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Samsung Vs Apple Phones Pros & Cons
Samsung Vs Apple Phones Pros & Cons
Smartphones have been around for quite some time now and names
like Samsung and Apple dominate the market. These two are the most
renowned mobile gadget manufacturers in the world, although they
also produce a wide variety of electronics. Samsung and Apple have
been competing at all levels of mobile phone production and have
close customers. The release dates of their phones are some of the
most awaited days in the phone industry.
Here is a descriptive review detailing Samsung Vs Apple phones pros
& cons.
Compact design Samsung phones are quite durable and can serve
you for many years if properly maintained. You can find phones that
are over half a decade old and still perform optimally.
Latest technology Samsung offers the latest state-of-the-art features
that can achieve all that any mobile phone can currently accomplish.
Some include maps and GPS tracking, mobile wallets, high-definition
cameras, ergonomic display and fast web browsing, expanded
memory and multiple-user interface.
Other benefits , pros and good things about Samsung phone includes
competitive prices, durability, speed, availability and ease of repair.
Some of the cons of using Samsung phones include;
High prices for modern technology. The Galaxy S series is one of
the priciest in the market.
Low battery life. Smartphones are heavy battery users due to
background applications.
Frequent release cycles. Your latest phone will soon be out of
fashion and new trendy designs come sooner rather than later.
Analysis
Supporting facts
On March 31, a $2 billion trial between Apple and Samsung began in
California court. Apple is accusing Samsung of infringing on software
patents related to its iPhone. If youre feeling a sense of deja vu, you
arent crazy. The legal battle between the two largest mobile tech
companies has been raging quietly and loudly for nearly four years,
and its set to last for at least another three.
To help catch you up (and honestly, keep track of this mess ourselves)
weve put together a timeline of whats happened in the last few
years. If you want to know what happens when two immovable
objects crash into each other, this is a good case study.
The Players
Australia allows the Galaxy tablet to go on sale many months after its
planned debut, but Samsung changes the design to get around the
sales ban in Germany. Samsung manages to get iPhones and iPads
banned in Germany for a few hours, and Apple loses a bid to block
sales of specific Samsung 4G phones in the United States.
More cases get filed. The fight now spans about 30 cases spanning
North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
March May 2012: Settlement talks begin (and fail)
In the United States, Apple
claims Samsung violated court orders by only turning over one device
with source code as part of discovery. Judge Lucy Koh orders the
companies into settlement talks in late May; but a week beforehand, a
U.S. appeals court says sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 should be
blocked until a trial. To no ones surprise, talks go nowhere, although
Koh eventually rules any sales ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would
have to wait until the trial ended.
July 2012: Apple publicly admits Samsung didnt copy
Samsung and Google are forced to scale back the universal search bar
on the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S3 in response to an injunction
granted by Judge Koh.
Boom. After three days of deliberation the U.S. jury sides with Apple,
awarding over $1 billion in damages and finding that 26 Samsung
products infringed on both Apple software and design patents. The
decision is controversial, generating debate about whether the jury
acted properly and if lay juries should sit on patent cases at all.
Judge Koh finds the U.S. jury calculated damages incorrectly, so she
invalidates $450 million of the $1 billion awarded to Apple and orders
a retrial to determine proper damages.
June 2013: ITC rules iPads infringe on Samsung patents
The United States Trade Representative outright vetoes the June ITC
ruling two days before going into effect. Some view the decision as
Apple pulling strings in Washington D.C., while others call it a
victory for not allowing companies to use standards-essential patents
as weapons in litigation.
A few days later, the ITC blocks some older Samsung phones from
sale in the United States for violating two Apple patents.
Nov. 2013: Retrial starts, Apple seeks $379.8 million
The $929 million judgement against Samsung in the first U.S. trial
becomes official. The next day, Samsung files a formal appeal.
However, Apple has almost nothing concrete to show for its efforts
with Samsung. Apple hasnt managed to get Samsung s key products
banned in major markets, Apple hasnt collected a penny of damages
from the high-profile first U.S. trial, and the ongoing international
litigation is at best a distraction and at worst a long-term drain on the
company.
Conclusion
Samsung and Apple are the top two phone
manufacturing companies and fierce competitors. Their
release cycles almost complement each other and
comparing their latest devices is often interesting.
Above are some of the obvious pros and cons
surrounded in using these brands. It also depend on the
particular phone so before any body shop for a phone
the specifications and other features of the phone must
be thoroughly read because once purchased the value
of the gadget drop down quickly and most of the time it
is not easy to change the phones instantly. At least,
above the