Officially, the Samsung Galaxy S is 122.4mm by 64.2mm while the iPhone 3G (the phone Apple says Samsung copied) is 115.5mm by 62.1mm, though Apple acknowledges in the writing that the Galaxy S has larger dimensions, the picture above is altered to make them look the same size. That misleading picture is the one the District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands will be looking at to make their judgement regarding Apple vs Samsung, Dutch edition.
This flawed evidence, discovered by Webwereld.nl, corroborates with the claim of a Samsung lawyer who told the Dutch court that Apple has been “manipulating visual evidence, making Samsung’s devices appear more similar to Apple’s”. Definitely something fishy. [Webwereld.nl via PC World]
Mark
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 1:00 PMso making something a bit bigger makes it totally different and invalidates any patent?
Chris
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 7:34 PMThat’s a bit extreme..
If Apple believe they’re right in taking the action they’re taking, they should have to adjust images to their favour. They have, so go figure.
Chris
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 8:35 PMshouldn’t
louis
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 11:59 PMI agree…why would they mess with the picture if they believed they would win fairly?
this fight between apple and samsung is bull…theyre just being petty. What more can you expect from apple though really.
also, why would apple take samsung to court..it will only hurt them if they win…if samsung lose, they pull their parts from the iphone.simple as. (parts include flash memory, dram memory and applications processor.) stupid really.
Snarf
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 2:11 PMLet alone Apple are suing over an outdated and discontinued product that will never see the days of markets again due to iPhone 4, and iPhone 5 coming out soon. Does that mean any product with similar shape will get their company sued for the next 99 years?
salmonpie
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 3:48 PMI don’t think it invalidates any patent but, if you are confident enough to be suing, why adapt the photos to make it look like your product. It just reeks of desperation to me. Apple is losing its cool very quickly, even my one time Apple loving wife just got a Galaxy s 2 and, part of the reason was all the articles I had shown her about Apple’s antics recently.
Wayne
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 5:01 PMI think apples reasons for suing is just to slow down the android tablets and phones and that doctoring photo was just a serious stuff up.
they already succeeded in slowing down the market i personally think they never expected to win, its just to drag things out long enough to hold market share which i think is just rude.. Samsung should sue for lose of profit while apple was playing games.
Disclaimer i am not a lawyer do not take my advice without first taking down a HUGE LUMP of SALT!
Tim
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 5:08 PMThe reduced SGS Home screen ha also been configured / customised to look like the iPhone Home screen. The SGS home screen is an open slate that can be fully customised. The grid view of Apps is in the Applications draw – but this to can be customised to grid view or list view. I guess Apple fans do not understand the idea of customisation. And it’s really low of apple to customise the SGS to look like the iPhone and then say Samsung has copied it. It’s black, glossy and has a big centre button – lets not forget the capacitive Menu and Back buttons. Where are they on the iPhone? This whole Apple arguement is getting really sad and pathetic.
Tim
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 5:14 PMI alos agree that these legal actions are just to slow down Sansung and Android. The SGSII and the GT10.1 are amazing products. The iPhone and iPad are losing ground. And can’t compete hardware-wise. I have read many instances that iOS 5 is causing overheating in products that results in shutdown. I guess if you can’t bring out a product that works – do what Apple does – take legal action to slow the competition down until you finally get a device that will work / compete. Add a 10yo ‘normal’ feature call it revolutionary and the flocks will come running. I heard a funny joke/post the other day … Apple is releasing VoiceTime – it’s where you can make Voice calls to other i-products – Revolutionary!. Maybe they should patent that. Look out Alexander Graham-Bell. haha
olearymo
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 8:24 PMI think Apple’s really skating on thin ice with this one.
But I really think Samsung should be sued for making such a butt-ugly customization layer. The icons and especially that disgusting blue notification area… GAWD.
olearymo
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 8:27 PMBlack handset… silver trim… grid of icons on a black background…
hmm…
http://cdn.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339271803/mio-a701_4.jpg
(December 2006)
Jonathan
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:30 PMI must say my iPhone 3GS looked allot like all my previous Windows Mobile (and Windows CE) phones/devices I used for many years before Apple was even in the phone game? (Perhaps Microsoft/Palm should sue Apple for ‘copying’ them?)… Come on give me a break Apple, don’t like a bit of competition when it’s hurting your sales I see!