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Permalink Reply by Brian on July 3, 2011 at 1:48am

Of course i am just speculating but rumor through the grapevine is that Samsung as well as others have used strong lobbies to block and when that failed, delay the iPhone launch for years so that they could create their own infrastructures that "copy" a lot of Apples models including the app store.  Not only that but Samsung could have launched their own version a long time ago.  Why didn't we see a Galaxy Tab or Galaxy S touch screen phone years ago?  Before the iPhone if they are so innovative?  I also find it puzzling why the gov't would impose a proprietary system (WIPI) on all Korean hand phones thereby locking out foreign manufacturers for so many years. 

 

From a user experience perspective it's quite obvious that the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab have copied many Apple's designs both in terms of hardware and software.  Before the iPhone, Korean handsets were no where NEAR the features and experience that smartphones offer today.  Let's not forget that Samsung is largely a handset manufacturer of hardware - they do not have their own smartphone OS and has to use Android, which by the way also came after Apple IOS.

 

Samsung has fired back by saying Apple has copied their wireless protocol patents but it seems a retaliatory gesture, a bickering of two playground boys each one feels more righteous than the other.  Still it's quite difficult to look past what seems quite obvious, that Apple is/was the primary driver of smartphones and the unique user experience behind it.  Not only did they develop the touchscreen, but the various features like pinch to zoom, and finger swipe.  They developed almost everything proprietary to Apple except for some hardware components such as the screen (LG), memory chips (Samsung).  The latest A4 chip has been designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung.  Not to mention their unique business models around the iAd, iTunes, and the entire app based developer program.

 

And it's not only Samsung that missed it but every other major manufacturer including huge global giants like Nokia, Microsoft, and RIM.

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Permalink Reply by Don Southerton on July 3, 2011 at 10:08pm

Interesting take on the Korea mobile OEMs delaying any launch of the iPhone... to gain a competitive advantage. Thanks.

I'm wondering if the Korean OEMs thought Koreans would favor their smartphones over Apple's? 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Eun-Shil Park on July 3, 2011 at 10:41pm

I still have a BlackBerry....but like to change into Samsung....no Iphone for me I guess.....

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