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Samsung Debuts Apple-Like Design Video for Galaxy S6 Edge
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For those whose math might be rusty at these scales, 1 nanometer = 0.001 microns.
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Samsung lacks the subtlety and finesse required to troll at this level.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Apple does the same. It's called following the current market or popular look.
E.g. Apple mocked smaller tablets. Then an Apple SVP used a 7" Samsung tablet and recommended that Apple make the iPad mini.
As for case looks, Apple followed everyone else into phablet sizes and even used HTC's metal case antenna design. They also were not first to use little holes for speakers on the bottom, or that curved design.
As for things like UIs, the whole point of them is to be easily understandable. Which is why it's no surprise that Apple's icons looked very similar to what others had already done.
That's why it's so stupid when people claim that Samsung should have done theirs differently from Apple. Why, when Apple was just doing what everyone else had done, right down to the left-leaning slant.
Apple's microphone choice also had already been done by HTC:
Did you bring up keyboards? Apple later copied Android's voice input key:
As for wallet icons, they too had been done before. Should Apple have instead avoided using individual tickets and colors just because others had? No. And neither should Samsung.
Using somewhat similar colors or styles or shapes is not blatant copying.
Blatant is Apple directly copying the Swiss Railway clock dial.
Blatant is Apple using a WiFi icon that a third party developer was using. Remember that?
And yes, blatant is Samsung doing a very similar fingerprint entry mode, with partial prints filling in.
Galaxy S6 sales disappoint in Samsungs home country
"Korean wire service Yonhap News reports that the company is seeing disappointing early sales in its own home country."
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/04/22/galaxy-s6-sales-disappoint-in-samsungs-home-country/
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If I were an executive at Samsung HQ, I wouldn't be laughing right now.
Those pictures don't even tell the whole story. Here are a couple of videos showing how Apple has handled fingerprint setup since the iPhone 5S was released in 2013, and how Samsung now handles fingerprint setup with the Galaxy S6:
Apple
https://youtu.be/GrO_KgbrnXk?t=47s
Samsung
https://youtu.be/Yowbs9oAuGQ?t=46s
I didn't ask for Apple features that you don't find useful. I asked for Apple features that provide no real world purpose or utility.
Continuity
A lot of people who own an iPhone also own an iPad and one or more Macs or MacBooks. If you don't believe me walk onto any college campus and see how many students are using Macs vs. Windows. Even years ago, before Ballmer's departure from Microsoft, his executives were frequently photographed running Powerpoint presentations from carefully hidden MacBooks. I use Continuity and Handoff all the time, and it's not difficult to imagine its utility even if you, personally, can't use it.
Siri
Are you kidding me? I use Siri almost exclusively over the GUI when setting reminders, answering quick text messages, asking for directions, checking for a quick weather forecast, checking for movie times, adding items to my shopping list, and certainly for any functions while driving. With the Apple Watch, many early reviewers have commented that Siri works so well, it may well end up being the primary method for interacting with the device.
These two features alone have actually changed how millions of people interact with their devices on a daily basis. Real world utility - not just a bullet point in a product brochure. And unlike Samsung's curved displays, waterproof port covers, user accessible batteries, and removable memory cards, neither Siri nor Continuity will be abandoned in the next year.
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Someone should do a Samsung Star Trek parody with "copying" as a substitute for phasers or the warp drive.
Kirk: Scotty! I need more... copying!
Scotty: She cannae take any more, captain. That Xerox core is just about to blooow!
Bones: Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor not a plagiarist!
Ha, good post. Samsung fans are stuck in the past...when people were actually buying Galaxy phones. If this downwards sales trend continues, I expect Samsung will concentrate on making parts for Apple...and making dish washers and TVs.
They can sure do with a bit of fun. Not that Samsung has much to smile about recently. Their only division that hasn't gone down massively in revenue and profits is the one making parts for Apple.
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Hmmm, a device that illegally and shamelessly counterfeits money on demand... Sounds like a perfect Samsung product.
Well, no. She isn't his girlfriend. It's obvious that she is totally freaked out by the creepy guy with the stalker watch, taking photos of her. What you don't see is the bit later on where he follows her into a restaurant, she asks some nice guys for help, they kick him out, push his face in the snow, and stamp on his watch.
This would be worth bringing up if someone said Android copied iOS. Obviously, all companies copy each other to some extent. After all, everyone's releasing smartwatches now, everyone's releasing tablets, everyone's phones have large screens. Whichever feature someone brings to market, you'll be able to find someone, somewhere who did it first, whether unsuccessfully or not.
But it genuinely seems to be, when Apple adds something to iPhone, Samsung ensures it adds it to the Galaxy as flagship feature as soon as possible. Examples: 64 bit phone processors, finger-print scanner, mobile payments.
If Apple were to copy Samsung this constantly, iPhones in 2012 would have had LTE, 5.5 inch screens, and SD card slots.
Google updated Android Wear before the Apple Watch launched, to ensure it didn't lag behind on features. The reason this forum isn't up in arms about that, is because Google didn't make a huge fuss about the update, then roll an ad about how Apple customers are idiots and Apple copies them.
The watch has a tiny display showing digital numbers. Perfect for ape-descended life forms that are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
The scroll wheel would be in about the worst possible position - in the middle of the display - if the display were any bigger.
The price is amazing - £499 for steel band and £470 for the watch with a plastic band.
BTW. Wrist watches have had scroll wheels for more than 100 years. But usually in a better place than on the Braun watch.
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Just have a look on the internet and post any numbers that you can find. The whole TV market for example is in desperate search for something that makes people buy now TVs. 3D and 4K are only bought by a minority.
Who cares about these adds?
The Galaxy 6 is another POS Android device that can't manage even with 3g of RAM for god sake!!! It's just another POS Device running an OS written with JAVA.
Read some of the Android Threads on reddit. With 3g's the Galaxy 6 uses 85% of it's memory just turning on.
The 6 outperforming it in 90% of processes with 1g !!
The 6 is by far the Best Smart Phone, and will only get better with the 6s. As long as they keep Ive's away from it.
The Galaxy 6 is another POS Android device that can't manage even with 3g of RAM for god sake!!! It's just another POS Device running an OS written with JAVA.
Read some of the Android Threads on reddit. With 3g's the Galaxy 6 uses 85% of it's memory just turning on.
The 6 outperforming it in 90% of processes with 1g !!
The 6 is by far the Best Smart Phone, and will only get better with the 6s. As long as they keep Ive's away from it.
Notice how in that chart it is frowning on one and smiling on the other. Kind of ironic isn't it.
