Comments on: Contrarian alert: The downside of an Apple victory over Samsung

By: james

james — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:17:44 +0000

I think that samsung will win in the long run. i have a iphone 3gs and am happy with the way it works, but i also have a samsung galaxy s3 and think that it has TONS more features than iphone.

By: scottph

scottph — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:14:02 +0000

Who are you talking to? If you’re replying to my comment then I’m not sure I’m following…

By: Andrea Camillo Miller Nepori

Andrea Camillo Miller Nepori — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:34:29 +0000

Big point missed here: to change the game you must be willing to do that in the first place. And to do that you need a huge amount of boldness and/or money to back you up. Apple used to have a lot of the former, less of the latter in the Steve years. It now has maybe less of the former but a lot more money to risk with no consequences whatsoever.

Products like the iPhone or the iPod in the first place are products that need a very focused effort and “bet the company” decision that no other company is sincerely willing to make. They’re too anti-economic. It’s better to follow the flow and throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

That’s the way of Samsung and many other and it’s certainly not a suitable path if your aim is to revolutionize or disrupt a market.

By: jdrer

jdrer — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:35:02 +0000

I have read several posts on your wordpress and even used the search function to “diamond” as in “diamond touch” and it didn’t give any results.
I know the Apple vs Samsung trial is interesting, but it’s a pity you don’t even mention it. I would rather be happy that you break it down that it’s wrong to use the Diamond Touch (or other former devices) as defence/defense. But it would be much more reliable that people could make up their own mind, instead of reporting just bits and pieces, making it already biased…

By: scottph

scottph — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:13:15 +0000

Who even listens to “analysts” after the real Samsung numbers were revealed? I mean, Come on…
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By: Dm

Dm — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:20:22 +0000

There’s no R&D in Android?? Wow, I just learnt something.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:29:34 +0000

Not true. When you’re the fastest game in town, everyone’s out to beat you and you have to keep moving full speed ahead.

By: ChasMac77

ChasMac77 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:01:16 +0000

Android might “outsell” Apple but Apple makes the majority of profits. Apple’s not going anywhere. Imagine if the opposite were true and Apple disappeared. Innovation would come to a screeching halt. Who would all these other companies copy? Consumers would suffer no doubt, far more than if Apple wins. Apple will continue to innovate because its deep in their DNA.

By: pinkyandthebrain

pinkyandthebrain — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:44:10 +0000

This is backward way of thinking. If Android / Samsung / HTC / etc. can come up with something different and much better than Apple, they should and the public will have a better product. Microsoft is trying to do just that but everyone is ignoring them.

The Oracle / Google lawsuit revealed that Android was initially a copy of the RIM OS with Google apps. When the (iPhone)OS came out, they immediately copied it (badly still to this day).

Android is a mean for Google to keep their source of revenue, not to offer a better end user product. And when you copy, you do not have to spent any R&D money so you can offer your product for cheap. The consumer ends paying less, but also gets a lesser product. Not entirely bad for consumers, but great for carriers, etc. as they get greater margins without offering anything substantially better.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:43:05 +0000

Everyone that works at Apple secretly wants Samsung and et. all to out-innovate them. It will only spike the competitive drive that everyone there already has.

Sure Apple wants to be the best in every category it plays in but being on top is boring.