Samsung wants to see the iPhone 4S source code, are they for real?

01 November, 2011
Samsung has requested to see the iPhone 4S source code, so it can assess the potential infringements.

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  • John
  • sSW
  • 02 Nov 2011

I agree Samsung are not the brains. Even Android comes from people who used to work for Apple. However Apple closed out a bigger market share by product like iTunes and handcuffs to Apple. Sure Apple produce 3-4 times as much operating profit per mobile than Samsung, and though I like Apple for many years, they have to be more street wise with market trends. Frankly we are some years away from real mobile development, which will be software driven, not hardware, so I do not get so excited with dual core processes etc. So what. For Samsung they have to watch their balance sheet, not Apple.

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    • Anonymous
    • q}T
    • 02 Nov 2011

    if Apple has nothing to hide, they will show it. so come on apple, show us your source code. we know you copied android ENTIRELY on this one, you can't escape from this now

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      • Anonymous
      • CRm
      • 02 Nov 2011

      Chewy, 01 Nov 2011Cameras are a novelty on smartphones, if you want a decent ... moreYes, agree on the camera point.. why pishing the envelope with gigapixel sensors when the better ones come from a 5mp to 8mp cameras.. image quality are based on (but not limited to):
      - sensor size
      - ISO handling capability
      - S:N ratio
      - megapixels

      So if you need decent cameras and says that you can't get your DSLR in your jeans pocket, the solution is simply not by jamming double the megapixel count into the same sensor size.. unless of course you have a 36mmX25mm sensor size in your phone.. then maybe you could jam 25megapixels there.. quality doesn't necessarily means quantity..

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        • phil2n
        • TSS
        • 02 Nov 2011

        Anonymous, 02 Nov 2011Even if Samsung throws in 10 more USB ports, 5 more SD slot... moredid you try to own many kinds of phone?..
        User exp. of apple is a big crap, only dumb people like the exp of using apple. I allready have SGII and i phone 4 and i also got HTC S. but the best that i have is SGII and HTC, apple is a big crap that makes me regret of buying it.. apple apps? damn!!!!

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          • Anonymous
          • CRm
          • 02 Nov 2011

          [deleted post]It's called moving forward with the technology, dude.. not staying put with yesteryear's technology and make it sounds like the big deal..

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            • Anonymous
            • CRm
            • 02 Nov 2011

            Anonymous, 02 Nov 2011Even if Samsung throws in 10 more USB ports, 5 more SD slot... moreHahaha! The user experience is soooo goooooooddddd they started to get the pulled down notification bar, cloud syncing, etc.. tell me about it..

              Dont they get tired on this?

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                • Anonymous
                • 3nN
                • 02 Nov 2011

                Samsung...so sad

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                  • AnonD-3540
                  • kiZ
                  • 02 Nov 2011

                  kiloh3rtz, 02 Nov 2011I would love to see Sony-Ericsson calling to court all the ... moreFirst of all who started all this bullshit about law suits was Apple when they really saw Android passing them like a rocket.

                  Second, Apple sues Samsung for ridiculous DESIGN problems, while Samsung is suing for TECHNOLOGY.

                  Dude, please, Nexus Prime have 780p of resolution using Super AMOLED, shut up about the screen and if YOU can´t use a S2 with one hand only, definitly your are retarded.

                  Samsung is the one which made Apple come alive with their processor. Apple lost it´s Guru and now is slowly getting behing. iPhone 4S is a 3G phone in a 4G Age. Wake up.

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                    • kiloh3rtz
                    • ms0
                    • 02 Nov 2011

                    I would love to see Sony-Ericsson calling to court all the mobile phone produces for what you may ask...For haveing touch-screen phones...yes you read write SE are the 1st company who made touch-screen phones back in 2002 after that nokia made one 2003...So if the big company samsung has a problem its cuz they say:"We make the processor,we make the gpu,we make the ram...But still iPhone is better and sells more...How come?Simple guys its your beloved OS also called Android"...No matter what ppl say no matter what samsung does one thing is for sure iPhone beats by far the products that samsungs make...Why cuz iOS 128ram android 300+...Apple 3.5" samsungs makes big screens but lower rez and you cant use Galaxy S2 with the same hand that your holding it,that suck...As far as this topic goes...In my humble opinion is that samsung saw the sells and saw that there high-end cell cant compete with Apples prod they start pulling things like this...To be honest I own an iPhone 4 and if I will change it ,I'll prob change it to LG P920 or 4S never samsung why?Cuz I acutly hold a samsung S2 and LG P920 and trust me with no overclocked proc samsung cant hold up...But idd samsung has good phones not best they will never be best...Age of Nokia gonna samsung belived they will be #1 WW but apple enterd the game and this is why they are pissed of...Sorry samsung you are only the low cost work force...Not the brains

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                      • cfm69
                      • t04
                      • 02 Nov 2011

                      stop fighting!!! just sell your phone to the market. no matter which one people's buy. both still a phone!!!

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                        • AnonD-14018
                        • 0Uv
                        • 02 Nov 2011

                        Anonymous, 02 Nov 2011Even if Samsung throws in 10 more USB ports, 5 more SD slot... moreAnd iPhans just dont get the fact that android is better . No settings for the camera , no flash in browser( ppl say its no big deal ... yeah right its a big f-ing deal) limited personalisation of the homescreen , no widgets .

                        Seriously whats the funn of owning an iPhone? having to hide it everytime your friend takes out his android superphone?

                        Seriously stop it with the iCrap

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                          • AnonD-15597
                          • tu6
                          • 02 Nov 2011

                          all these sueing thing will end up building a lousy phone...

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                            • Maddog
                            • yVg
                            • 02 Nov 2011

                            Quote from Apple Lawyers "ahhhhhh yahright"

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LhT
                              • 02 Nov 2011

                              Even if Samsung throws in 10 more USB ports, 5 more SD slots etc etc.... It's still a phone that's not an iPhone. That means it's still not quite there yet. The user experience of using an iPhone is just simply worth more than what you can see on the specs sheet! Only novice compares hardware specs.

                              People just don't get this

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                                • AnonD-9845
                                • PS6
                                • 02 Nov 2011

                                Chewy, 01 Nov 2011Cameras are a novelty on smartphones, if you want a decent ... morefor real cameras, you are right.they dont matter that much..for camera phones, they mean a whole lot more.

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                                  • AnonD-9845
                                  • PS6
                                  • 02 Nov 2011

                                  Anonymous, 01 Nov 201180% of the hardware in Iphones and ipads are made by Samsun... morejust because they make the hardware doesnt mean that they own the patents for the design.

                                  they could make it according to apple's specifications and at the same time don't use any tech input from samsung.

                                  not everything is as simple as it seems bro

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                                    • Tim
                                    • Pxa
                                    • 01 Nov 2011

                                    AnonD-22157, 01 Nov 2011stop crying and start to build and innovate samsung!!!They Did. They developed and innovated the phone technology (3G WCDMA etc type technology) they are sueing apple for ... they also developed a large portion of the compontents for the I-products.

                                    So yeah - where is your argument going?

                                    It's a bit different then sueing for a LCD screen with a black border, or a boucing screen when you try to scroll too far ...

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                                      • GrainySnapshot
                                      • PP7
                                      • 01 Nov 2011

                                      I am not sure "extremely hard to obtain" is accurate. Usually a court will grant an order for disclosure of evidence necessary to assess whether a legal right has been infringed if the applicant establishes a reasonable basis to believe there may have been an infringement. The difficult issue is working out appropriate protections for Apple's rights but this is not insurmountable.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 4cS
                                        • 01 Nov 2011

                                        Samsung is turning to another Apple.