Surprise! Samsung Makes iPhone Knockoff [SameSung]
Samsung’s newest phone looks like a knockoff of 2007 Apple iPhone. We are SO surprised at Samsung’s revolutionary originality. Not.
2010: Samsung iPhone Inspired Smartphone
This is reported to be the Samsung new Galaxy S Player model YP-MB2 phone, which is an iPhone wannabe with Android, 3MP camera (iPhone had that 2 years ago), Wi-Fi connectivity (iPhone has it 3 years ago):
2007: Apple Original iPhone
Here’s the 2007 Apple iPhone that started the multi-touch device revolution:
See any design similarities from the 2010 Samsung phone with the 2007 iPhone?
2007: Chinese iPhone Knockoff
Looks like Samsung’s Dilbert Committee is 3 years late, because here’s a 2007 Chinese knockoff of the original Apple iPhone for reference:
Do you think Samsung is copying the iPhone or the iPhone knockoff? That’s the best they can come up with after 3 years?
via giz
Samsung is a major supplier of parts for Apple, so it amazes me that they would come out with a phone who’s case design recently (after all this time) just got a patent for! Not sure how Apple will handle this one?
Most large companies have separate departments. I suspect the people in mobile don’t talk to people in circuit chip sales.