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Not much of it was Apple's doing | 148 comments | Create New Account
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A portion of the market is as you suggest
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 17 2012 @ 01:26 PM EST

To the extent that Samsung keeps the conversation about Samsung and Apple, the other Android manufacturers, by definition, are not a part of that conversation. If someone wants a smartphone, but doesn't want an iPhone, then they'll "get a Samsung."
Some in the market may view it that way - I'm not one of those.

There's a very specific reason I selected the Galaxy S over other Adroids I reviewed at the time and it was due to the fact that the Galaxy S came with Swype technology already part of it.

So some in the market may be as you say: oblivious to the Android echosystem with the exception of Samsung. The question still stands:

    What role did Apple play in causing that particular thought in the minds of the market you describe?
As for your suggestion of being skeptical of something I read - I'm always skeptical! For example:
To the extent that Samsung keeps the conversation about Samsung and Apple...
To the extent "Samsung keeps the conversation about Samsung and Apple"? Let's examine both that statement and the reverse: "To the extent Apple keeps the conversation about Apple and Samsung!"

RAS

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Not much of it was Apple's doing
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 17 2012 @ 01:33 PM EST
More like the Samsung users with half a clue who arranged their
home screen icons to look like an iPhone. Why would they do that?
The Apple look was desirable. Maybe some of the users' friends
needed more than a quick glance to tell the difference. And that
can't be a problem when the evidence shows us lawyers and judges
couldn't tell what it was they were looking at.

Fergoodnessakes it's a touchscreen phone. If I change model do I
need fifty hours type conversion training like an airline pilot?

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

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