



I. Ban 'Em All








II. Can Samsung Stay Ahead of Apple?





Samsung smartphones
[Image Source: Reuters]





Source: The New York Times

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RE: Good luck Apple...
By Samus on 9/5/2012 1:33:52 AM , Rating: 2
Have you used an iPhone recently? It still feels like the same product they launched 5 years ago. Last time I checked, BBOS has had more UI changes than IOS in the past few years and that is ridiculous. Sure, you can argue Apple's UI is great so no improvement is neccessary, but the fact they haven't IMPROVED ANYTHING in FIVE GOD DAMN YEARS totally lacks innovation. I'm sure they could do something, like at least add a pull-down menu or SMS notifications....ohh wait, they copied those from Android!

RE: Good luck Apple...
By NellyFromMA on 9/5/2012 10:00:16 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah. A coworker hereis a bit oh a phone fanatic and often switches between premium Androids and the latest iPhone at a given point although he's just moved off the 4s to an S3.

We also got the 'new' iPad the other days for in-the-field demos and what not with the 4g modem (I presume?) in it. It's really heavy for a tablet and without a case it's basically destined to hit the pavement. That in itself I think turns of the casual user. Not sure if the Wi-Fi only device is less heavy or not.

As far as the OS in general, it's just what Joe Generic needs to feel like they are tech saavy... 5 years ago...

It's very dated feeling. I don't know if Steve Jobs would really allow that to have happened on his watch. The hi-res display didn't even really impress me as much as I thought it was going to. Maybe if the OS leveraged the display more it might not have felt that way.. idk but I agree with you on that.

Who knows how fickle the consumers are. I'm betting in Apple's case quite fickle if they don't receive a stunning upgrade sometime in the next 1.5-2 years

