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Oletros

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I need to ask this question to all the samsung lovers on here, and bearing in mind I have a TV and surround system made by samsung(they do awesome tv's), but do you honestly believe that the engineers in the company that have been handed a design by apple thought to themselves, 'wow! thats awesome, but we must not copy it'?

And exactly what designs have been handled to them?

And I ask, is this really hard to copy a design just by buying the gadget? Why do you need an insider knowledge?

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FYI the "washing machine manufacturer" also built this:

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And this

400px-Burj_Khalifa_building.jpg
 

bradgfromboo

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Nov 1, 2012
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I need to ask this question to all the samsung lovers on here, and bearing in mind I have a TV and surround system made by samsung(they do awesome tv's), but do you honestly believe that the engineers in the company that have been handed a design by apple thought to themselves, 'wow! thats awesome, but we must not copy it'?:rolleyes:

I don't think so somehow.;)

There has been reports that some people in the company warned about the litigation that has happened, so how can you say that this is all apple?

They are not being greedy, they are looking after their own best interests, as are samsung, it takes two to tango.:cool:


You are just dense... Samsung does not assemble their phones so why would they have the design? Chip design yes, screen specs yes, ram specs they want... yes
 

bobinhell

macrumors newbie
Jul 2, 2012
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Do you trust a gadget manufacturer as a workstation maker?

Yes I would. First of all your statement is not correct.
Apple is, historically, a computer manufacturer first, of both personal computers, workstations (e.g. Mac Pro) and servers (e.g XServe).
Then they entered the consumer ("gadget") market.

So your question should be: do I trust a computer/server/workstation manufacturer to make my phone. Yes I do.
Would I trust someone with your judgement on anything? Probably not. :p
 

samcraig

macrumors P6
Jun 22, 2009
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TBecause Samsung made/makes many parts for the iPhone and iPad and then comes out with products that look and act similar to Apple's. Samsung has built in corporate & IP espionage and they took advantage of it, hoping Apple was too dumb to notice. Apple sued and here we are, years later.

Most ridiculous comment this morning. Congratulations.
 

Optheduim

macrumors regular
Jun 9, 2011
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intellectual property is worth fighting for, but im so tired of hearing about these lawsuits. Macrumors used to be all about the products, now its all about the legality of the products... apparently apple has closed lip
 

garybUK

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Jun 3, 2002
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I need to ask this question to all the samsung lovers on here, and bearing in mind I have a TV and surround system made by samsung(they do awesome tv's), :

Let's hope that Awesome Samsung TV doesn't have Capacitor issues like mine did, £1.5k tv sat there doing nothing because they used very nasty capacitors in the PSU that has blown the T-CON Board, 1.5 years after buying it..... and Samsung won't do jack even though they know about the issue.
 

bushido

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Mar 26, 2008
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And exactly what designs have been handled to them?

And I ask, is this really hard to copy a design just by buying the gadget? Why do you need an insider knowledge?

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And this

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didnt u hear? they tried to copy the empire state building but made it even bigger #sarcasm
 

lordofthereef

macrumors G5
Nov 29, 2011
13,161
3,720
Boston, MA
At first I loathed this nonsense, but now I welcome in. Tons and tons of blatant abuse are what inevitably leads to reform. And patent reform we need.
 

MH01

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Feb 11, 2008
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Customers are the losers as a result of these legal battles.

I have both the Samsung S3 and Iphone 5.

Love both, for different reasons. Iphone 5 the best made phone at present, the S3 under jelly Bean, best OS. Yes iOS just got boring for me, and that is what made me buy an S3, I could care less about the legal battle of patents, both these phones are very different for me.

I am impressed how far Android phones have come since the nexus one I owned, app also.

The iphone 5 is a piece of art, brilliant example of design and attention to detail.

iOS, needs are major refresh, this is my single major issues with the 5, compared to the S3, and the reason I use the S3 on a daily basis.

I am just hoping that the success of the S3 will push apple to innovate and produce an even better phone, I do not want another iphone 5 launch where on one had I think its amazing the way its engineered but boring at the same time. In a way I just hope Samsung wins, apple gives up the legal fights and gets back to making amazing gear.
 

Monkeydude

macrumors member
May 12, 2011
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Hamburg, Germany
Selective truth?

So what. Samsung is a conglomerate, their skyscraper building activities has nothing to do with their consumer electronics branch.

So why didn't you quote the 2nd part of the statement as well??? Let me do it for you:

And moreover, your iPhone and iPad has 90% of parts made by Samsung, maybe Apple just designed and made the bodyshell themselves!

When I open up a brand new cMBP or Mac Mini, the first thing I see are two Samsung RAM, so what's happened? Apple trusts a washing machine manufacturer as their parts manufacturer?
 

albusseverus

macrumors 6502a
Nov 28, 2007
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All cheap advertising for Samsung. Even cheap R&D, just wait and see what Apple does.

As for copying Apple, they just have no shame at all - Samsung stores, store-in-store displays, all blatant copies of Apple. Not to mention the products. Which are sold as - "just like iPhone/iPad", shamelessly.

If they didn't do this, they'd be down the toilet like Nokia and RIM.

So why wouldn't they just tough it out in court? It's not like they have any conception of what they're doing as wrong, or even embarrassingly pathetic. They see Microsoft copy everything Apple does, and do it even more shamelessly.

Samsung don't even have to quote sales numbers, just SHIPPED, and the media jump on it. The media would be out of a job if they didn't have somebody besides Apple about which to report. You never see digitimes reporting on Samsung returns/unsold. That would put them out of business.

What's sad about this whole business, is how poorly Apple has done at making their case & protecting their intellectual property.

In the one jury trial, the public/jury fell over themselves to stick it to Samsung - it's clear to any sensible person what Samsung is up to. Only lawyers and judges could warp this into a victory for Samsung. And that just proves what lowlifes inhabit the legal system.
 

TMay

macrumors 68000
Dec 24, 2001
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I don't agree with the response and reducing people to "fanbois." But part of his rebuttal and bringing in what Samsung does was relevant.

"My money is still on Apple - I don't trust a washing machine manufacturer as a phone maker."

Samsung is one of the largest heavy industries on earth today, Samsung even involved in building skyscrapers in UAE and some of the largest container ships today. If you just know Samsung of their washing machine, I suggest you should never travel to UAE or trust any shipping company."

The question would be: How did Samsung become so large?

Could it be a protected market? Yes, absolutely.

Could it be bribery and payoffs of Government officials?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1627411/...amsung-says-exposé-former-s-korean-prosecutor

People fawning over Samsung need to take a closer look.
 

subsonix

macrumors 68040
Feb 2, 2008
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So why didn't you quote the 2nd part of the statement as well??? Let me do it for you:

Because it has nothing to do with skyscrapers? But if you want to, the 90% is BS, afaik it's down to the CPU now in the iPhone5 just looking at the iFixit teardown would tell you this.
 

Monkeydude

macrumors member
May 12, 2011
83
81
Hamburg, Germany
Eat this

Originally Posted by HarryKNN21
Galaxy SIII and Galaxy Note II have already blown iPhone 5 out of the water, of course I know Apple fanbois are not going to admit this.


If you are going to make claims like this, please cite actual sales numbers for both. Otherwise, this seems to me just your opinion. Personally, I am happy to see Apple have competition, but I dislike people making wild claims with nothing to back them up.

Here you go:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57505552-37/upset-iphone-4s-surrenders-u.s-crown-to-galaxy-s3/

and it's about most SELLING!!!! so please don't start that "shipping numbers" discussion again.
 

samcraig

macrumors P6
Jun 22, 2009
16,779
41,982
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All cheap advertising for Samsung. Even cheap R&D, just wait and see what Apple does.

As for copying Apple, they just have no shame at all - Samsung stores, store-in-store displays, all blatant copies of Apple. Not to mention the products. Which are sold as - "just like iPhone/iPad", shamelessly.

If they didn't do this, they'd be down the toilet like Nokia and RIM.

So why wouldn't they just tough it out in court? It's not like they have any conception of what they're doing as wrong, or even embarrassingly pathetic. They see Microsoft copy everything Apple does, and do it even more shamelessly.

Samsung don't even have to quote sales numbers, just SHIPPED, and the media jump on it. The media would be out of a job if they didn't have somebody besides Apple about which to report. You never see digitimes reporting on Samsung returns/unsold. That would put them out of business.

What's sad about this whole business, is how poorly Apple has done at making their case & protecting their intellectual property.

In the one jury trial, the public/jury fell over themselves to stick it to Samsung - it's clear to any sensible person what Samsung is up to. Only lawyers and judges could warp this into a victory for Samsung. And that just proves what lowlifes inhabit the legal system.

So full of wrong information it's sad. For example (and just one) the "Samsung Store" you speak of - wasn't a Samsung store. It was a 3rd party store that sold Samsung devices.

It's very sad when people don't bother to seek out the truth for themselves and instead get their "facts" from forums only.

The question would be: How did Samsung become so large?

Could it be a protected market? Yes, absolutely.

Could it be bribery and payoffs of Government officials?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1627411/...amsung-says-exposé-former-s-korean-prosecutor

People fawning over Samsung need to take a closer look.

I have an idea - let's take something irrelevant and then make it even more irrelevant to the thread.

Samsung isn't interested in settling. No surprise there. No idea why people are arguing back and forth. It doesn't make sense for Samsung to settle. Anyone/everyone could at least agree on that.
 

subsonix

macrumors 68040
Feb 2, 2008
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79
Same place as the Genuine product ;)

Right, what I was trying to get to is that a company the operates in the western parts of the world would never get away with this type of cloning. Customs and police is kept busy going after this type of activity where ever it pops up.
 

Rodimus Prime

macrumors G4
Oct 9, 2006
10,136
4
I need to ask this question to all the samsung lovers on here, and bearing in mind I have a TV and surround system made by samsung(they do awesome tv's), but do you honestly believe that the engineers in the company that have been handed a design by apple thought to themselves, 'wow! thats awesome, but we must not copy it'?:rolleyes:

I don't think so somehow.;)

There has been reports that some people in the company warned about the litigation that has happened, so how can you say that this is all apple?

They are not being greedy, they are looking after their own best interests, as are samsung, it takes two to tango.:cool:

Just going to point out engineers and developers (the coders) generally do not do UI design. They are given the design requirements and what it will look like from the design team. They are then let loose figuring out how to make it work with in those designs. This applies to both hardware and software. What you will see happen is the engineers and the coders will some times go back to the design team asking for a change or saying what they want is a not the best idea in terms of design saying what would have to be done under the hood so to speak would come at a heavy cost elsewhere.
 
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