This is the only option Apple has to battle Samsung. Apple knows they can't beat them in sales. The bad thing is, the courts have a history of siding with Apple.
Apple is scared. They are left to bullying the competitors.
I had to use an iPhone 4 for a few weeks while waiting for the GS4 to become available. I nearly went insane using it. Not a day went by that I wasn't muttering about how I hated the phone. People used to say I didn't like iPhone because I hadn't tried it. Well I tried it, and was never so happy in my life as when I came back to Android.
Apple phones are inferior in my opinion.
...As to accusations of "lack of innovation"... I think you'll find that is exactly what both parties are contesting in their respective suits e.g. they did the innovating and the other infringed on the patents supposedly protecting these.
Current US patent law is outdated
I think you've hit the nail on the head, but it's not limited to just the US - ALL patent legislation needs examining to keep it relevant and meaningful in the 21st century...
It's obvious that Apple can't compete against all of these new Android devices. After all, they haven't a good idea since the iPhone 3GS, every other phone after that including the new iPhone 5 has been nothing but rehashed Apple BS.
While the Android world has been innovating, Apple wasn't. So now Apple is waking up to the fact that they are losing the war. But instead of doing something smart, like I don't know... actually coming up with new ideas, they are suing Android manufactures. I'm sorry Apple, I'm sorry that you're butthurt over the fact that the rest of the world is getting better than you are but that's way the cookie crumbles.
You have to keep innovating, you have to keep changing, or your competition is going to do that for you and put you out of business.
Why do they have to reinvent when the Iphone was almost perfect from the beginning when Android devices have not been till recently? Seriously dude. The iPhone is a great device, and for ONE device, vs MANY Android devices, it sells damn well. It out sells any ONE Android device out there. And now that T-Mobile sells them, probably will see even more sales. They aren't far behind all the Android sales combined.
I really don't see where all this emotion is coming from over this announcement.
I really don't see where all this emotion is coming from over this announcement.
While is true that the individual iPhone sells more than an individual android device, it's not a level field because there only one up to date iPhone per year where there are multiple updated Android phones a year and in many case multiple from the same oem like the s4 and the upcoming note 3. This thus makes it unfair to make a direct comparison between the two. Apples (literally) to oranges.
Well, when your competition is waving around patents like nuclear weapons how else are you supposed to protect yourself?I also find the thread lop-sided. Samsung isn't the victim here. They are guilty in filing patent claims as well. Nokia, HTC, Motorola. They all do it. It just isn't publicized.
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