Samsung Matches Jet Black iPhone With New Glossy 'Black Pearl' Galaxy S7 Edge

[mattan_lines]

We shouldn't really be surprised by this though, should we? Compare Samsung phones from 2006 and then 2007 the first iPhone was announced. Compare literally all smart watches from before and after the Apple Watch was released. Compare almost ANY design/color change that Apple comes up with and Samsung soon follows (Sometimes even beating Apple to the punch based on rumors of what Apple is developing). Sure, Apple has copied stuff in the past such as screen sizes, using a stylus with an iPad, and incorporating stuff like an NFC chip and with the detachable keyboard system of the iPad Pro, but Apple usually listens to what the public wants. And while the public didn't want the removal of the headphone jack to happen, guess what? They were right when they said that it took courage to remove it, to usher us into a new wireless (or improved wired via Lightning) era, and guess who is now finally coming to realize that? Samsung.

 

[LordQ]

Can they do anything original?

Explode.

 

[Korican100]

They've had this color before for special edition Galaxy Edges before the iPhone 7 was ever released.

Lol, it's funny but as a longtime iPhone user, I never even would have considered an Android phone, let alone a Samsung phone, if not for all of the press this site gives Samsung! I actually come here first for Android news and Samsung news before I head on over to Android Central and other sites.

This morning I came here to check out the latest iOS and IPhone news and see how things were going with the new MacBook pros and lo and behold it's two back to back articles on Samsung that greet my eyes. I'm not complaining. I love my S7 Edge and my HTC 10 just got its update to Nougat--very exciting and I would not be doing nearly so well on Android if not for the help and advice I've received here on MacRumors. But I'd love to get my SE back up and running again once all the beta testing is finished up on iOS 10.

the reason the article is here on MACrumors is because they are two articles showing how Samsung is copying apple. And even if they had this color before, they now make it part of their main catalog AFTER iphone 7 releases it? lmao, poor samsung fanboys. They have taken a beating in 2016, and looks like it will continue in 2017.

 

[imronburgundy]

Disgusting rip offs

What an ignorant comment.

 

[tbrinkma]

If it were me I would have used some different words.

Like "heat and light"? ;P

 

[DotCom2]

OMG! Samsung, get your OWN ideas!

 

[ghost187]

Well they didn't copy force touch because even they knew that's a gimmick. I just wish the 2017 iPhone looks exactly like the S7 edge to be honest.

 

[imronburgundy]

Funny thing is this phone has been on the market almost 8 months and they make this color now as a clear copy from apple. Why wouldn't they just wait until the next phone to add this color. It's stupid to me. Never would apple add a color for a phone when the next phone suppose to drop in 3 months. Like why.

Because people requested it? If you hear from your customers that they want a certain item and are willing to pay for it, are you just going to say "nahh, you get what we give you (kind of like Apple)"? I doubt it.
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Dang Samdung its such a copy cat...I don't know how they sleep at night...I won't own a thing that stinkin' company makes! I read somewhere that Apple may come out with a Red iPhone next year.....the crappycats are already starting to look for their Red color...

Feel better now?

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

Red is next.

Red is next.

You are aware that Samsung released a Galaxy 6 edge in red last year? Talk about living in a walled garden

 

[kdarling]

Compare literally all smart watches from before and after the Apple Watch was released.

You mean like how Apple offered a pink gold and white band combo a year after Samsung did?

Popular colors are popular colors. No one owns them.

Sure, Apple has copied stuff in the past such as screen sizes, using a stylus with an iPad, and incorporating stuff like an NFC chip and with the detachable keyboard system of the iPad Pro, but Apple usually listens to what the public wants.

So do others. Manufacturers of almost anything have always added popular colors and shapes in order to not lose sales to a competitor. This goes for clothing, devices, automobiles, houses, jeez you name it.

It would be foolish to lose a sale simply because you didn't offer the same color choices. Nothing wrong with that.

Heck, Apple didn't shy away from using pastel colors for their iPhone 5C just because Xiaomi had already done it a half year earlier on their plastic phone:

Isn't there even now a rumor that Apple will bring out a red iPhone?

It's dollars to donuts that if they do, it's aimed at the Chinese market.

Hmm. Looking back, it seems to me that BOTH Samsung and Apple are chasing the Chinese fashion market more than any other.

 

[Avieshek]

Next up, name change to Pear Inc.

(rumors of Samsung Car begin)

Have you heard the Pineapple song?

 

[840quadra]

Black Velvet may have been their 1st choice, but they didn't want to get a Lawsuit issued to them by Alannah Myles

Looks good, Though I wouldn't consider this a copy, as they already had a black version before the 7 was announced, in the form of Black Onyx.

 

[576316]

"Please buy this instead of an iPhone. Look, we have Jet Black too! Please, we really need this."

 

[Pootmatoot]

It looks to be only mildly shinier than the shiny black option Samsung had long before Apple.

What is this bizarre obsession with pretending Apple did things first? It rarely does, they're the sort of company that does things late, but in a way they're happy with.

 

[CPx]

Will it be metal?

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

At least it won't easily scratch like the Jet Black iPhone 7 SMH

Is that all you're worried about? It's a CONSUMER product.

 

[840quadra]

It looks only mildly shinier than the shiny black option Samsung had long before Apple.

What is this bizarre obsession with pretending Apple did things first? It rarely does, they're the sort of company that does things late, but in a way they're happy with.

Both companies do a lot of things first. What Apple (And Samsung) implement after the other has, is often executed better, after learning from the mistakes / feedback of the other company. This sometimes leads the OG creator to raise the standards on their creation making theirs better too.

It's all competition, great for forum arguments, but better for us consumers.

 

[alphaod]

If only Samsung would copy the speed Apple releases OS updates for their devices. Nougat has been out three months now? And they release a new color instead of updating our OS.

 

[Dave245]

Not only this but there's another article that says Samsung are planning to copy Apple's ideas, removing the home button and making a bezelless phone. But then there's another article that says Apple have 10 prototype's, so really no one knows what's Apple will release next year. So in effect Samsung will be guessing at best.

 

[Pootmatoot]

Both companies do a lot of things first. What Apple (And Samsung) implement after the other has, is often executed better, after learning from the mistakes / feedback of the other company. This sometimes leads the OG creator to raise the standards on their creation making theirs better too.

It's all competition, great for forum arguments, but better for us consumers.

My point's more about trying to claim credit. I can't remember any sort of similar "I did it first!" posts on Samsung, Android, or Microsoft boards.

It's a very weird and unhealthy attitude that seems to infect the Apple communities I'm part of far more than others. Is it a marketing thing?

(I say this as a 90% Apple product user... I think they stand up for themselves without all of this essentially lying about history)
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Not only this but there's another article that says Samsung are planning to copy Apple's ideas, removing the home button and making a bezelless phone. But then there's another article that says Apple have 10 prototype's, so really no one knows what's Apple will release next year. So in effect Samsung will be guessing at best.

Lucky that dastardly timetravelling Samsung had already copied Apple then and made bezelless phones and a non physical home button years ago then!

 

[Stjuls]

iPhone 7 was the first black phone ever manufactured.

 

[winston1236]

Title:
"Samsung Matches Jet Black iPhone"

Article:
"Samsung already offered the Galaxy S7 edge and ill-fated Galaxy Note7 in a somewhat glossy Black Onyx finish, so we will have to wait for actual photos of the new Black Pearl color to see the difference"

Well that's quite a difference.

 

[Dave245]

Lucky that dastardly timetravelling Samsung had already copied Apple then and made bezelless phones and a non physical home button years ago then!

But unluckily, they took a stab at Apple about the headphone jack (something they are rumoured to be removing from their own devices) and then released a phone that was dangerous, had it re-called and then released it again that was still hurting people and causing damage. Samsung's plan shouldn't be to copy Apple, but it should be to do their own thing while winning their customers back that they put in danger in the first place.

 

[TechGeek76]

Next up, name change to Pear Inc.

(rumors of Samsung Car begin)

Like this? http://www.autoevolution.com/samsung/

 

[Stjuls]

What is this bizarre obsession with pretending Apple did things first? It rarely does, they're the sort of company that does things late, but in a way they're happy with.

I've been asking myself this question, found no answer. Maybe a psychoanalyst can explain this primitive mob mentality. Everyone knows black phones and other black products have been produced in the past. Apple did not invent black products with the iPhone 7.