So, if we remove the oblong button and change it to a perfect square. Then we remove the other buttons. We move the camera. Like you said, we change the screen size. We change the back completely, like you also said. So we're stuck with saying they're copying Apple because of... the shape of the phone? Because just about everything else is different.
Let's not pretend that a rectangle phone is magically an Apple creation.
I never said the word "copy" - you did. See the poster above....its not just the "fanboys" who throw these terms around. It is the responsibility of all parties to cut this crap out.
I simply said that it looks like an iPhone - the chamfered edges, the design details that haven't existed on any Galaxy smartphone until this particular phone - ironically the first to have some metal in the construction.
Personally, I've never seen what the fuss was about when it comes to Samsung devices. The software sucks, the designs are ok but nothing really amazing. Honestly, I think they get plenty of publicity from fanboys on both sides arguing about whether or not they copy Apple. Regardless of how you feel about it, that type of publicity puts them on equal footing in consumer's minds with Apple creating a similar "want" for their products.
At this point it seems people have started to move on. Cheaper devices in China, Korea and India and the lure of a larger iPhone in the US, Japan and UK. All while Windows Phone continues to pick up speed in places like the UK and Europe.
Anyways - borrowing. Not copying. Samsung borrows more than anyone (and the things they borrow sometimes make me laugh). I think they ran out of ideas a long time ago. I don't think they've ever really innovated anything and have relied on marketing dollars and inside knowledge of Apple's key features (not to mention Android's vast improvement) to dominate.
I think that's all beginning to fade. And thank the heavens - its about time the BEST of Android (HTC One, LG G3) had the spotlight. Unbelievable to me how they get overshadowed by the Galaxy S series.
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TouchID was not developed by Apple? 64-bit processors are a standard ARM implementation. Continuity? Haven't tried that, so no comments yet. So far it doesn't look like anything that hasn't been on offer on every cloud service for years, though.
TouchID was certainly developed by Apple. They didn't invent the fingerprint sensor, but TouchID as an implementation is most certainly an innovation. Look at how many flagships had such a feature before the iPhone 5S. Now see how many have some attempt?
Nothing about Apple's processors is standard. What other smartphone OEM released a customized chipset based on 64-bit architecture? Oh, that's right....they all buy straight from the shelf....did you miss the articles after the announcement? People from companies like Intel and Samsung and such talking about how it took them by surprise? And how they'd need to kick it into gear to implement something similar?
I've never used anything like Continuity....perhaps I don't know about or have access to all these cloud services you do....the ability to pick up anything at any time on any of my devices without set up seems pretty unique. But perhaps I'm wrong.
At any rate. It's all been done before. Why should they even bother? When people like you simply dismiss new implementations because some guy in a basement made a working fingerprint sensor in a smartphone that no one ever used....
Enjoy whatever platform you enjoy. I'm looking forward to Apple's announcements and the enhanced competition in the Android space that comes about as Samsung loses its grip on the lion's marketshare.
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I agree with everything said here.
The unfortunate thing that happens on MacRumours is that there is a frequent, and loud group who claim that if something isn't #1 and sells wildly successful, than it wasn't real, and therefore since Apple's iteration is wildly successful, Apple ahs the right to claim it as their own invention/innovation and exclusive right to it.
The Fingerprint scanner is one of those that gets this sort of attention. Apple has done an excellent job at making a fingerprint sensor. its the best implementation I have ever seen so far on a mobile device.
it is however not the first implementation of a fingerprint sensor in a mobile device or phone.
Just because it's the best and has been extremly succesfull, does not mean anyone else who is doing it is "copying" apple.
I really wish the 'fanboydom' would drop this notion of copying. it does happen, thats what KIRF is. Thats what the GooPhone6 is. That is not what a Galaxy phone is. That is not what a Nexus is.
its just one of my pet peeves when there are people who have this mentality, where their bias is obviously more important than fact
There is also an equally loud group who feels its their duty to "criticize" Apple for just about everything and perpetuate these stereotypes and buzz words by attributing them to just about anyone who has anything decent to say about Apple.
The idea that Samsung is some white knight fighting against the evil Apple stranglehold on customers is quite pervasive. And it baffles me.
