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Samsung Wants To See iPhone 5 and iPad 3

Posted by timothy on from the i-tit-for-i-tat dept.

tekgoblin writes "The suit against Samsung that Apple filed back in April has been full of surprises recently; Apple even asked to see some of Samsung's future devices. Now, Samsung is requesting to view Apple's upcoming devices such as the iPad 3 and iPhone 5."

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  1. Back to the future by Helge9210 · · Score: 1

    I've seen this before. The way to see the future with the concentration of sheer corporate power.

    1. Re:Back to the future by fremean · · Score: 1

      Can't we all just get along?!?

  2. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    not gonna click it to find out, but I'd be surprised if parent's link wasn't goatse

  3. Yes I remember... by lxs · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I show you mine if you show me yours."

    they never did.

    1. Re:Yes I remember... by deniable · · Score: 1

      No, but Slashdot will dupe this later.

  4. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by Jimbookis · · Score: 2

    Oh goddammit. I didn't need that right before bed.

  5. Delaying Release by Nerdfest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I found the comment that this may delay their release the most interesting. If true, perhaps this will stop Apple and others from abusing the legal system in the future. Smart move on Samsung's part.

    1. Re:Delaying Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I believe that's only half the reason.

      The other half would be so Apple doesn't look at their designs, go "Oh snap that looks good" then rip it off for their next device. This way they both get to have the fun of being both sides of this assfuck.

    2. Re:Delaying Release by carou · · Score: 4, Informative

      Except that's completely incorrect. I know the link says "asked to see some of Samsung's future devices" but that doesn't mean the request was granted. Rather:

      She [Judge Koh] also limited the results of discovery to "Outside Counsel Eyes Only," meaning neither Apple nor its in-house counsel will get a peek at the phones or related marketing materials.

      Apple will get no opportunity to rip off Samsung's pre-release designs. It's such a shame that the facts are so much less interesting than your speculation.

    3. Re:Delaying Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's right, Apple got to where it is today by ripping of Samsung's designs.

    4. Re:Delaying Release by solkimera · · Score: 2

      still, having only apple's counsel look at stuff gives them unfair advantage. I mean, they can make whatever claim they want about what they had planned for future devices.

    5. Re:Delaying Release by MikeBabcock · · Score: 1

      Any communication (however illegal) of the counsel to Apple is privileged, and so I wouldn't trust them anymore than Samsung does.

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    6. Re:Delaying Release by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2

      Not all communication with counsel is considered privilege. Defying a court order or planning a crime, for example. For example a client may tell his counsel whether he or she committed a crime and that is considered privilege. A client telling counsel about future crimes he or she will commit is not privileged. Sanctions can be imposed on counsel that violate a judge's order including disbarment.

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    7. Re:Delaying Release by toriver · · Score: 1

      The same way Microsoft got where they are today by ripping off Digital Research I guess? (MS-DOS being a cheap "clone" of CP/M)

      Anyway:

      "Eventually, a stripped-down version of the Alto, the Xerox Star 8010 Document Processor, was released to the public in 1981 for US$17,000. The Star had some differences from the Alto, most significantly the ability to overlap windows was removed as it was thought too confusing for the general public. Instead, the Star used tiled windows. As significant as the Star's release was, it was too little and too late for Xerox, who had by that time lost most of its top researchers to other companies." (A History of the GUI)

      Usually you rip off" market successes, not failures. Apple saved GUI from the incompetent hands of Xerox is a more correct interpretation of history.

    8. Re:Delaying Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      The same way Microsoft got where they are today by ripping off Digital Research I guess?

      Yes, the same way. Why is it that Apple fanbois just can't admit Apple has done something wrong? Apple fanbois are like this are the sort of tossers who would dob everyone else in just so they wouldn't have to take the blame themselves. Quick, someone's bashing Apple, direct them to something Microsoft did, that will make it all ok even though MS has nothing to do with this discussion in any way, shape or form. Standard Apple fanboi behavior.

    9. Re:Delaying Release by deniable · · Score: 1

      No, they just rip-off Cisco's trademarks.

  6. Re:And iPhone will look like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    goatse warning! I'm still recovering.

  7. Relax, I be a doctor by TheyTookOurJobs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I completely believe Apple is paranoid enough to believe that everyone is stealing their generic unappealing design, it's frightening that a judge can tell Samsung to pull down it's pants and cough.

    1. Re:Relax, I be a doctor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I mean generic sure but "unappealing" is a bit ridiculous being that they're the most popular single devices out there.

      But hey, you're just trolling and I have fed you. Congrats.

    2. Re:Relax, I be a doctor by jo_ham · · Score: 1

      Cool story bro.

  8. Re:And iPhone will look like... by Nerdfest · · Score: 1

    Turn on TinyUrl previews. It saves lives.

  9. Wild flailing stab in the dark guess by senorpoco · · Score: 1

    It will be a thin cuboid.

    1. Re:Wild flailing stab in the dark guess by mjwx · · Score: 1

      It will be a thin cuboid.

      Actually it will be a rectangular prism with a low measurement on the Z axis.

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  10. Funny... by lisany · · Score: 1

    I want to see them too.

    1. Re:Funny... by nospam007 · · Score: 1

      I'd prefer to see the iPhone 17 and the iPad 15, so that I don't accidentally copy their design.

    2. Re:Funny... by pasv · · Score: 1

      Then you should start suing someone. It's all the rage these days ;)

  11. Correct me if I'm wrong... by errandum · · Score: 1

    ... But isn't it apple suing Samsung for copying their design?

    I can see why a judge wants Apple to see the next Samsung models, but I fail to understand why would he ever grant Samsung permission to check future Apple releases.

    1. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      To provide assurance to Samsung that Apple won't steal their tech for this next gen. If Samsung can see what Apple is up to currently and then Apple changes direction after seeing Samsung's stuff, Samsung can go after them.

    2. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by AmericanInKiev · · Score: 1

      It's a moot point - that is, made to demonstrate the one-sidedness of the equation.

    3. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by mjwx · · Score: 2

      ... But isn't it apple suing Samsung for copying their design?

      I can see why a judge wants Apple to see the next Samsung models, but I fail to understand why would he ever grant Samsung permission to check future Apple releases.

      Because Samsung can counter sue if the future designs have copied anything from the Galaxy series.

      But then again, Apple is suing Samsung because the Galaxy S has rounded corners and the box it comes in is kinda the same. Heck, lets do away with the false pretences, Apple is suing Samsung because Samsung is a threat to them and they cant compete. Samsung is saying they will go after Apple's jugular with this move.

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    4. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by bennomatic · · Score: 1

      Right. This isn't about all the also-rans copying Apple's work at all, is it?

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    5. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by mjwx · · Score: 1

      Right. This isn't about all the also-rans copying Apple's work at all, is it?

      No it isn't.

      If you've bothered to read the actual suit that Apple put together to sue Samsung with, they are suing over trivial things that cannot be patented like rounded corners.

      The law suit is about trying to stop a competitor before the competitor becomes too advanced for them.

      By the way, could you find a more trite and biased source of information. It's almost as if you need to reinforce a belief that you're not sure is actually true.

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    6. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... by Graham+J+-+XVI · · Score: 1

      Can't compete? iPhones FAR outsell any Samsung device.

  12. What goes around... by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...comes around. This should prevent Apple from taking Samsung's designs and running with them. Although I still fail to see how or why one should be allowed to patent a design. It's not like it's super secret if it's on the outside...

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    1. Re:What goes around... by msauve · · Score: 1

      From the summary, where a convenient link to more information is provided for your use: "Apple even asked to see some of Samsung's future devices."

      You don't understand what "future" means, do you?

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    2. Re:What goes around... by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 1

      It's clear who is trying to run with whose designs.

      And get their asses slapped with another expensive lawsuit? I wouldn't be so sure about that...

      I've seen both iPhones and Galaxy S-s. They may be similar, but that's because they're both phones, with a tried and true shape. I can see Apple taking a cue or two from the Galaxy S UI design, or maybe even the Nexus S (if that's included in the suit, it has a really nice apps list), but unless the iPhone 5 makes some groundbreaking changes in the UI, or is something like banana-shaped, I don't see how Samsung could benefit from it...
      Now if someone was copying the LG Flutter, I'd say it has grounds.

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    3. Re:What goes around... by arisvega · · Score: 1

      Maybe because most of Apple's target group is no what we colloquially refer to as "computer people"? As in (dramatization follows);

      (Granma): Hey 'ya all, I got me one of thems fancy Apples!

      (Uncle Bob): Lemme see .. Pert neer, but not plumb, that there ain't no Apples! Looks darn lot like one, though.

      (Granma): Ya recon? And that know-it-all on the store didn't speak up at all- next month ah'm in town, a gonna havta open up a can a' whoopass on that know-it-all boah in the store- some Mr rocket surgeon he thinks he is!

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    4. Re:What goes around... by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 1

      I'd say Gramma's response would be more along the lines of "Well, if it works, what do I care...", being "not computer people". And it's not like Apple or anyone goes specifically after 'shady dealers', who would be most likely to copy and sell knock-offs. Other companies phones have solid tech behind them, even if they do look close (which kinda follows from being a phone, therefore sort of restricted in its shape and design).

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    5. Re:What goes around... by wvmarle · · Score: 2

      If you think that patenting has to do with keeping things secret, then you obviously have no clue about the reason we have patents. Patents are designed to fully disclose an invention; actually a patent is supposed to be written in a way that someone skilled in the art can build the machine described in the patent. This to promote the disclosure of inventions, and with that to increase common knowledge. The reward for this full disclosure is a time-limited monopoly on the use of that invention.

      A design patent is different: it means that no-one is allowed to use the same design in their products. How same is same... that's what's now in court. Of course no secrets involved here, just protection of one's intellectual property (a design patent doesn't have an expiry data afaik - I'm not sure about that point), in a fashion similar to trademarks (a trademark is basically protected by using it, for unlimited time, protection ends when you stop using it - registration is optional though highly recommended).

    6. Re:What goes around... by MikeBabcock · · Score: 1

      This is all stupid. I've had over a dozen people in a day ask me if I'm carrying an iPad when I have a Dell Streak. The five inch Dell Streak no less. User idiocy is not evidence.

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    7. Re:What goes around... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 3, Informative

      In the actual story, there are details about which products Apple wants to see. Samsung's products are already released or going to be released in the near future. They have been shown and demonstrated like at CES 2011 in February.

      • Galaxy S2: released in South Korea April 28, 2011
      • Galaxy 8.9: early summer 2011
      • Galaxy 10.1: release date June 8, 2011
      • Infuse 4G; released May 15, 2011
      • Droid Charge: released May 14, 2011

      Apple, however, has not announced nor shown their upcoming products. The public does not even know the name of upcoming products. This has been Apple's way of doing things for years. When Apple announces or shows their products, they will announce when they will be available and usually within weeks. The only exception I can remember is the original iPhone which had a six month lead; but the reason Apple stated that it announced so early was that it was going to be hard to keep it a secret much longer as they had to apply for FCC licensing. Apple applying for FCC licensing for a cell phone when they didn't make cell phones was going to be an public indication.

      The question one could ask is why Apple needs the design when the product is already released. The answer is rather simple: Samsung, as the manufacturer, is the only one that can provide official designs to Apple. Getting the designs from anyone else is not official.

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    8. Re:What goes around... by msauve · · Score: 1

      announced != released

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    9. Re:What goes around... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 1

      Samsung announced the release date . With a release date of sometime in the next few months or wekks, it is highly likely that the designs have been finalized for manufacturing. Which is the point of why Apple want to see these not yet released products.

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    10. Re:What goes around... by jo_ham · · Score: 1

      And you don't understand what "biased, misleading and incorrect summary" means, do you?

  13. Re:iPad 3 is rumored by spire3661 · · Score: 1, Informative

    High likelyhood of being a Goatse link. Proceed with caution

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  14. mentioned before but.... by metalmaster · · Score: 2

    Apple and Samsung employees/execs/lawyers are not viewing eachother's designs. The review is done by a supposedly unbiased third-party who will simply look for any infringement. No one from either camp gets to stare at what im starting to believe is some sort of circuit board porn

    1. Re:mentioned before but.... by AmericanInKiev · · Score: 1

      Access is access.
      (paid) "Outside counsel" is compliant counsel - especially for apple which is the kind of customer no lawyer can afford to offend.

      So apple should have no objections to exposing its future designs to "outside" counsel of Samsung's choosing - in south korea of course.

    2. Re:mentioned before but.... by Joshua+Fan · · Score: 1

      Funny, those circuit schematic pull-out diagrams are actually fairly common in military technical manuals. Most even fold out both ways!

  15. I can haz secrutz too? by James_Rolevink · · Score: 1

    I want secrutz too!

  16. Re:And iPhone will look like... by arisvega · · Score: 1

    And to proxies, so trolls won't see your IP.

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  17. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

    People really allow redirectors to run scripts on their machines? You have discovered many idiots. Congratulations!

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  18. Meanwhile in the UK and Korea by Kupfernigk · · Score: 1
    One Samsung model is outselling the iPhone 4

    Samsung and Asus now look like the biggest threats to Apple, in phones and tablets respectively.

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    1. Re:Meanwhile in the UK and Korea by molnarcs · · Score: 1

      In S. Korea, Android marketshare March 2010: 3% March 2011: 60% - not kidding!

    2. Re:Meanwhile in the UK and Korea by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2

      If you actually read the link you provided, it clearly says "for this week." Statistically you'd need a much larger sample size than 1 to make a general claim for trends. I remember there were a few weeks when the Zune outsold the iPod. Those were the weeks when retailers like Amazon heavily discounted them to get rid of inventory as they had not been selling well. No one would say that over the history of the Zune that it outsold the iPod.

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  19. I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by cheros · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Watch Johanna Blakely talk at TED about the fashion industry.

    It's got a number of rather interesting points:

    - designers take creative input from anywhere
    - logos on goods are the only thing you cannot copy
    - the customers for copied goods are not the customers a designer would normally have anyway, something the music and film industry might have to start thinking about (Microsoft understands this better - it's what they use for initial market penetration).

    Worth watching, whatever side of the IP fence you live..

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    1. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by wvmarle · · Score: 4, Insightful

      - the customers for copied goods are not the customers a designer would normally have anyway

      While (mostly) true, there is a good reason for fashion designers to crack down on copied goods: brand dilution. In Hong Kong it appears almost all women are walking around with the typical LV-styled hand bags. Standard in brown with golden logo printed all over. But of course most of those are cheap mainland-made rip-offs bought across the border or on local street markets.

      Those that spend a lot of money for the real thing do not stand out anymore. There is no reason to buy such a bag anymore, and the reason for a fashion-conscious person to buy some designer stuff is to have something unique. Why else pay the big bucks?

    2. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by jfengel · · Score: 1

      Meant to up-mod this, not down mod. Undoing...

    3. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Clearly you do not understand fashion, or do in an autistic way.

      The reason to but designer stuff is not to have something unique, it's to be able to be an asshole to those that didn't and make them jealous.

      The purest form of joy comes from saying "Oh is that a Loui Vuitton? How much did you pay for it? Oh it's a knockoff? well, mine's real. You cheap whore."

    4. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by Miktor · · Score: 1

      You should already know that there is only one side of the IP fence on slashdot...

    5. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 1

      Well, the place where fashion and visual art differ from music, movies, games, and books, is that there is prestige with owning an original, which is a problem for your final point. Genuine brands and original works are reasonably rare, reasonably valuable, and a status symbol, which is what motivates people to buy them, instead of knock-offs and prints. With music, movies, games, and books, there is less prestige with associated with a "genuine" copy. There's no corresponding affirmation of status, no sense of rarity to motivate people to actually buy the copies. This effect would have to somehow be applied to all other art forms in order for this plan to work.

      I suppose it is possible. One way would be for the artist to sell the copyright. This could be done either to an individual or syndicate. Each person gets the prestige of truly owning an album, movie, game, or book, as though it were created just for them. Perhaps it's only an asset on paper, but then again, so choosing a genuine Louis Vuitton over the knock-off that looks almost identical. My biggest concern would be that the people who do buy the copyrights would, in order to regain some finances, or to maintain the prestige, would fail to distribute the works freely. They may turn out to be worse than publishers are today.

      Another way, based on a popular suggestion here on slashdot, would possibly be to ride of the prestige of live performances and merchandising. The benefits of this is that such prestige already exists. People do both these things to show that they are true fans, and there's more than a little money to be had because of it. However, this also has big problem: it only adequately covers one form of entertainment. It's a perfectly viable solution for musicians to try, and supposing that paper books continue surviving, I suppose authors could try a similar tactic with book signings, but no such options exist for games and cinema.

      So yeah, those are the suggestions I can think of. Feel free to jump in and add in your own.

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    6. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by cheros · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Not to stir things up, but it would only be fair to observe that would be the viewpoint of those that cannot afford it..

      There are generally two reasons why people prefer a certain fashion brand: the type you mentioned (and yes, there's a lot of them about) and those who simply like the values and design the brand brings.

      Let me take a simple example. If you take the trouble to walk into an Armani store you can see two types of clothing: "LOOK AT ME" fashion which has the brand plastered all over it in the biggest, high contrast characters possible. That's the wannabe clothing, and the type most often knocked off.

      However, you will also find clothing that is simply well made, decently cut along the line of the cloth and sits well the moment you put it on. That stuff isn't as expensive as you seem to think - especially if you buy a bit more classic (easiest for a man) you can have such stuff for years, provided you don't change shape :-). Because it's expertly cut it also looks good.

      This is generally the case with the better brands - as long as you don't go super exclusive a decent brand will have a degree of managed quality. Which make you buy depends on what design you like - I don't have a favourite, I just buy what I like.

      I also buy crap if I can't be bothered - that generally lasts twice before I bring it to a textile collection point :-)

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    7. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by EdIII · · Score: 1

      Genuine copy might not be valuable. However, I own the very very last remaining distribution copy of Rampart for PC. I remember calling some company, I believe Atari, and asking if I could purchase a copy of Rampart from them. The guy was so puzzled because I was asking this in something like 96 or 97. He put me on hold for 10 minutes and came back and said he found a copy in the store room. He said it was the last one in the box. I offered to pay him for it, and he said that was okay. Just cover the shipping charges. I had it Fedex'd to me. A few days later I had a 3.5" floppy with the rampart logo and graphics.

      It's probably in a box somewhere (I hope), but at the time I had a 54" computer monitor (big bucks) for 3D presentations that took weeks to render. Before the tube blew in 99' a bunch of us would play Rampart on it for hours at a time after work. They wanted 4k to replace the tube and we passed. Sweet monitor.

      It did support multiplayer and I hooked up several track ball mice to play it.

      Like you said, something that has to be original or unique for it to have true value.

    8. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 1

      Please go tell George Lucas that he didn't earn any money off Star Wars merchandise.

      Why should I? Deliver your own messages!

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    9. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by bennomatic · · Score: 2

      This. I bought my wife a Coach leather purse because the cheap pieces of crap she was buying were falling apart within a few months of her getting them. Coach makes some gaudy, ugly shite, and they also make some simple, classic bags that will look good just about forever. I got her the latter. Some of her friends acted as if she'd gone all bourgeois on them, but the truth is, $200 for one purse that's six years old and still looks new (with a little black shoe polish every once in a while) is way less than $50 a year on some cheap knock-off of "high fashion" would have been.

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    10. Re:I have a simple answer to IP questions.. by wvmarle · · Score: 1

      It takes time, but not much. The fakes make it to market in days upon release of a new model. That means they're often available on the streets BEFORE the original is in mass production.

  20. Re:And iPhone will look like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Here's a thought: don't click on links that use url shorteners. This isn't friggin twitter, they can paste a full url.

  21. Re:iPad 3 is rumored by Alex+Belits · · Score: 1

    You mean, Windows on iPad is a better sight than goatse?

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  22. Samsung believes iPhone5 could be Nexus S copy by mspohr · · Score: 1
    This article points out that Apple is in a tough spot and cutting production and that the iPhone5 is rumored to have curved glass like the Nexus S.

    http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/samsung-believes-iphone-5-could-be-nexus-s-copy/12060.html

    Also interesting speculation that Samsung could keep its new ultra high resolution display screens away from Apple for a period of time to keep them behind the curve.

    These are interesting times...

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  23. What a load of BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the Nexus S is considered an INFERIOR product and even a DOWNGRADE from the original HTC built NexusOne.

    Why would Apple want to copy a crappy product?

    1. Re:What a load of BS by amnesia_tc · · Score: 1

      Why would Apple want to copy a crappy product?

      I don't really know, they're pretty good at making crappy products without Samsung's help.

    2. Re:What a load of BS by arkane1234 · · Score: 1

      We'll leave Copeland out of this, okay?
      Some things are best forgotten about.

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    3. Re:What a load of BS by Terrasque · · Score: 1

      Let me fix that for you:

      You do realize that the iPhone is considered an INFERIOR product and even a DOWNGRADE from the original nature built rock.

      HaHah! Take that you anglo-saxon kniggit! I fart in your general direction!

      Why would Apple want to copy a crappy product?

      Because, of course, logically, its because it is still better than what they're offering.

      Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

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  24. Collusion? by android.dreamer · · Score: 1

    Is it possible that these two companies are using this lawsuit, that may go nowhere, to collude on pricing, by comparing technology? Just a thought.

  25. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by rrossman2 · · Score: 1

    Well was dumb and clicked, but I don't know if the URL is f'ed up, ad-block in Chrome messed with it or what.. but it came back with an invalid URL that shows this in the address bar:

    data:text/html;base64,PHRpdGxlPllvdXIgdXJsIGFudGktc2hvcnRlbmVyIHdvcmtzPzwvdGl0bGU+PGltZyBzcmM9aHR0cDovL2JpdC5seS9lakdqdEsgaGVpZ2h0PTEwMCUgLz4K

  26. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by rrossman2 · · Score: 1

    (Edit to add to earlier comment)

    I guess a WIN for Chrome!

    This webpage is not available
    The webpage at data:text/html;base64,PHRpdGxlPllvdXIgdXJsIGFudGktc2hvcnRlbmVyIHdvcmtzPzwvdGl0bGU+PGltZyBzcmM9aHR0cDovL2JpdC5seS9lakdqdEsgaGVpZ2h0PTEwMCUgLz4K might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
    Error 311 (net::ERR_UNSAFE_REDIRECT): Unknown error.

  27. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by The+Dawn+Of+Time · · Score: 1

    I mean that's kinda... nothing. Are you really that excited over something so stupid?

    You could get more people putting goatse stickers on bus stops in busy sections of town.

  28. Re:No amoled for you! by toriver · · Score: 1

    Why? The display division of Samsung does not owe the phone division any favors.

  29. Re:Wholesale copy by exomondo · · Score: 1

    Is that an iPhone in that ad, or a Samsung? I'm really finding it hard to tell these days.

    isn't the presence of branding a dead giveaway?

  30. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by milkmage · · Score: 1

    they have stickers?

  31. Re:And iPhone 5 will look like by milkmage · · Score: 1

    well, 17 of those are from me.. so don't get too excited.

  32. So this is in response by Paul1969 · · Score: 1

    to all those Apple products that looked so much like older Samsung products. Right.

  33. Re:No amoled for you! by deniable · · Score: 1

    How about the 'rumor' of Apple using Samsung chips in current, shipping products?

  34. Apple User = Milkable Cow by pandrijeczko · · Score: 1

    I think what's sadder is that there is already talk of iPad 3 and iPhone 5 so soon after the release of iPad 2 and iPhone 4 - it just goes to show you how Apple views its customers to be milkable for complete replacements on an annual basis.

    Still, as the saying goes, "A fool and his money are easily parted".

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    1. Re:Apple User = Milkable Cow by Sockatume · · Score: 2

      By the standards of this market segment, Apple's actually slow to render its products obsolete. In the past nine months, Samsung has released the Galaxy S, the Galaxy S II, and the Nexus S, while HTC has had the Desire, the Desire S, and the Desire's explicit replacement, the HTC Sensation. The mobile phone industry runs on a three-month cycle, with conferences set to that rhythm. By releasing phones once a year, Apple's actually going relatively slowly.

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    2. Re:Apple User = Milkable Cow by UnknowingFool · · Score: 1

      Well the iPhone 4 was released in June 2010 so it's not "soon" for it. It is for the iPad 3. That makes the request for the iPad 3 design rather troubling as Apple themselves may not even decided on the overall shape of it yet.

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