Samsung Copies Apple iPod touch [SameSung]

Friday, November 4, 2011

By OP Editor

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, introduced October 2011. Looks similar to the Apple iPod touch isn’t it?

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.

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Tags: Analysis, Android, Apple, Counterfeit, iPod touch

This entry was posted on Friday, November 4th, 2011 at 2:46 pm and is filed under Samsung. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Michael Bartholomew

November 4, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Wow, they even mimicked the photo shoot. It’s a shame. If Samsung would concentrate on true differentiation we would all benefit.

[unnamed]

February 16, 2012 at 8:56 am

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.

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Don Williams

February 16, 2012 at 9:13 am

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!

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Don

November 4, 2011 at 5:29 pm

“Images not to sale” should be “Images not to scale”, however that said, when it comes to Samsung copying Apple what else is new?

OP Editor

November 4, 2011 at 11:09 pm

Thanks Don.

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Georgerc

November 4, 2011 at 8:50 pm

Did anyone mentioned that Samsung surpassed Apple on smartphone sales? Or Am I just delusional?

http://theforbittenfruit.ndnlfn.com/decline-of-the-apple-empire/

Wurm5150

November 4, 2011 at 10:30 pm

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/

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slackguy

November 5, 2011 at 1:39 am

Did anyone mention to you that shipping estimates != sales?

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Rorschach

November 6, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Samsung never reveal their sales, only what’s shipped. Big difference. Plus Samsung make a variety of ’smartphones’, some more featurephone than smartphone.

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Dan

November 6, 2011 at 3:19 pm

I’ll take door #2, Georgerc: You–and anyone else that makes that claim–are just delusional.

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Simon Kibsgård

November 9, 2011 at 9:02 am

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.

OP Editor

November 9, 2011 at 10:22 am

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

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