You missed the point of what I said, companies preorder phones for their stores without having any sales ready. They then pay the original supplier as they are sold. So you see the Samsung pre-order figures contain phones that have not been paid for and do not have a customer waiting for them (yet).
Console companies do this as well I recall a story about 8 million Xboxes (perhaps PS3s) being "sold" in reality it meant 8 million consoles have been sent out to stores, the number of actual sales is a percentage of this larger figure.
I am not saying it will not sell well I am just saying that 9 million figure is not actual preorders or sales, it only means 9 million phones have been ordered to stores and customers. Assuming that stores have already sold every phone they have ordered is a big assumption. Boxed software used to be the same you send a store software but they only pay you when they sell the box. They might have 20 boxes at the store but for your accounting they don't count it as a real sale until you get paid. However if you want to make the numbers sound bigger in marketing and PR you count your ship out figures as sales figures. Oldest trick in the book even if it is easily seen through by people in the industry the press usually just cut and paste the number and don't look at the small print.
As for Apple protecting their patents, well that is understandable, all companies including Samsung protect their patents and apply for infringing products to be blocked from sale. If Samsung are not guilty they have nothing to worry about. Same goes for Apple in Germany etc etc... Apple are not "scared" of Samsung making assumptions that either company is scared of the other etc is being a blind fan to one company or the other, it's big business worth billions so you need to protect your patch.
I hope most of my posts are objective I try to look at the facts and make up my own mind based on facts not on my like or dislike of either side. Looking at your posts it seems you dislike Apple (and perhaps like Samsung) and your are letting this colour your view of the argument. It's easy to do but to have a real discussion of the pro's and con's it's sometimes best to take a step back and think am I being really biased and ignoring the facts or trying to make the facts match my viewpoint?
I don't think Apple or Samsung are perfect however I am more interested in what each side is doing well or badly and what features could be implemented on either OS's or phones, throwing about cheap shots at either Apple or Samsung is not helpful (or for me interesting).
Edwin (Trying to be as objective as possible)
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You fell for Samsungs marketing. The 9 million was not preordered by "folks". It was preordered by global carriers. The S3 didn't set any records for preorders.
I tried twice to explain that
It might outsell the iPhone over time it might not but it has not sold 9 million pre orders as you pointed out It's a clever sales trick though the console companies can get enough of it when they release console sales figures
Edwin
