Samsung Copies Apple iPod touch [SameSung]
Samsung finally copied Apple’s 2007 iPod touch by releasing its own knockoff in 2011.
Samsung Galaxy Player Copied Apple iPod touch
Samsung Galaxy 4.0 Android MP3 Player
Samsung Copied 2010 Apple iPod touch Pricing
The Samsung Galaxy 4.0 Android MP3 Player, priced at $229, even copied the 2010 4th gen iPod touch pricing of $229. Too bad that right before Samsung introduced its knockoff device, Apple unveiled 2011 Pod touch starting at $199.
Images not to scale. The Samsung Galaxy player, is of course larger and bulkier, with the bonus of lower battery life.
Previously:
- Samsung website was caught using iPhone screenshot
- Official Samsung Store copied Apple App Store icons
- Samsung did NOT copy Apple iPhone / iPad design
Wow, they even mimicked the photo shoot. It’s a shame. If Samsung would concentrate on true differentiation we would all benefit.
Look up Samsung Uproar on Google, look at the picture, and tell me it doesn’t inspire the Apple photo. The uproar was the world’s first phone with a mp3 player.
Hell, I forgot all about this, which means that it apparently isn’t selling all that well! I never hear of this in other publications so I guess the world has forgotten about it too!
“Images not to sale” should be “Images not to scale”, however that said, when it comes to Samsung copying Apple what else is new?
Thanks Don.
Did anyone mentioned that Samsung surpassed Apple on smartphone sales? Or Am I just delusional?
http://theforbittenfruit.ndnlfn.com/decline-of-the-apple-empire/
Did anyone mention to you that Apple has 52% of all mobile phone profits despite a 4% marketshare?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/canaccordgenuity/2011/11/04/apple-takes-half-nokia-relegated/
Did anyone mention to you that shipping estimates != sales?
Samsung never reveal their sales, only what’s shipped. Big difference. Plus Samsung make a variety of ’smartphones’, some more featurephone than smartphone.
I’ll take door #2, Georgerc: You–and anyone else that makes that claim–are just delusional.
This is plain boring. If people want it let them buy. The hardware isn’t the selling point, its the software design and the music/app ecosystem behind.
Actually, Samsung hardware advertises 40% LOWER battery life than iPod touch for music, and Android is known for its battery drain.
By the way, the Android ecosystem looks amazing:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/new-android-trojan-records-all-phone-calls.ars
Price competition is the legal free market activity.