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Samsung to Depose Jony Ive and Other Apple Designers, Seeks iPhone 4S Source Code
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Whether or not they intend it, it appears as if Samsung is grasping for air, or rather leverage in a settlement agreement. Given the tangential developments of late it seems like they're trying to see what **** sticks-- I mean source code violations of patents based upon third-party chips? Really?
Can't blame them for trying to get better table position though-- we all know that this is how it's going to end.
Can't blame them for trying to get better table position though-- we all know that this is how it's going to end.
Since when has "Depose" meant anything other than to get rid of someone in a high position? Come on Macrumors...
so simple
If a product as nearly as good as another... I'll will try to buy a product from a North American company...
Japaneese poeple do it culturally and i'm pretty sure Korean tend to do the same...
cuz , you see , when everybody buy product from good foreign company, your neighbour lose his job then his house....
Simple thing add up...
I'm also proud to boycott Samsung products ... They're on a knock off mission it seems, common among South Korean electronics companies.
Samsung knocks off the iPhone, iPad, their accessories, graphics and packaging they do it too with washers, dryers, fridges, freezers ... PATHETIC.
It's not made by Samsung, It's a 3rd party accessory compatible with a Samsung product.
Packaging. Interface. Design. USB power adapter. USB dock connector and cable.
I'm sure I could continue. The attached image might help.
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Apple should stop using any parts that are manufactured by Samsung. PERIOD.
The Samsung product is ****, right?
Apple. Stop using any technology or license that is made by Samsung.
You guys are true innovators.
Make your own graphics card, CPU.
Do not use the crappy Intel CPU, or AMD or Nvidia chips.
While at it, make all components in all the product you sell with the pristine, best of the breed Apple designed.
That way, you can charge the customers 10x more..
I open up the MacBook Pro....
Honestly, what is it in the macbook Pro that is Apple designed?
Design.. Yup. I give you that..
Anything else?
WIFI, ethernet? CPU? graphics card? memory? ssd? controllers? thunderbolt?? Display Panel?
Err. Yup. They designed Unibody...
The Samsung product is ****, right?
Apple. Stop using any technology or license that is made by Samsung.
You guys are true innovators.
Make your own graphics card, CPU.
Do not use the crappy Intel CPU, or AMD or Nvidia chips.
While at it, make all components in all the product you sell with the pristine, best of the breed Apple designed.
That way, you can charge the customers 10x more..
I open up the MacBook Pro....
Honestly, what is it in the macbook Pro that is Apple designed?
Design.. Yup. I give you that..
Anything else?
WIFI, ethernet? CPU? graphics card? memory? ssd? controllers? thunderbolt?? Display Panel?
Err. Yup. They designed Unibody...
Ah, that pic again.
The first picture is not a Samsung store...its a Samsung mini store within a store, thus the Apple icons appear...on the back wall.
As for the power adapter, I'm pretty sure a company makes them and Apple and Samsung and other companies buy them.
Black Berry has a similar looking charger.
As for the same box design. Nintendo DS had something similiar:
Nintendo DS came out in 2004, years before the first iPhone. So who's copying who again?
Also when you open a box, you mosttly, if not always, see the product first.
The cable and connector is a PDMI. Which is commonly used .
And the last picture is nonsense.
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I can't imagine that you compare the iPhone with an NDS... wow
i'm sure all of the people on earth think that they are similar to each other. /s
All I want to say is that, a copy is a copy. Everyone knows that. The fact that you don't care if it's a copycat product or not is another matter.
I find it really hypocrite that whenever a Chinese company copies the iPhone or other smartphones, some people shout 'shameless copy!', 'sue them!'.
But when some other companies copy, the same people will say, "hey, they are not actually that similar, this one has one more button! It's the only way that we can make a smartphone! All smartphones before the iPhone had large capacitive screens with only 2 buttons and used gestures!"
I find it really hypocrite that whenever a Chinese company copies the iPhone or other smartphones, some people shout 'shameless copy!', 'sue them!'.
But when some other companies copy, the same people will say, "hey, they are not actually that similar, this one has one more button! It's the only way that we can make a smartphone! All smartphones before the iPhone had large capacitive screens with only 2 buttons and used gestures!"
It's a Samsung store which Samsung corporate opened. I don't care what size the shop is, but it is ran by Samsung corporate. Just because it is a mini-store does not mean that it is not ran by Samsung.
1.) Samsung's is a complete design ripoff, save for the color. 2.) I never said RIM wasn't copying as well, although their adapter has differences, whereas the Samsung adapter is the same exact design.
That's irrelevant. Apple patented the design of the packaging. They look the same and Apple owns the design.
Why did Samsung all of a sudden switch to use a cable/connector that Apple uses? They didn't use it before. Neither does any other major phone maker. Hmm...
How so? Side-by-side they look the same.
Those icons at back is not part of the Samsung booth... as you can see the flooring the wood parquet part is the samsung booth pluss also notice at the left side of the galaxy ace signage there is a small partition which is in line with the wood parquet denotes that the area beyod that is not part of the booth.
Also, check this out:
Boom! Already found a device that has a similar look as the iPhone before the iPhone came out.
Apple did not package the packaging design and if they got one on that then we have some major issues with patent system and Apple knows it would never hold up in court if they did because OH look multiple other things can be sited as examples before hand. So sorry that is just fanboyish to use that as an attack reason. There are better reasons.
Umm PDMI is newer than then Apple's 30 pin. PDMI was proposed as an open standard that anyone can used. It is something that works like Apple's 30 pin connector.
Samsung was not the one who made it nor had any part in it.
At least get your facts straight and understand the reasoning behind it.
I'm not a lawyer, unlike all you people who seem to think that are. :roll eyes:
It will be interesting to see how apple handles this, and if they are forced to actually give the source code. Could open a can of worms one could say.
i would LOVE the iPhone 4s to be banned, mainly because I'm hating all those fan boys who supported apples stance for banning the galaxy tab.
Hopfully it is banned, and then apple and samsung work out a deal between each other. because at the moment both companies are acting pathetic.
Apple is becoming scared of samsung, editing images to suit there case, banned products which effect CHOICE. so hopefully apple gets a hit, and learns there lesson.
It will be interesting to see how apple handles this, and if they are forced to actually give the source code. Could open a can of worms one could say.
i would LOVE the iPhone 4s to be banned, mainly because I'm hating all those fan boys who supported apples stance for banning the galaxy tab.
Hopfully it is banned, and then apple and samsung work out a deal between each other. because at the moment both companies are acting pathetic.
Apple is becoming scared of samsung, editing images to suit there case, banned products which effect CHOICE. so hopefully apple gets a hit, and learns there lesson.
But that's bullcrap. It wasn't shown until after the iPhone and it wasn't even working well once it was shown.