The back and forth between Samsung and Apple in the courts is getting ridiculous. For months, the two companies have been in the middle of a heated series of ‘copycat’ lawsuits, with Apple originally accusing Samsung’s Galaxy line of infringing on the Cupertino company’s patents and trademarks.
Whether or not Apple is right about all of its claims, it’s hard to deny that Samsung hasn’t received a little “inspiration” from Apple’s products.
Recently, Apple’s own app icons were spotted on display in a Samsung retail store. Other peripherals from Samsung also look to be based off Apple’s designs.
This clever graphic from Reddit takes a look at the similarities between Samsung and Apple.
You get the idea.
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86 responses to “Samsung Does Not Copy Apple At All… Sure”
Ugh you all are absurd. Samsung does NOT have any retail stores where they showcase their own mobile devices. This picture was taken in a store that sells Samsung along with other manufacturers’ products and was simply photographed in front of a wall containing application icons. In fact, most of those other icons are iOS specific as well, leading me to believe that this store sells iPhones and iPads as well. Calm down, children.