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Samsung Reportedly Drops Out of Apple's A8 Chip Production Over Low Yields
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What is your point? Windows Mobile 6.5 came our 2+ years after the iPhone.
Well, 6 in general came out in 2007 , before the iPhone.
Also, you can't say that Apple would have gotten to where they were with out the development of Windows Mobile.
They deserve a lot more credit then they get.
My point was that everyone borrows and steals ideas from each other.
How do you like the notification center in iOS ? Hmmm ?
It was first demoed after the iPhone. Again, not quite supporting your point.
Why not?
Absolutely. You just picked a horrible example to illustrate that point.
What happened to Samsung is not borrowing but completely copying. Even Google warns Samsung not to completely copy Apple.
Dude - You really want to get into this ?
Here is Windows Mobile 5 , released in 2005 and in development since 2003
Not as slick as Apple's iPhone , but clearly the inspiration. There was no such thing as a smartphone before this platform and Apple borrowed HEAVILY from their research
Galaxy s2 was a copy but not the s3 or s4 and all the recent phones
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Not like you could make a new mobile os in a week. It was in development for years
Ugh, tell me about it. Roboto just screams one of those hideous default Impact type of fonts that come pre-installed with Office.
Just curious what inspiration for the iPhone comes from it. I'm not saying it wasn't I'm just not sure what specific feature/item you're pointing to in those pictures.
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You got me interested. Sources please
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That's so cool, do you have sources?
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Apple Newton OS around 1990
Apple Newton OS around 1990
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Okay, take copying off the table. Take that same list you created. Now again I ask, what can Samsung glean from that component list? They already know the chip roadmap, they fab them. They wouldn't give a hoot about the 2GB of RAM, they already use it. The screen size? Again, they have 70 bajillion screens sizes. If Apple comes out with a larger phone what's Samsung answer going to be? Something smaller? Same size? Larger? Already done, done, and done.
Both your answers have been vague and full of generalities. What specifically do you mean by "The depth of knowledge that Samsung has into Apple's product roadmap is disturbing"? Disturbing how? What exactly do you think they know?
1984 - Yes I remember that year quite well.
There wasn't such a thing as a mobile OS. That honor goes to Microsoft a few years later.
What you posted is an early Apple desktop OS , borrowed (if not stolen COMPLETELY) from Xerox.
Microsoft had already been developing their OWN GUI and developing upon ideas grown IN-House !
As opposed to the copy, buy or steal approach from Apple.
What about the Newton? When it comes down to it, it's the GUI we're talking about here. A few years later? More like a few decades.
"Apple engineers visited the PARC facilities (Apple secured the rights for the visit by compensating Xerox with a pre-IPO purchase of Apple stock) and a number of PARC employees subsequently moved to Apple to work on the Lisa and Macintosh GUI." -Wiki
So Xerox inviting Apple to demo the GUI, purchased rights from Xerox, and Xerox PARC employees working on the Lisa is somehow "COMPLETELY" stolen?
No, you know what is "COMPLETELY" stolen? The post iPhone Android OS that was a blackberry wannabe pre iPhone.
That's not how it works when your biggest client is Apple. The people working at the semiconductor division get paid bonus based on what the division makes, which means by "just dropping out", they reducing their own salary while your friends working at the phone division get paid more money. If that sounds crazy to you, because it is.
Samsung sells LCD displays to Apple, Microsoft sells online services to Apple, Sony sells camera modules to Apple and Qualcomm sells chips to Samsung even though they are all rivals. Most large conglomerate work this way.
Be careful what you wish for, it doesn't always turn out the way one likes.
Are you seriously saying TSMC is a second tier supplier? I mean your bias is obvious but seriously the largest foundry in the world is "second tier"?
I'm still wondering how Apple could possibly pull this off. Has anyone successfully pulled off multifoundry thing for a chip of this scale successfully?
Biggest doesn't always mean best.
As I remember, Samsung ssd's and lcd panels were the desirable ones in the Macbooks not too long ago. But Apple is far wiser than I, so if they have the confidence in TSMC, they are comfortable in their choice. For we the consumers, I hope it all works out as intended.