in the way of other consumers, are a net *negative*. This is actually "bad technology" (to use the simple terms you use).
Sure Samsung has good processors, but Apple's processors running at the same speed, run rings around them in terms of performance. The latest Samsung phone may have a faster processor than the latest Apple phone, but if it doesn't actually perform any faster, then it's not any better is it? Apples phones also get twice the graphic performance out of the same processor speed as a Samsung phone, so overall a Samsung phone *has* to be over two times faster just to compete with iOS.
Finally, on your list of specs that you think proves "better technology" you include things that Apple is not even considering implementing in their devices because they have already decided they are inferior user experiences. Apple is never going to put a superAMOLED screen in their phone because it simply isn't as good as the one they currently use. Apple isn't going to make their screens bigger, because they don't like using bigger screens and value a smaller phone more than they do copying their competitors. These kind of differences are more about different approaches to phone technology altogether and are not comparable.
There. Now don't you feel better? have you calmed down now? There is a good explanation for all of your points if you understand what technology is and how these things all work. I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues.
Har! This one wins the prize for unintentional self-parody.
But I'll follow the Prof's advice: I won't take ANYTHING she says seriously...
Thanks for the fan mail but I don't see what your getting at.
I haven't compared any blog writers to fascists lately. I don't regularly froth at the mouth and I often admit mistakes etc. At the risk of arguing in circles, you are kind of doing the same thing I was criticising here in that your painting me with a brush better left for use on extremists.
I try to make reasoned arguments and not be biased or overly emotional.
Like all of us I fail sometimes. I then try to apologise.
Very interesting read, without getting into it too much, i have to say that when the samsung galaxy s came out, a guy i worked with bought one & 5 or 6 people asked him if it was an iPhone & not only that, he got it because he thought it looked like an iPhone that was cheaper.
With that in mind, it tells me that samsung clearly copied the iPhone design, we know samsung know what they are doing & are we honestly surprised by all the legal battles?.
the comments have been good too some really interesting opinions, lots of funny stuff like Menno getting owned repetitively & he still comes back, lots of straw grasping stuff, its made a fun read tho :P
just watched the youtube vid posted by Menno, pretty cool stuff, but that video clearly didn't have a working tablet, it was just a clipboard & they super imposed the animated screen over it.
i guess thats just as good as making a real tablet right ?
Yeah, I don't think Menno understands the difference between a concept video and an actual design. He/she is also ignoring the fact that Apple themselves made concept videos like this showing similar things in the same sort of time frame.
I've been around a long time and I remember seeing stuff like this in the 1970's even. Just because you can visualise what the future might look like, it doesn't mean you invented it. There were also lots of similar concept treatments of space technology in the 1950's long before any of the technology to make it happen actually appeared.
Also every science-fiction story ever written is the same sort of thing. The author makes some logical informed guesses as to the shape of future technology. That doesn't mean that they invented it.
Please give me a SINGLE example of an article Daniel's posted here that hasn't been an attack against a competing operating system (or he doesn't take an unrelated article and make it this). you'll notice the site can go for a long time without a single article posted by him. And then when something like the Samsung issue happens, suddenly there are 10 posts where he does everything he can to villify whoever he sees as attacking Apple.
You're taking things DED writes way too seriously. I figured out months ago that much of his reputation is based on an act. He doesn't really believe everything he writes, which is plainly apparent if you read some of his older material from a few years ago and compare to now. At one time he had a much more realistic view of Apple and it's place in the industry. He even had a less critical view of Android once upon a time.
But if he didn't go over-the-top with some of his statements, no one would pay much if any attention to him. They gravitated here because of his act and the attention it brought. It doesn't mean he's serious about everything he blogs. Just ignore the way he says it. It's no biggie IMO..
Remember, we're talking HARDWARE here. Look at that tablet concept. Rounded corners, really thin, minimalist design (no buttons). Yes, the UI is different, but Samsung is arguing that the hardware design is something that is obvious.
What technology? Technology-wise Apple is 1-2 years behind Samsung. Apple is scared of competition. Samsung phones are far superior: 4G, dual core 1.2ghz processors, super amoled+ screens up to 4.5", NFC, newer Wi-fi, BT, Haptic feedback, SWYPE kyboard, thinner - all these results better usability.
On the contrary. Some of these result in reduced battery life - especially the 4G - with very little added benefit. 4G coverage is not up to snuff, so this feature does nothing for me. The processors, too, need to be compared on a benefit basis, not just specsmanship and numbers.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
As for "overall design" it's simple: does Apple have patent for a rectangular tablet design with 1" basel, rounded corners, home button in the middle lower part, and grid positioned application icons? It does not. No patent - no grounds for a law suite.
Trade dress cases are about trademarks and do not require patents. You seem to understand this because of what you say next...
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Originally Posted by mercury99
The design is too simple/minimalistic to make the case without a patent. I see the device design is also a fashion/trend issue. For instance, some designer came up with bellbottoms: it became a fashion trend. Similar trends exist in industrial design, for that reason TVs and laptops now look the same.
Well, when I look at an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy side by side, I not only see similar hardware forms (shape of unit, shape and location of buttons and speakers, sensors, etc) but I also see similar app grid layouts (rows and columns) as well as identical indicators of more "pages of apps", similar application docks (the four apps statically placed at the bottom), similar touch gestures (which WERE highly patented), and even virtually identical icons for certain applications, right down to content and color!
I can see how you want to divide and conquer each of these elements, but when you put them all together, there is no doubt that Samsung made a conscious choice to ape Apple's design. This did not occur at random, nor could it be said that it was obvious to the industry that all of these elements were the natural choice and Apple had simply evolved to them almost immediately. No other company has made devices that mimic Apple's design elements (both hardware and software) nearly so completely as Samsung's devices do.
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Apple, stop whining, compete, innovate, make better phones.
Well the year old iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone in the world by a long margin. The unit rocks. The screen is great, the processor and graphics snappy, the battery life wonderful, and the OS about to receive a major upgrade. If making the better phone you seek means cramming in a bunch of stuff that doesn't improve my interaction (like 4G, since there is sparse coverage) at the expense of something I value, such as battery life or the convenient size (regarding your wish for a larger screen) then I am fine with Apple taking their time and releasing good useful upgrades on a yearly basis.
Thanks for the fan mail but I don't see what your getting at.
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That is because you cut out the quote where you did precisely the thing you were criticizing. Pretty transparent. And denying things you were never accused of puts the icing on the cake.
What technology? Apple A5 dual-core SOC is pretty impressive… just one thing among many Apple-designed innovations.
And were is it on iPhone? iPhone running very old tech. 1GHz A5 not impressive and already obsolete: Samsung Nexus Prime to be released this Fall will feature a 1.4 GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9, with 4.65" SuperAMOLED HD screen (1280x720 pixels). That is impressive.
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Originally Posted by tribalogical
Come on, I remember phones before iPhone. iPhone was not the "natural progression" of the industry. It was a market-changing, market-defining leap forward, designed by Apple...
Sure, Apple made huge impact on industry, but now it is riding the old success and marketing image. Company of that size and with that amount of cash can do little more for consumers. Apple became new microsoft.
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Full disclosure, please. Do you work for Samsung or one of its affiliates/beneficiaries…?
I do not, I am just a consumer (you don't work for Apple either). But even if I do, what's the difference does it make? Still you did not make the case that Apple is ahead of even equal in technology.
No, it's cool, I get it. Desperately insecure about your choices, so much so that you have to actively seek out those that might chose differently so you can dance and yell.
But it's OK. Soon, your testicles will drop, and you'll get a place of your own, and you'll feel good enough about yourself to just do what you want without having to make sure everyone is watching.
"Desperately insecure about your choices, so much so that you have to actively" make personal attacks.
"But it's OK. Soon, your testicles will drop, and you'll get a place of your own, and you'll feel good enough about yourself".
BTW I have no "testicles". Did not they teach you in school that 50% people don't have testicles?
You are misunderstanding quite a lot about technology here, but it's okay, I will walk you through it, and then you will understand.
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
Secondly, even when it comes to the individual parts and assessment of those parts in isolation from the overall phone, it's again about performance and usability.
So how do you measure usability? I say that my phone has better usability if:
less dropped calls, fast data, fast multitasking, removable storage/battery flexibility, big screen to accommodate cursor keys and provide better browsing, good screen viewing angles including outdoor, and no antenna issues.
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
Apples phones also get twice the graphic performance out of the same processor speed as a Samsung phone.
You trying to say that old Samsung processor has worse graphic performance vs. current Apple processor. Wow!
No let's look at the current performance Apple vs. current Samsung:
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
Apple is never going to put a superAMOLED screen in their phone because it simply isn't as good as the one they currently use.
No, because Apple does not want pay higher fees to Samsung for this screen. But never say "never".
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
Apple isn't going to make their screens bigger
How do you know? You don't sound quite like Steve Jobs.
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Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody
There. Now don't you feel better? Have you calmed down now? There is a good explanation for all of your points if you understand what technology is and how these things all work. I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues.
"Have you calmed down now? I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues."
If the design was obvious, why didn't Windows tablets look like the iPad until the iPad came along?
Windows tablets have always looked and felt exactly like the iPad
And, just look at all these Android tablets that came before the iPad:
In all seriousness, the people who whine about Apple "not competing" and shit are really, secretly thankful for Apple's iPad bringing real competition to the otherwise lackluster and boring and up-until-iPad, largely niche tablet market. The complainers know that Apple is the ONLY manufacturer that's shaking things up. They won't admit it on this forum, but deep down inside, they know it to be true.
I'm just following a guy that is supposed to know more about these patent suits than the rest of us. It's not my opinion. It's stated as proof that Apple was the aggressor by a guy that's generally accepted as reliable by other posters here at AI.
So if I was walking down the street and randomly punched you in the face, you would be the aggressor because the reason I did it was because I "knew" you were going to attack me?
On the contrary. Some of these result in reduced battery life - especially the 4G - with very little added benefit.
I don't want manufacturer to decide what I need. Let me, the consumer to have 4G option and ability to decide how to manage my 4G usage. Also a simple app can manage 4G usage automatically. AMOLED screens on the other hand use less battery.
Also battery on Galaxy is higher capacity: it has lower power consumption while offering faster processor, bigger screen, replaceable battery and thinner form factor. Here are the official manufacturer battery usage numbers:
iPhone 4
Talk time: 7hrs; Standby: 300hrs
Galaxy II S
Talk time: 9hrs; Standby: 620hrs
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Originally Posted by thompr
Trade dress cases are about trademarks and do not require patents. You seem to understand this because of what you say next... Well, when I look at an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy side by side, I not only see similar hardware forms (shape of unit, shape and location of buttons and speakers, sensors, etc) but I also see similar app grid layouts (rows and columns) as well as identical indicators of more "pages of apps", similar application docks (the four apps statically placed at the bottom), similar touch gestures (which WERE highly patented), and even virtually identical icons for certain applications, right down to content and color!
Usually trademark is used to protect brad name or logo. Yes, sometimes design could also be protected by trademark, but legally it would be dicey.
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Originally Posted by thompr
Well the year old iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone in the world by a long margin. The unit rocks. The screen is great, the processor and graphics snappy, the battery life wonderful, and the OS about to receive a major upgrade. If making the better phone you seek means cramming in a bunch of stuff that doesn't improve my interaction (like 4G, since there is sparse coverage) at the expense of something I value, such as battery life or the convenient size (regarding your wish for a larger screen) then I am fine with Apple taking their time and releasing good useful upgrades on a yearly basis.
"Best selling" does not mean the best. Windows OS is best selling, so is Coca Cola.
My iPhone 3GS ATT reception/data speed was terrible. The screen was too small. Hard to type on small keyboard, no cursor keys. iPhone screen is not as good in daylight as AMOLED screens. Battery was not any better then my current EVO 4G which has higher capacity replaceable battery.
iPhone is overall is a good phone, but there are much better phones.
I will probably skip the Galaxy II S and wait for the October release of Nexus Prime with 4.65" Super AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 sceen, even faster processor and Schneider Kreuznach camera lenses:
I don't want manufacturer to decide what I need. Let me, the consumer to have 4G option and ability to decide how to manage my 4G usage. Also a simple app can manage 4G usage automatically. AMOLED screens on the other hand use less battery.
And so you CAN choose a non-iPhone. I have no problem with that. I just think you're at risk of being fooled by useless specs.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
Also battery on Galaxy is higher capacity: it has lower power consumption while offering faster processor, bigger screen, replaceable battery and thinner form factor. Here are the official manufacturer battery usage numbers:
iPhone 4
Talk time: 7hrs; Standby: 300hrs
Galaxy II S
Talk time: 9hrs; Standby: 620hrs
You're quoting me talk time and standby numbers as if this is only a phone?!?! Where are the numbers when you use this beast for REAL tasks? Those numbers are available from real reviewers for the iPhone, and probably from other gear too. Get yourself a simple phone if all you want is talk and standby.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
Usually trademark is used to protect brad name or logo. Yes, sometimes design could also be protected by trademark, but legally it would be dicey.
That's ALL you can say in response to my demonstration of Samsung's singularly thorough copying of iPhone design elements?!?! No denial, no debate? Just the response that it would be tough to win in a court of law? Well, fair enough I suppose. You tacitly acknowledge by omission that all these things are evidence of copying, not independent evolution of design to what it must be. The case is before the courts now. Let's see who prevails.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
"Best selling" does not mean the best. Windows OS is best selling, so is Coca Cola.
Microsoft won a long time ago because it was by far the cheapest solution. Hardly applies to iPhone today. Coca-cola is best selling because more people think it tastes best. The latter is a VERY appropriate analogy. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
My iPhone 3GS ATT reception/data speed was terrible. The screen was too small. Hard to type on small keyboard, no cursor keys.
I have no problem, and I am as large as a troglodyte.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
iPhone screen is not as good in daylight as AMOLED screens. Battery was not any better then my current EVO 4G which has higher capacity replaceable battery.
Battery technology has advanced a long way since your old iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 4 is awesome compared to the industry when using the smartphone for things other than talk, even without your vaunted AMOLED screen. I am in direct sunlight right now, typing on an iPhone without difficulty. You have reached conclusions based on old tech.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
iPhone is overall is a good phone, but there are much better phones.
The iPhone is the Coca-cola, and there isn't even a Pepsi. Just a dozen "Diet Rite"s or "RC"s that happen to outsell Coke if you tally their numbers together. And you can't even blame the price. It just tastes better to most people and isn't even available yet to some. Facts, Jack.
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Originally Posted by mercury99
I will probably skip the Galaxy II S and wait for the October release of Nexus Prime with 4.65" Super AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 sceen, even faster processor and Schneider Kreuznach camera lenses.
Enjoy those numbers, dude. Good luck with support.
You're quoting me talk time and standby numbers as if this is only a phone?!?! Where are the numbers when you use this beast for REAL tasks? Those numbers are available from real reviewers for the iPhone, and probably from other gear too.
Since there is no manufacturer specs, reviewers numbers may vary depending on type of test. Sure straight 4G usage would use more battery vs. 3G but probably not by much due to a Galaxy's higher battery capacity. But straight 4G usage would not happen anyway, since Galaxy can manage 4G usage automatically just like hybrid car manages use of gasoline. So at the end Galaxy would have very comparable battery time for mixed use (calls, texting, music, web, day, night, work, home). In any case, choice of 4G options which can be always turned off is better then no option.
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Originally Posted by thompr
That's ALL you can say in response to my demonstration of Samsung's singularly thorough copying of iPhone design elements?!?! No denial, no debate? Just the response that it would be tough to win in a court of law? Well, fair enough I suppose. You tacitly acknowledge by omission that all these things are evidence of copying, not independent evolution of design to what it must be. The case is before the courts now. Let's see who prevails.
No, I did not "acknowledge copying", though I would say that Samsung design is heavily influenced by Apple. But I would not say it's copied. Samsung curves are slightly different, 4 buttons instead of 1, back shape is different, front basel is different size. Grid icon layout has been used on mobile and desktop devices forever, including Palm, Psion, Windows CE, Windows desktop, Xerox Star.
Also, what I am saying is that it is much harder to copyright art (industrial design, form factor) and then even harder to prove a copyright violation. There are also different types of copyright: in some cases it is completely legal not even resemble but even "copy". But if court decides that Apple trademark/copyright was violated: so be it and Samsung shell pay the price. But this is a 2-way street: Samsung sues Apple as well for other alleged violations.
Windows tablets have always looked and felt exactly like the iPad
And, just look at all these Android tablets that came before the iPad:
In all seriousness, the people who whine about Apple "not competing" and shit are really, secretly thankful for Apple's iPad bringing real competition to the otherwise lackluster and boring and up-until-iPad, largely niche tablet market. The complainers know that Apple is the ONLY manufacturer that's shaking things up. They won't admit it on this forum, but deep down inside, they know it to be true.
iPad design is based on iPhone design (industrial art/form factor) which is 4 years old. This is old news and nothing significant came since from Apple. Since then Apple made no innovations and Apple is just playing catch game trying to reinvent copy/paste, multitasking, etc.
Since there is no manufacturer specs, reviewers numbers may vary depending on type of test. Sure straight 4G usage would use more battery vs. 3G but probably not by much due to a Galaxy's higher battery capacity. But straight 4G usage would not happen anyway, since Galaxy can manage 4G usage automatically just like hybrid car manages use of gasoline. So at the end Galaxy would have very comparable battery time for mixed use (calls, texting, music, web, day, night, work, home). In any case, choice of 4G options which can be always turned off is better then no option.
No, I did not "acknowledge copying", though I would say that Samsung design is heavily influenced by Apple. But I would not say it's copied. Samsung curves are slightly different, 4 buttons instead of 1, back shape is different, front basel is different size. Grid icon layout has been used on mobile and desktop devices forever, including Palm, Psion, Windows CE, Windows desktop, Xerox Star.
Also, what I am saying is that it is much harder to copyright art (industrial design, form factor) and then even harder to prove a copyright violation. There are also different types of copyright: in some cases it is completely legal not even resemble but even "copy". But if court decides that Apple trademark/copyright was violated: so be it and Samsung shell pay the price. But this is a 2-way street: Samsung sues Apple as well for other alleged violations.
You are being disingenuous in this debate. Here you talk about 4 buttons and display a junky Samsung phone that is not part of the case. Further up the page you displayed a soon-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy S II, which is more like the line of phones that Apple is suing over and has one button on the front face - not 4. You also mention that the "grid layout" of icons has been used before, but nothing about the number of rows/columns, indicator dots of other pages, four icon "dock" at bottom, methods of how to get to those other pages, and content and color of the icons (e.g. phone app). These elements were all copied from iPhone, and Apple's suit is a trade dress suit that they will most likely win, if only in that Samsung will change some of these elements. (You know, "innovate" a design of their own to "compete" with Apple's.)
I could say more about your argument regarding battery life, but I realize that if you are willing to pull the image stunt above, then I am wasting my time. You are a fraud to me.
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-You go with Apple and enjoy IOS if you think it's better.
-You don't like to be limited so you go with Samsung to have an Apple 'looklike' + Android goodness
-You don't like to be limited and in the same time you're tired of people thinking you're a appleuser wannabee, so you choose a true inovative Android experience -> HTC
I think everyone can be happy with one of these choices.
PS : Of course, I don't say Samsung should "copy" Apple's design.
What technology? Technology-wise Apple is 1-2 years behind Samsung. Apple is scared of competition. Samsung phones are far superior: 4G, dual core 1.2ghz processors, super amoled+ screens up to 4.5", NFC, newer Wi-fi, BT, Haptic feedback, SWYPE kyboard, thinner - all these results better usability.
You are misunderstanding quite a lot about technology here, but it's okay, I will walk you through it, and then you will understand.
First, you overstate your case, no one is "1-2 years" ahead of anyone in this market technology wise, but we can ignore that one.
Your excited. You were looking for emphasis. I understand.
The main thing you are missing here is that "technology" is not just a list of stuff that's in the phone. Good networking technology is not about whether it has 3G or 4G, it's about overall network performance and efficiency. It's not about whether it uses Wireless N versus Wireless G, it's again about overall performance and how the phone does the job that the consumers want it to do.
Secondly, even when it comes to the individual parts and assessment of those parts in isolation from the overall phone, it's again about performance and usability, not specs and numbers. For instance, gimmicky things like Haptic feedback or a Swipe keyboard that only appeal to a small group of consumers and actually get in the way of other consumers, are a net *negative*. This is actually "bad technology" (to use the simple terms you use).
Sure Samsung has good processors, but Apple's processors running at the same speed, run rings around them in terms of performance. The latest Samsung phone may have a faster processor than the latest Apple phone, but if it doesn't actually perform any faster, then it's not any better is it? Apples phones also get twice the graphic performance out of the same processor speed as a Samsung phone, so overall a Samsung phone *has* to be over two times faster just to compete with iOS.
Finally, on your list of specs that you think proves "better technology" you include things that Apple is not even considering implementing in their devices because they have already decided they are inferior user experiences. Apple is never going to put a superAMOLED screen in their phone because it simply isn't as good as the one they currently use. Apple isn't going to make their screens bigger, because they don't like using bigger screens and value a smaller phone more than they do copying their competitors. These kind of differences are more about different approaches to phone technology altogether and are not comparable.
There. Now don't you feel better? have you calmed down now? There is a good explanation for all of your points if you understand what technology is and how these things all work. I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues.
Har! This one wins the prize for unintentional self-parody.
But I'll follow the Prof's advice: I won't take ANYTHING she says seriously...
Thanks for the fan mail
I haven't compared any blog writers to fascists lately. I don't regularly froth at the mouth and I often admit mistakes etc. At the risk of arguing in circles, you are kind of doing the same thing I was criticising here in that your painting me with a brush better left for use on extremists.
I try to make reasoned arguments and not be biased or overly emotional.
Like all of us I fail sometimes. I then try to apologise.
I don't see Menno doing that ever.
Very interesting read, without getting into it too much, i have to say that when the samsung galaxy s came out, a guy i worked with bought one & 5 or 6 people asked him if it was an iPhone & not only that, he got it because he thought it looked like an iPhone that was cheaper.
With that in mind, it tells me that samsung clearly copied the iPhone design, we know samsung know what they are doing & are we honestly surprised by all the legal battles?.
the comments have been good too some really interesting opinions, lots of funny stuff like Menno getting owned repetitively & he still comes back, lots of straw grasping stuff, its made a fun read tho :P
just watched the youtube vid posted by Menno, pretty cool stuff, but that video clearly didn't have a working tablet, it was just a clipboard & they super imposed the animated screen over it.
i guess thats just as good as making a real tablet right ?
Yeah, I don't think Menno understands the difference between a concept video and an actual design. He/she is also ignoring the fact that Apple themselves made concept videos like this showing similar things in the same sort of time frame.
I've been around a long time and I remember seeing stuff like this in the 1970's even. Just because you can visualise what the future might look like, it doesn't mean you invented it. There were also lots of similar concept treatments of space technology in the 1950's long before any of the technology to make it happen actually appeared.
Also every science-fiction story ever written is the same sort of thing. The author makes some logical informed guesses as to the shape of future technology. That doesn't mean that they invented it.
Please give me a SINGLE example of an article Daniel's posted here that hasn't been an attack against a competing operating system (or he doesn't take an unrelated article and make it this). you'll notice the site can go for a long time without a single article posted by him. And then when something like the Samsung issue happens, suddenly there are 10 posts where he does everything he can to villify whoever he sees as attacking Apple.
You're taking things DED writes way too seriously. I figured out months ago that much of his reputation is based on an act. He doesn't really believe everything he writes, which is plainly apparent if you read some of his older material from a few years ago and compare to now. At one time he had a much more realistic view of Apple and it's place in the industry. He even had a less critical view of Android once upon a time.
But if he didn't go over-the-top with some of his statements, no one would pay much if any attention to him. They gravitated here because of his act and the attention it brought. It doesn't mean he's serious about everything he blogs. Just ignore the way he says it. It's no biggie IMO..
Apple is making a trade dress argument. one saying that the design they have (hardware) is unique.
It's not. Again, see star trek
And this video from 1994:
http://youtu.be/JBEtPQDQNcI
Remember, we're talking HARDWARE here. Look at that tablet concept. Rounded corners, really thin, minimalist design (no buttons). Yes, the UI is different, but Samsung is arguing that the hardware design is something that is obvious.
hehe couldn't resist
What technology? Technology-wise Apple is 1-2 years behind Samsung. Apple is scared of competition. Samsung phones are far superior: 4G, dual core 1.2ghz processors, super amoled+ screens up to 4.5", NFC, newer Wi-fi, BT, Haptic feedback, SWYPE kyboard, thinner - all these results better usability.
On the contrary. Some of these result in reduced battery life - especially the 4G - with very little added benefit. 4G coverage is not up to snuff, so this feature does nothing for me. The processors, too, need to be compared on a benefit basis, not just specsmanship and numbers.
As for "overall design" it's simple: does Apple have patent for a rectangular tablet design with 1" basel, rounded corners, home button in the middle lower part, and grid positioned application icons? It does not. No patent - no grounds for a law suite.
Trade dress cases are about trademarks and do not require patents. You seem to understand this because of what you say next...
The design is too simple/minimalistic to make the case without a patent. I see the device design is also a fashion/trend issue. For instance, some designer came up with bellbottoms: it became a fashion trend. Similar trends exist in industrial design, for that reason TVs and laptops now look the same.
Well, when I look at an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy side by side, I not only see similar hardware forms (shape of unit, shape and location of buttons and speakers, sensors, etc) but I also see similar app grid layouts (rows and columns) as well as identical indicators of more "pages of apps", similar application docks (the four apps statically placed at the bottom), similar touch gestures (which WERE highly patented), and even virtually identical icons for certain applications, right down to content and color!
I can see how you want to divide and conquer each of these elements, but when you put them all together, there is no doubt that Samsung made a conscious choice to ape Apple's design. This did not occur at random, nor could it be said that it was obvious to the industry that all of these elements were the natural choice and Apple had simply evolved to them almost immediately. No other company has made devices that mimic Apple's design elements (both hardware and software) nearly so completely as Samsung's devices do.
Apple, stop whining, compete, innovate, make better phones.
Well the year old iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone in the world by a long margin. The unit rocks. The screen is great, the processor and graphics snappy, the battery life wonderful, and the OS about to receive a major upgrade. If making the better phone you seek means cramming in a bunch of stuff that doesn't improve my interaction (like 4G, since there is sparse coverage) at the expense of something I value, such as battery life or the convenient size (regarding your wish for a larger screen) then I am fine with Apple taking their time and releasing good useful upgrades on a yearly basis.
Thompson
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That is because you cut out the quote where you did precisely the thing you were criticizing. Pretty transparent. And denying things you were never accused of puts the icing on the cake.
I often admit mistakes etc.
More unintentional self parody!
What technology? Apple A5 dual-core SOC is pretty impressive… just one thing among many Apple-designed innovations.
And were is it on iPhone? iPhone running very old tech. 1GHz A5 not impressive and already obsolete: Samsung Nexus Prime to be released this Fall will feature a 1.4 GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9, with 4.65" SuperAMOLED HD screen (1280x720 pixels). That is impressive.
Come on, I remember phones before iPhone. iPhone was not the "natural progression" of the industry. It was a market-changing, market-defining leap forward, designed by Apple...
Sure, Apple made huge impact on industry, but now it is riding the old success and marketing image. Company of that size and with that amount of cash can do little more for consumers. Apple became new microsoft.
Full disclosure, please. Do you work for Samsung or one of its affiliates/beneficiaries…?
I do not, I am just a consumer (you don't work for Apple either). But even if I do, what's the difference does it make? Still you did not make the case that Apple is ahead of even equal in technology.
No, it's cool, I get it. Desperately insecure about your choices, so much so that you have to actively seek out those that might chose differently so you can dance and yell.
But it's OK. Soon, your testicles will drop, and you'll get a place of your own, and you'll feel good enough about yourself to just do what you want without having to make sure everyone is watching.
"Desperately insecure about your choices, so much so that you have to actively" make personal attacks.
"But it's OK. Soon, your testicles will drop, and you'll get a place of your own, and you'll feel good enough about yourself".
BTW I have no "testicles". Did not they teach you in school that 50% people don't have testicles?
You are misunderstanding quite a lot about technology here, but it's okay, I will walk you through it, and then you will understand.
Secondly, even when it comes to the individual parts and assessment of those parts in isolation from the overall phone, it's again about performance and usability.
So how do you measure usability? I say that my phone has better usability if:
less dropped calls, fast data, fast multitasking, removable storage/battery flexibility, big screen to accommodate cursor keys and provide better browsing, good screen viewing angles including outdoor, and no antenna issues.
Apples phones also get twice the graphic performance out of the same processor speed as a Samsung phone.
You trying to say that old Samsung processor has worse graphic performance vs. current Apple processor. Wow!
No let's look at the current performance Apple vs. current Samsung:
Apple is never going to put a superAMOLED screen in their phone because it simply isn't as good as the one they currently use.
No, because Apple does not want pay higher fees to Samsung for this screen. But never say "never".
Apple isn't going to make their screens bigger
How do you know? You don't sound quite like Steve Jobs.
There. Now don't you feel better? Have you calmed down now? There is a good explanation for all of your points if you understand what technology is and how these things all work. I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues.
"Have you calmed down now? I'd suggest taking a day off, and reading some books about technology so that you won't get so excited next time you misunderstand the issues."
If the design was obvious, why didn't Windows tablets look like the iPad until the iPad came along?
Windows tablets have always looked and felt exactly like the iPad
And, just look at all these Android tablets that came before the iPad:
In all seriousness, the people who whine about Apple "not competing" and shit are really, secretly thankful for Apple's iPad bringing real competition to the otherwise lackluster and boring and up-until-iPad, largely niche tablet market. The complainers know that Apple is the ONLY manufacturer that's shaking things up. They won't admit it on this forum, but deep down inside, they know it to be true.
Please give me a SINGLE example of an article Daniel's posted...
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I'm just following a guy that is supposed to know more about these patent suits than the rest of us. It's not my opinion. It's stated as proof that Apple was the aggressor by a guy that's generally accepted as reliable by other posters here at AI.
So if I was walking down the street and randomly punched you in the face, you would be the aggressor because the reason I did it was because I "knew" you were going to attack me?
Time to drop your flawed line.
On the contrary. Some of these result in reduced battery life - especially the 4G - with very little added benefit.
I don't want manufacturer to decide what I need. Let me, the consumer to have 4G option and ability to decide how to manage my 4G usage. Also a simple app can manage 4G usage automatically. AMOLED screens on the other hand use less battery.
Also battery on Galaxy is higher capacity: it has lower power consumption while offering faster processor, bigger screen, replaceable battery and thinner form factor. Here are the official manufacturer battery usage numbers:
iPhone 4
Talk time: 7hrs; Standby: 300hrs
Galaxy II S
Talk time: 9hrs; Standby: 620hrs
Trade dress cases are about trademarks and do not require patents. You seem to understand this because of what you say next... Well, when I look at an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy side by side, I not only see similar hardware forms (shape of unit, shape and location of buttons and speakers, sensors, etc) but I also see similar app grid layouts (rows and columns) as well as identical indicators of more "pages of apps", similar application docks (the four apps statically placed at the bottom), similar touch gestures (which WERE highly patented), and even virtually identical icons for certain applications, right down to content and color!
Usually trademark is used to protect brad name or logo. Yes, sometimes design could also be protected by trademark, but legally it would be dicey.
Well the year old iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone in the world by a long margin. The unit rocks. The screen is great, the processor and graphics snappy, the battery life wonderful, and the OS about to receive a major upgrade. If making the better phone you seek means cramming in a bunch of stuff that doesn't improve my interaction (like 4G, since there is sparse coverage) at the expense of something I value, such as battery life or the convenient size (regarding your wish for a larger screen) then I am fine with Apple taking their time and releasing good useful upgrades on a yearly basis.
"Best selling" does not mean the best. Windows OS is best selling, so is Coca Cola.
My iPhone 3GS ATT reception/data speed was terrible. The screen was too small. Hard to type on small keyboard, no cursor keys. iPhone screen is not as good in daylight as AMOLED screens. Battery was not any better then my current EVO 4G which has higher capacity replaceable battery.
iPhone is overall is a good phone, but there are much better phones.
I will probably skip the Galaxy II S and wait for the October release of Nexus Prime with 4.65" Super AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 sceen, even faster processor and Schneider Kreuznach camera lenses:
http://yourmobilesite.net/samsung-pl...me-in-october/
But for now I have no choice but pickup the amazing Galaxy S II next month:
You know something, despite all that fancy stuff you go on about...
IT STILL LAGS
...I've been selling them for a couple of months.
Oh and btw, if you sit one next to an iPhone 4 on a table, it's actually thicker...
...that's due to the bumps at the bottom and surrounding the camera.
I don't want manufacturer to decide what I need. Let me, the consumer to have 4G option and ability to decide how to manage my 4G usage. Also a simple app can manage 4G usage automatically. AMOLED screens on the other hand use less battery.
And so you CAN choose a non-iPhone. I have no problem with that. I just think you're at risk of being fooled by useless specs.
Also battery on Galaxy is higher capacity: it has lower power consumption while offering faster processor, bigger screen, replaceable battery and thinner form factor. Here are the official manufacturer battery usage numbers:
iPhone 4
Talk time: 7hrs; Standby: 300hrs
Galaxy II S
Talk time: 9hrs; Standby: 620hrs
You're quoting me talk time and standby numbers as if this is only a phone?!?! Where are the numbers when you use this beast for REAL tasks? Those numbers are available from real reviewers for the iPhone, and probably from other gear too. Get yourself a simple phone if all you want is talk and standby.
Usually trademark is used to protect brad name or logo. Yes, sometimes design could also be protected by trademark, but legally it would be dicey.
That's ALL you can say in response to my demonstration of Samsung's singularly thorough copying of iPhone design elements?!?! No denial, no debate? Just the response that it would be tough to win in a court of law? Well, fair enough I suppose. You tacitly acknowledge by omission that all these things are evidence of copying, not independent evolution of design to what it must be. The case is before the courts now. Let's see who prevails.
"Best selling" does not mean the best. Windows OS is best selling, so is Coca Cola.
Microsoft won a long time ago because it was by far the cheapest solution. Hardly applies to iPhone today. Coca-cola is best selling because more people think it tastes best. The latter is a VERY appropriate analogy. Thank you.
My iPhone 3GS ATT reception/data speed was terrible. The screen was too small. Hard to type on small keyboard, no cursor keys.
I have no problem, and I am as large as a troglodyte.
iPhone screen is not as good in daylight as AMOLED screens. Battery was not any better then my current EVO 4G which has higher capacity replaceable battery.
Battery technology has advanced a long way since your old iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 4 is awesome compared to the industry when using the smartphone for things other than talk, even without your vaunted AMOLED screen. I am in direct sunlight right now, typing on an iPhone without difficulty. You have reached conclusions based on old tech.
iPhone is overall is a good phone, but there are much better phones.
The iPhone is the Coca-cola, and there isn't even a Pepsi. Just a dozen "Diet Rite"s or "RC"s that happen to outsell Coke if you tally their numbers together. And you can't even blame the price. It just tastes better to most people and isn't even available yet to some. Facts, Jack.
I will probably skip the Galaxy II S and wait for the October release of Nexus Prime with 4.65" Super AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 sceen, even faster processor and Schneider Kreuznach camera lenses.
Enjoy those numbers, dude. Good luck with support.
Thompson
You're quoting me talk time and standby numbers as if this is only a phone?!?! Where are the numbers when you use this beast for REAL tasks? Those numbers are available from real reviewers for the iPhone, and probably from other gear too.
Since there is no manufacturer specs, reviewers numbers may vary depending on type of test. Sure straight 4G usage would use more battery vs. 3G but probably not by much due to a Galaxy's higher battery capacity. But straight 4G usage would not happen anyway, since Galaxy can manage 4G usage automatically just like hybrid car manages use of gasoline. So at the end Galaxy would have very comparable battery time for mixed use (calls, texting, music, web, day, night, work, home). In any case, choice of 4G options which can be always turned off is better then no option.
That's ALL you can say in response to my demonstration of Samsung's singularly thorough copying of iPhone design elements?!?! No denial, no debate? Just the response that it would be tough to win in a court of law? Well, fair enough I suppose. You tacitly acknowledge by omission that all these things are evidence of copying, not independent evolution of design to what it must be. The case is before the courts now. Let's see who prevails.
No, I did not "acknowledge copying", though I would say that Samsung design is heavily influenced by Apple. But I would not say it's copied. Samsung curves are slightly different, 4 buttons instead of 1, back shape is different, front basel is different size. Grid icon layout has been used on mobile and desktop devices forever, including Palm, Psion, Windows CE, Windows desktop, Xerox Star.
Also, what I am saying is that it is much harder to copyright art (industrial design, form factor) and then even harder to prove a copyright violation. There are also different types of copyright: in some cases it is completely legal not even resemble but even "copy". But if court decides that Apple trademark/copyright was violated: so be it and Samsung shell pay the price. But this is a 2-way street: Samsung sues Apple as well for other alleged violations.
Windows tablets have always looked and felt exactly like the iPad
And, just look at all these Android tablets that came before the iPad:
In all seriousness, the people who whine about Apple "not competing" and shit are really, secretly thankful for Apple's iPad bringing real competition to the otherwise lackluster and boring and up-until-iPad, largely niche tablet market. The complainers know that Apple is the ONLY manufacturer that's shaking things up. They won't admit it on this forum, but deep down inside, they know it to be true.
iPad design is based on iPhone design (industrial art/form factor) which is 4 years old. This is old news and nothing significant came since from Apple. Since then Apple made no innovations and Apple is just playing catch game trying to reinvent copy/paste, multitasking, etc.
Since there is no manufacturer specs, reviewers numbers may vary depending on type of test. Sure straight 4G usage would use more battery vs. 3G but probably not by much due to a Galaxy's higher battery capacity. But straight 4G usage would not happen anyway, since Galaxy can manage 4G usage automatically just like hybrid car manages use of gasoline. So at the end Galaxy would have very comparable battery time for mixed use (calls, texting, music, web, day, night, work, home). In any case, choice of 4G options which can be always turned off is better then no option.
No, I did not "acknowledge copying", though I would say that Samsung design is heavily influenced by Apple. But I would not say it's copied. Samsung curves are slightly different, 4 buttons instead of 1, back shape is different, front basel is different size. Grid icon layout has been used on mobile and desktop devices forever, including Palm, Psion, Windows CE, Windows desktop, Xerox Star.
Also, what I am saying is that it is much harder to copyright art (industrial design, form factor) and then even harder to prove a copyright violation. There are also different types of copyright: in some cases it is completely legal not even resemble but even "copy". But if court decides that Apple trademark/copyright was violated: so be it and Samsung shell pay the price. But this is a 2-way street: Samsung sues Apple as well for other alleged violations.
You are being disingenuous in this debate. Here you talk about 4 buttons and display a junky Samsung phone that is not part of the case. Further up the page you displayed a soon-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy S II, which is more like the line of phones that Apple is suing over and has one button on the front face - not 4. You also mention that the "grid layout" of icons has been used before, but nothing about the number of rows/columns, indicator dots of other pages, four icon "dock" at bottom, methods of how to get to those other pages, and content and color of the icons (e.g. phone app). These elements were all copied from iPhone, and Apple's suit is a trade dress suit that they will most likely win, if only in that Samsung will change some of these elements. (You know, "innovate" a design of their own to "compete" with Apple's.)
I could say more about your argument regarding battery life, but I realize that if you are willing to pull the image stunt above, then I am wasting my time. You are a fraud to me.
Good day.
Thompson