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Going nuclear

Posted Aug 28, 2012 7:50 UTC (Tue) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988)
In reply to: Going nuclear by man_ls
Parent article: There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw)

From Glyn Moody's article:

> An optimist would say that it has enjoyed some of the best global advertising in recent years, and that $1 billion is a fairly low price to pay for that. After all, there can't be many potential buyers of smartphones who are not now aware that Samsung is a rival of Apple, and in many respect highly similar. Some of them might well take a look at Samsung's offerings, and might be pleasantly surprised at the lower price of many models compared to Apple.

And it looks like he's exactly right:
https://plus.google.com/114476892281222708332/posts/246sr...

> Husband: "... Samsung's iPad is the same as Apple's iPad, and I paid how much for the Apple one? Honey, I told you they were a ripoff", after looking up the Samsung tablet on his iPhone.
> Wife: "Oh wow," looking at the screen, "... that's a lot cheaper. Think we can return it?"

Looks like Apple has blown off its own foot.


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Going nuclear

Posted Aug 28, 2012 11:02 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

That is a good one: at the next WWDC Apple is going to present the iPaid 2 Much.

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