Samsung Dealt 3 Blows in Apple Case: Banned in Australia, Looks Bad in U.S. & More

[mrZoSo]

I was using 'losing profits' very loosely. Maybe I should have said, they're seeing a lot of money not being spent on there products.

 

[czerdrill]

I was using 'losing profits' very loosely. Maybe I should have said, they're seeing a lot of money not being spent on there products.

You'd be wrong there too.

 

[GBH2]

You'd be wrong there too.

Apple sells a lot of products and makes a lot of money but Android phones are increasing their user base faster than iphones.

 

[UNC]

You guys are using the whole "rectangle" thing as a straw-man argument. The physical design may be one part (and possibly the weakest part) of why Apple is in this battle with Samsung, but obviously TouchWiz is the real issue. If Samsung would just release the products with vanilla Android instead of TouchWiz they might be in the clear.

But hey, let's just let these billion dollar companies battle, at least they are paying some taxes to the courts!

 

[czerdrill]

Apple sells a lot of products and makes a lot of money but Android phones are increasing their user base faster than iphones.

Ok yes that I will agree with haha.

 

[kodiak799]

I do wonder if Apple kind of got caught sleeping in smartphones - they had dispatched numerous contenders there and on the IPods - and is now getting very aggressive trying to defend the tablet space. . Of course, it may take many years yet but aside from becoming a patent troll, MS is the elephant that may be put out to pasture if they don't get a significant stakehold in the smartphone/tablet market because it's only a matter of time when the 3 markets merge into 1 device, I think.

Ultimately it doesn't matter. You can commoditize the markets - and eventually it will be - and Apple will still make a lot of money than everyone else. Just look at the Mac - basically the same components and really offers 90% of the market very little vs. the PC yet sells for hundreds more.

 

[pc747]

I sort of hope they have a firesale with the glaxy tab over this but I doubt it :frown:.

 

[SquireSCA]

You guys are using the whole "rectangle" thing as a straw-man argument. The physical design may be one part (and possibly the weakest part) of why Apple is in this battle with Samsung, but obviously TouchWiz is the real issue. If Samsung would just release the products with vanilla Android instead of TouchWiz they might be in the clear.

But hey, let's just let these billion dollar companies battle, at least they are paying some taxes to the courts!

They probably wouldn't even have to take off TouchWhiz... If this is just over how the interface "looks", all they have to do is create a different "theme" and ship the phone with that. You can always install whatever themes and icon packs you want later, including one that has all Apple iPhone icons. They wouldn't have to change the menues and features of Touchwiz, if it's just about looks, all they have to do is pick another theme and push it to the phones, problem solved.

 

[sajgel]

I think it is a bunch of BS. Samsung should just stop building anything for apple.

 

[sb1831]

It's funny how everyone gets up in arms about someone making changes to and rebranding a ROM as their own without giving credit to the source but everyone is OK with one company blatantly ripping off another's form factor and potentially their IP as well

 

[Mark Kropf]

Apple is acting like a spoiled baby in a big way.

 

[czerdrill]

It's funny how everyone gets up in arms about someone making changes to and rebranding a ROM as their own without giving credit to the source but everyone is OK with one company blatantly ripping off another's form factor and potentially their IP as well

Ha so true

 

[trestevenson]

I think it is a bunch of BS. Samsung should just stop building anything for apple.

From what I remember, that relationship was severed just before all of the litigation kicked into high gear.

 

[UNC]

It's funny how everyone gets up in arms about someone making changes to and rebranding a ROM as their own without giving credit to the source but everyone is OK with one company blatantly ripping off another's form factor and potentially their IP as well

This x1000.
Remember Blackdroid v. Cyanogen? (Kang-gate)

The truth is that Apple could devise a cure for cancer and some people would try to find a way to bash them, no one seems to be able to admit that TouchWiz is a blatant rip-off, and no one seems to give them the credit they deserve. Hell, Mr. Jobs seemed like public enemy #1 for a ton of people.... That is, until he died.