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When a lot of people were commenting that Apple doesn't want anyone else to make rectangular tablets or use rounded corners before, everyone thought they were e
by nextparadigms 15y ago
When a lot of people were commenting that Apple doesn't want anyone else to make rectangular tablets or use rounded corners before, everyone thought they were exaggerating and joking. Apparently, Apple did actually believe that.
Maybe their design patents would make sense if someone made a tablet that is 99.5% alike, like some Chinese rip-off. But "rectangular" tablet? That's exactly like saying other car manufacturers shouldn't use round wheels.
- OpieCunningham 15y agoNo, it is not exactly that. A car that doesn't move is not a car, it's a sculpture. A square tablet is a tablet. Samsung's tablet looks nearly identical to Apple's tablet. Apple has provided a subset of things Samsung might consider in order to eliminate the near identical nature of their tablet. One alternative they propose to a non-rectangular tablet is to remove the rounded corners - i.e. ok, make it a rectangle but don't round the corners. Apple is not stating that Samsung must do all the suggestions they provide, only that they must create a tablet that is substantially dissimilar to Apple's tablet. Is the near identical look of Apple's tablet the only possible look of a tablet? Of course not, and it's as simple as that.