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MplsP said:

EsquireCats said:

Highly doubtful of infringement here, photoplethysmography is *very* well established medically, has numerous patents associated with it prior to Omni, with the core concepts dating back to 1937 and even earlier. I.E. There is a very good reason why they chose West Texas, and it has nothing to do with having a good set of patents.

osmartormenajr said:

The patent is invalid. It describes every pulse oximeter ever made. Which, by the way, are wearable devices, usually put on the tip of an index finger!

Ditto. In addition, the patents were not even in effect when the Apple Watch first came out, and that's the release date, forget about development. In any other court it seems like this would get thrown out pretty quick. In Texas, well...

DanielEran said:

andyshannon said:

This is what happens when you innovate, put out devices with the latest cutting edge technology in them, like wireless charging, fast charging, waterproofing, give customers a headphone jack, a fully customizable OS, smartwatches that will pair with any other mobile device, a VR ecosystem at a great price. All make for a winning formula. Plus make all the most important parts (screens, chipsets, memory) for the other biggest mobile phones out there too, you are gonna make some big money!

We know where Samsung makes its money because the company reports it. 

IM is smartphones tablets and PCs, etc (similar business segment to Apple). It's down significantly since 2014. So no, "wireless charging, fast charging, waterproofing, give customers a headphone jack, a fully customizable OS, smartwatches that will pair with any other mobile device, a VR " are not the reason Samsung is making more money over the past two years. 

It's mostly from and Semiconductors-- displays and largely RAM, because all those Chinese phones have to pack in lots of DRAM to run Android ( and also because Apple is buying up flash for high end sales of iOS devices).  CE (appliances) are also growing. Samsung smartphones are down, and in particular profitable smartphones are down since 2014. Clearly because Apple erased the size difference. 

mobird said:

First to market, first to fail.

lkrupp said:

If analysts are wrong about Apple then it stands to reason they are wrong about Samsung too. I mean, with articles like “Why Samsung’s exploding phones make me want even more to purchase the Galaxy 8” (the logic being new Samsung phones will be super safe because Samsung tested the crap out of then), well, what can I say. C|net and Brian (the Twink) Tong will be hard selling it bigtime.