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Sadly for Samsung, Apple's injunction is going to severely harm the company's financial outlook. The device is now blocked across Europe, Australia, and Apple i
by raganwald 15y ago
Sadly for Samsung, Apple's injunction is going to severely harm the company's financial outlook. The device is now blocked across Europe, Australia, and Apple is currently attempting to block the import of all Galaxy devices into the US.
It is sad for Samsung that sales of the Tab are being blocked while the court case is settled, but were they really expecting so many sales that this will “severely harm the company's financial outlook?” I don’t see the Tab as a bet-the-company move for Samsung, this is probably more of an embarassment and inconvenience than a fatal blow.
- tjogin 15y agoYeah, I have a feeling this is going to be worse for Apple than it is for Samsung. Like you said, Samsung's tablets aren't really selling that well (more were returned last month than sold, I heard), so it's not going to be a significant blow to them, financially. Now Samsung's failure in the tablet space is going to be big bad Apple's bullying fault, and Samsung will play the role of the martyr. Samsung were failing anyways, but now it's Apple's fault. The only way Apple wins here is if this prevents other players from imitating them.
- ashishgandhi 15y agoApple also wins because business may now avoid the legally-challeged or legally-risky Android devices. Better safe than sorry. Esp. when the iPad is not being sold at a much higher price.
- Pewpewarrows 15y agoThose reports weren't about Samsung Tablets. They were about Logitech Revues, and they turned out to be wrong to begin with.
- tjogin 15y agoYou may be right about that specific report, but the same seems to be true for Samsung's tablets. Nobody are selling tablets, other than Apple.
- Pewpewarrows 15y agoPulling data out of thin air, while fun, does not make for an intelligent conversation.
- linuxhansl 15y agoI don't believe that will be the case. People are mostly oblivious about these lawsuits and will continue to buy Apple products. Isn't the Apple brand worth 154bn or so? If you think about it: That is the total premium that people are willing to pay beyond the actual "value" (i.e. an equivalent product of a competitor) just because they are buying an Apple product.
- tjogin 15y agoIt's not that simple. In the tablet space, for example, there is no such thing as an equivalent product of a competitor. The "value" of a product is more than it's technical specification, consumers have figured that out.