After Apple introduced evidence that clearly shows how Samsung purposely copied its iPhone, Samsung released the following statement:
“Samsung benchmarks many peer companies,” she said. “In fact, these are typical competitive analyses routinely undertaken by many companies in many industries – including Apple. Samsung stands by its culture of continuous improvement and innovation. We are very proud of the product innovations driven by our more than 50,000 designers and engineers around the world who have made Samsung’s products the products of choice.”
It’s doesn’t say, but I’m guessing the Samsung rep didn’t say that with a straight face.
Wow, 50,000 designers and engineers? And the best they can come up with is a phone that is easily confused with the iPhone? They should be proud.
(FIXED) “Samsung stands by its culture of continuous improvement of copying”
I’m happy Jim posted his laugh yesterday because now I simply play it in my head laughing as I read the statement. 😀
If “innovating iPhone look-alike” was all that the 50,000 designers and engineers could do, Samsung should really sack all of them.
So Samsung copied. They should just fess up and get on with it. The thing is, we’re all better off for them copying, as the touch interface paradigm Appe invented is now dominant. Consumers benefit.
I mean, everyone looks at the test of the kid next to them. Right?
I agree with Samsung here. I bet you’ll find these at Apple, maybe not the same but best believe they have product analysis’s beyond emails to each other saying “I saw this product, we should do that too.”
Andy had the same take I did: http://ihnatko.com/2012/08/08/apple-vs-samsung-influence-or-copying/
Apple paid to do all the research, and if everyone goes out and by Samsung phones instead, leaving Apple to foot the bill.
Who will invest in future research knowing that they likely won’t make their investment back if everyone is allowed to copy it?
If nobody does future research, how will that make us all better off?
Okay Samsung, where’s the proof. You must have documents where you did this benchmarking so why didn’t you submit them as rebuttals for this one
I’m pretty sure Samsung just counted all it’s photocopiers and called them designers.
Haha…good one. 🙂
“Benchmarking my peers” is now my new euphemism for masturbation. Apparently it’s Samsung’s, too.
“Samsung benchmarks many peer companies.”
If that’s true, they should produce those benchmarks as evidence in the case. Otherwise, I don’t buy it.
Well, they used to “benchmark” Motorola and RIM. Not so much any more.
Jim D’s comment, “It’s doesn’t say, but I’m guessing the Samsung rep didn’t say that with a straight face.”
My first thought in response to Jim’s, “Haven’t you heard of Botox injections?” This is the only way she could say this with a straight face, no?