As fellow user of a Samsung Android smart phone with Helena Wong, I do realize that my phone gets a lot of criticism for being an ‘iPhone knockoff’. Helena, in her Comm 101 blog, tries to state that Apple is picking on the ‘little guy’. That’s not true at all. Samsung is a global diversified company which generates obscene amounts of revenue. Looking at Samsung’s designs, Apple does have a fair argument; many of Samsung’s original phones do look like Apple’s. The general shape, chrome frame, corners, icons, and even the button at the bottom reeks of iPhone design language. In subsequent phone and tablet releases, however, Samsung has changed their designs to distance themselves away from Apple. An excellent example would be the Galaxy Tab 10.1N released in Germany. Apple, however, has gotten more and more ridiculous with its patent claims. For example, it tries to state that its way to unlock mobile phones can only be used by them.How is that even possible? It’s just a horizontal swipe. Samsung is starting to innovate while Apple is getting caught in patent battles to stop Samsung’s growth.
(Look at the similarities!)
https://blogs.ubc.ca/whelena/2011/09/14/what-are-you-really-trying-to-say-apple/