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Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung

Posted by timothy on from the would-like-a-slice-of-samsung-pie dept.

New submitter jbernardo writes "There seems to be an interesting side-effect of the flawed jury verdict of last Friday — Samsung sales have surged. Even with the approach of the launch of Apple's new iPhone, the Galaxy SIII is sold out in many stores, and there is a measurable increase in sales, according to Trip Chowdhry, the managing director of equity research at Global Equities Research, cited in Forbes. Maybe Apple really managed to convince its customers that Samsung phones are equivalent or better, so they are being overcharged? Or is it a rush to buy the currently best smartphone in the market in case there is an injunction on its sale in the U.S. any time soon?"

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  1. Yes. by JCCyC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cue Nelson Muntz laugh.

  2. Oh man, I can't wait for the Apple Shinny! by InvisibleClergy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it gonna be a tablet? A phone? A prosthetic limb? The iShinny, the new iProsthetic iLimb from Apple.

  3. Apple's Response by theEnguneer · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to Apple, this phenomenon is due to the fact that shoppers are actually trying to buy Apple products, but are mistaking Samsung products for them.

    1. Re:Apple's Response by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny

      To be fair, they are Apple users. Or at least would be if they could.

  4. Re:Streisand effect? by AK+Marc · · Score: 1, Funny

    What I take exception to is being called mentally deficient. I dont care if Apple's phone came with a hotline app straight to God himself. I wouldn't buy it.

    An emotional response that completely overwhelms logic does indicate a mental deficiency of some kind.

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    Learn to love Alaska
  5. Remember, folks by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just like (make-believe) gun bans threatened in the wake of certain political parties,

    Apple phones don't kill people, SAMSUNG PHONES DO.

  6. Re:Streisand effect? by steelfood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Samsung phones have been determined to be equivalent to Apple's iPhone. So you don't have to settle for 2nd best anymore.

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    "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
  7. Spelling fun - unintended meanings by zooblethorpe · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are quite a number of people out there that would sooner die then choose Apple because of their shiny retarded walled garden approach to computing.

    This is the first time I've ever heard of Apple being so good that even the deceased prefer Apple products. :-P

    I think you meant than (comparative: "A is bigger than B") rather than then (adverbial: "Alice ate, then met Bob").

    </pedantic>

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    "What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
    "A four-foot prune."
  8. Re:Streisand effect? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 4, Funny

    Keep referring to it as "G3" and Apple might have something to say about it. ;)