Well, I have to say even though I'm against overdoing patents and trademarks, Samsung does indeed appear to be quite the Doppelganger for Apple ideas. OTOH, Apple buys its parts FROM Samsung, so WTF do they expect from a company that they purposely do business with who is making the parts for them in many cases? It's TOO EASY for Samsung to just take the same or similar parts they're making and badge their own phone with a different OS. Apple shouldn't deal with a company that is ripping them off, IMO. It doesn't look good, if nothing else.
Regardless, it is actually Google (Samsung makes a good distraction) that is Apple's true enemy since Google is the one powering the operating system that is Microsoft's Windows to Mac's OS. On the plus side, Apple is no longer pushing its classic OS equivalent, but then Google's Android isn't exactly MS-Dos or Windows 95 either. It's just hard to imagine Apple maintaining its market share indefinitely without constantly having to re-invent itself as sooner or later the economies of size are going to catch up and nay pass Apple's market share. Oh wait. That has already happened. And Google is now #2 behind Apple for the most valuable company on Earth. How long before they switch positions and Apple drops down down down? A decade? A few years? Next year? It's hard to say, but I fear it's inevitable. Larger shares with lower prices ultimately trump higher prices with cachet. It's why KIA has gone from a Yugo-like joke to one of the top car companies in the world because most of the world is POOR and cheaper sells, particular as quality eventually catches up. The only way for Apple to stay ahead is to constantly have new features the other companies don't have yet that people really want enough to pay more.
