My thought exactly.
Although I do waste time reading the comments on articles likes this... I need a new hobby...
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My thought exactly.
Although I do waste time reading the comments on articles likes this... I need a new hobby...
My thought exactly.
Although I do waste time reading the comments on articles likes this... I need a new hobby...
The most annoying thing is that the thread has turned into a meta discussion, hating on people who hate, instead of saying something that is relevant to the actual topic.
haha, I wasn't sure if you were trolling, but i see you've been banned.
The iPhone 6 looks inspired by an iPod touch, unless you're referencing the 6 Plus's screen size. As Samsung reminded us in an ad, they've had big screens for ages, and have had plenty of time to conceive and implement the "next big thing".
Plus, I'm pretty sure Apple released the iPad years ago, which was labeled "just a big iPhone" at the time.
Features like removable battery, expandable memory, waterproofing, etc have been removed with the S6 for a more iPhone like design, going as far as adding "Samsung Pay"!
...and you accuse Apple of copying Samsung? I know this forum let's users express any opinion they want, but you wouldn't want flat-Earthers on a science forum, and we don't want idiots here.
Oh for real ? Bro you are just taking it too seriously.
Both companies produce craps sometimes but they produce an incredible pieces of engineering as well.
And about the bendgate. Yes there were issues and apple could easily predict that by using better materials. But they did not. End of story. It might not have been a global ****up but they could prevent the faux pas by not being a cheaptards.
Oh and about the holy in my handle...i have chosen it just because i thought that such nickname will surely be free
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I do not think they have been removed for a more iPhone like design. Battery is gone because of fast charging, micro sd is gone because they have far superior internal storage in terms of r/w speeds and that because they wanted users force to pay for more expensive models + cloud, and the waterproofing yeah you are right here.
And calling it a Samsung Pay was a terrible idea which instead of strengthening the brand brought a shame on them. They should have used the name of the company the bough (LoopPay i believe?)).
You can hardly come up with something new and ground breaking. It is the implementation that matters not that it's all new and original.
Isn't that the truth. That's why it's so funny when Apple fanboys make fun of Samsung when Apple does so well with the iPhone. Samsung is in the back saying "keep those components rolling..our largest client just ordered another batch of 1 billion"
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With the exception of a few non-biased posters, you pretty much summed it all.
I think you're confused. Apple has never stated any of that. That's in your head.
And if you feel otherwise please show proof where they stated they invented everything. If they stated they invented something, they actually did.
And Samsung, Sony, HP, B&O, Nike, BMW, Coke, Pepsi...etc doesn't act like they make everything better than everyone else? A company that's proud of their accomplishments should feel that way. It's obvious you're not self employed building your own business, because that's the proper mindset of an entrepreneur.
Apple at least has the ballz to take a losing product and turn it into a winner while their competitors take Apple's winning product and just copy it to make a quick buck.
Relax...don't let them get you all worked up on the past.
No matter what any court decides, all players in the smartphone business today are building upon what was done before. Around the time Apple and Google started to enter this arena all the bits were there...just no one managed to put them together and reach the masses. I think the closest thing to the first iPhone and the Android models were the community modded XDA devices (for example there were some great mods for the HTC Diamond....ah nostalgia)
Anyway, my real point is that I am pretty sure, that here are a lot of posters with an agenda (be that simple fanboyism for a specific brand or maybe being paid by one of those brands) and those people will not react to logic or reason...you will never convince them even if what you say is undenyable truth.
So best don't waste your time on them and enjoy the current developement that is going on. Apple is bringing it's ecosystem along and even though some of their decisions are clearly not to my liking, they are offering a compelling experience for lots of people. Microsoft may be ready to be taken as a serious as a supplier of an enjoyable Experience as well (if they get Windows 10 Desktop and Mobile plus the Phones and Tablets right). Android is in a different league as they are not able to deliver the integration between mobile and desktop/company that Apple and MS...but let's be real, most users won't use those features anyway and a non-geek (so clearly no one reading this post) probably won't care.
And to sum this all up: As the little geek I am, I enjoy this time with fun new tech toys to play with every couple of months AND I could not care less for what company makes a profit from my sale as long as what they sell me delivers what I want.
Lets ditch the Apple TV for a FireTV if that currently offers you a better experience...and switch back when the table turns again...ah great times, great choices
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It's a Good Thing that Samsung didn't buy into Jobs' "thermonuclear war" nonsense, and instead kept supplying Apple anyway.
If Apple owned world class memory development and CPU foundries, do you think they'd let Samsung get access? Or would Jobs have wanted to keep the best chips for Apple.
Well, we already know the answer from the way that Apple has bought up or taken exclusives on previously widely shared industry suppliers like like AuthenTec and Liquid Metal. Apple is not known for sharing tech unless it's someone else sharing with them.
this idea exists in bloggers and consumers' heads. when was the last time apple claimed to invent something other than the very specific tech they implement into portions of their devices? which are legitimate 'inventive processes'.
people who have a problem with the things you mentioned tend to assume apple claims to have invented the TABLET or the SMARTPHONE or the PC.
never have i heard apple claim to invent something they didn't. jobs even addressed this with the famous line about true artists stealing.
If Apple owned world class CPU foundries, they would need them to be busy at all times, to recoup the investment and make money.
logo overpowers all hate. bc FABS are very expensive.
ask AMD that.
samsung just makes the chips, the chips are still apples technology property.
I don't think it would be feasible for apple to get into the FAB business just to supply their own chips for apple products.
If they were to get into the FAB business, Apple would need to sell the chips to all interested parties...and apple wouldn't want to do that.
Without Samsung, Apple would be TMSC's biggest customer.
Without Apple, Samsung wouldn't have _one_ division that didn't take a tumble in the last year.
While I don't doubt they'd use that in GS7 if they have it, there is no way they'll use that in a Note 6 this year.
The main reason Samsung "shares" is that they need too. Spending 10B on fabs just to sell to yourself, or a selected list of company building high end phones, is a highly losing proposition. Getting a 3-6 month internal process advantage some years (they didn't have it the year before) is just not worth it.
Remember, other companies that need fab work (Apple and others) would then go elsewhere (refusing just Apple would risk antitrust problems) and your going to lose that money to someone else, which can then use those funds to build a better process to leapfrog you permanently.
Samsung went into the fab business basically as an outgrowth of the their memory business (which they are very good at).
In the case of authentec, and liquid metal, its mostly IP and personnel Apple bought. They don'T need to sell anything to make that investment pay, and that's why they don't "share". If Samsung had IP that gave them a permanent or long term advantage, that could be uniquely applied to mobile phones and nothing else, believe me, they'd use it.
Don't want to get into a squabble over this, I'm actually pretty neutral, don't have a blind bias towards anything, really, but I thought the A8 had better single core benchmarks than the Exynos 7420?(Is that chip being used in the US S6 even? Honest question, I have no idea.) Of course the multi-core score is higher, it has two more cores than the A8. Aren't the processors in single core operation in the majority of use cases?
If you're buying over 4.3 BILLION dollars worth of eggs and poultry products, it would not be dumb.
I believe the economists call this: "Vertical Integration"
Apple could still could have chosen to use TSMC, it just wouldn't have been the best option.
Unlike the people on this forum that blindly hate Apple, most corporations know that making business decisions based on grudges is not a good practice. Apple knows that Samsung will do the best job, so they choose Samsung to produce their chips. Simple as that.
