If you don't have an iPhone...

imo the iphone looked too generic to patent, it's entire premise is a screen and a single button. It's not exactly rocket science.

If the samsung phones that Apple say infringe looked EXACTLY the same, like some of the Asian knockoffs then yes, but to sue someone because they made a phone that looks similar based on the fact it has a screen and one "button" on the front is ludicrous, especially since the Galaxy S/S2 have more capacitive buttons too...

The other patents Apple are suing for should have never been granted, software patents are a complete joke. That's not Apples fault though.

Regardless of whether I morally agree with the patents or whether the look the same I personally think their strategy is anti-competitive and they should be ashamed.

/rant

I completely agree with this.

The software patents are just silly and suing Samsung because of a similar style is a joke.

Not to mention Samsung make most of the parts in the iPhone.
I'm sure that patent suit won't get far, otherwise it just opens up more rubbish.

Hell my fathers HTC Diamond looks very similar bar for some extra touch sensitive buttons around the main Circular one.
 
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Hmmmmm. You're right bhavv, I have no idea how Samsung managed to come up with such an innovative and unique concept.
 
Software patents are a complete joke and Apple definitely did steal hardware patents from Nokia:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8321058.stm

If everyone else are stealing Apples designs, then why didnt Apple sue Samsung and LG for the F700 and LG Prada?

Sure Apple, just go ahead and steal Nokias R+D, make the iPhone, and get away with lots of patent infringements. Yet feel free to sue anyone that makes a phone that looks like yours.

This is standard business and happens all the time, not just apple, every single multinational.

^ Indeed :)

Bhavv, Apple are mostly upset because the Samsung Galaxy S is almost an exact copy of the iPhone 3G/S in many respects.

Samsung deserve suing for it because they were just lazy with designing it, they can do much better.

You see, you're just as bad as all the Apple fanboys you dislike so much. I love these threads :D

Stop embarrassing yourself (as you normally do anyway).
 
Samsung should simply stop providing Apple with any of their parts for all Apple products and see what ends up happening to Apple.

Samsung deserve suing for it because they were just lazy with designing it, they can do much better.

No they dont deserve suing over that.
 
Why anyone would want to walk around with a big, expensive lump of glass in their pocket is beyond me.

Every time someone gets their iPhone stolen or smashed, a fairy gets it's wings.
 
Samsung should simply stop providing Apple with any of their parts for all Apple products and see what ends up happening to Apple.

And lose 10s of millions. Do you suggest they do that with all companies that sue them? They wouldn't sale anything in that case.

Lol bhavv...
 
No they dont deserve suing over that.

Massive companies are suing each other every day over much smaller things than that, I assure you.

Apple were revealed as the worlds most valuable brand today, they must be doing something right. If you dont like it, too bad.
 
Had a 3GS, decent phone but overpriced. Also didn't like Apple's policy of not letting you do anyhting to your phone that they didn't like.

Glad I upgraded to Android.
 
Massive companies are suing each other every day over much smaller things than that, I assure you.

Apple were revealed as the worlds most valuable brand today, they must be doing something right. If you dont like it, too bad.

And the guys that handle the cases on both sides are shaking hands and having a beer afterwards. I find it genuinely amusing bhavv seems to think the word 'sue' is synonymous with fisty cuffs at dawn. How very dare they!
 
Lol only two from the top list of Pictures even looks similar.

Now why don't you look at other companies and look at hpwho sues who. Reality everyone sues every one and everyone copies each other, as much as they can get away with.

Let's look at the widgets one, let's add ms vista and android to the pictures, all 4 are almost identical.
 
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Had a 3GS, decent phone but overpriced. Also didn't like Apple's policy of not letting you do anyhting to your phone that they didn't like.

Glad I upgraded to Android.

should have just Jailbroke it.



You could probably find that kind of similarity between a million other products. Most of them are just silly.
 
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Companies are suing each other all the time, just because its Apple doing it, it gets more coverage. Its just business.

I saw a picture once of which mobile manufacturer was suing who over what. It was incredible. Pretty much everyone is suing and being sued by everyone else.
 
The thing with the samsung version, is it probably has the ability to have its memory expanded with a card, and the ability to change your Mp3's to ringtones\messagetones without the need for a PC\Mac!

Massive massive leaps in function that is.
 
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