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right. these phones aren't similar at all. http://cdn.redmondpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-3gs-und-samsung-galaxy-s.png http://cdn.redmondpie.com/wp

right. these phones aren't similar at all. http://cdn.redmondpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-3gs-und-samsung-galaxy-s.png http://cdn.redmondpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-... /sarcasm

dirkgently 13y ago
Well, if this is a free for all troll thread, then let me jump in. The one on the right looks much better.
- clarky07 13y ago
  much better than what? some other phone? because the 2 shown are nearly identical. grandma wouldn't know which was which except for the word "samsung" on it (from any distance).
  - devcpp 13y ago
    Come on, all of this is fairly obvious. Let's say you take a Nokia brick and want to put one touch screen instead of a display and an input panel. What do you do? Something that looks exactly like that. The screen gets larger, the buttons go down and everything else stays the same (yeah, pre-iPhone dumb phones had nice icons in a grid too, remember?). I mean, you're not going to put the speakers behind, or put fragile sharp corners, or put the buttons on the middle of the screen, just because Apple did something similar! This is fairly obvious stuff when developing a smart phone out of a dumb phone. Dumb phones looked alike too, just like fridges and microwaves look alike, and that's because these things just make sense.
    - sbuk 13y ago
      The other android handsets released around the same time didn't mimick the look of the iPhone. Take the HTC Desire for instance, it has the same cues you mention but looks very different.
      - analog 13y ago
        Your point is proven wrong though by the fact that there were phones that looked like the iPhone before the iPhone. Granted they were rubbish to actually use, but they looked good, just like the iPhone does.
        sbuk 13y ago
        The icons are on a 4x4 grid with 4 additional icons on a dock. There is a contrasting chrome bezel framing the glossy black front elevation of the device. On this elevation, the ear piece is positioned a few millimetres down from the top edge. At the bottom of the elevation their is a single large button that returns the user back to the principal screen. Which phone am I describing?
        analog 13y ago
        There is a contrasting chrome bezel framing the glossy black front elevation of the device. LG Prada. On this elevation, the ear piece is positioned a few millimetres down from the top edge. LG Prada. At the bottom of the elevation their is a single large button that returns the user back to the principal screen. Ok you got me there, the LG Prada has two large buttons at the bottom of the elevation.
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        sbuk 13y ago
        Are you really going to suggest that Apple took LG's Prada concept, which was announced on the 12 December 2006, and copied their version (which looks nothing like the Prada, which was a feature phone) which they announced 28 days later, bearing in mind that this was over the Christmas period? I've worked in manufacturing for a nearly 2 decades and I can assure you that it is actually impossible to do this. Neither the iPhone or the Galaxy S look anything like the LG Prada. Incidentally, the Samsung device was announced over 3 years after the iPhone was initially launched. I'd suggest that the point that you are trying to make is void of any merit whatsoever.
- sbuk 13y ago
  "Well, if this is a free for all troll thread, then let me jump in." I'd suggest your earlier comment[0] led to this being the case. So you are in fact continuing to set the tone. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5823335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5823335
kevingadd 13y ago
Apple added a hardware back button??? I need to upgrade!
analog 13y ago
Both look like LG Prada knock offs to me.
tripzilch 13y ago
... and my grandmother wouldn't be able to tell these apart: http://blueribbonappliances.com.au/photos/FridgesFreezers/two-door-fridges.jpg http://blueribbonappliances.com.au/photos/FridgesFreezers/tw... (and unless my business was large appliances, neither would I) ... or these: http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3491844a021bbc21210f6a706700b146.jpg http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3491844a021bbc... okay, the point is, all these three types of devices look so similar because of all the traits they don't have. it's minimalism. not having superfluous design elements or adornments yet keeping efficient functionality, is usually going to end up with a very similar design.

dirkgently 13y ago

Well, if this is a free for all troll thread, then let me jump in. The one on the right looks much better.

clarky07 13y ago
much better than what? some other phone? because the 2 shown are nearly identical. grandma wouldn't know which was which except for the word "samsung" on it (from any distance).
- devcpp 13y ago
  Come on, all of this is fairly obvious. Let's say you take a Nokia brick and want to put one touch screen instead of a display and an input panel. What do you do? Something that looks exactly like that. The screen gets larger, the buttons go down and everything else stays the same (yeah, pre-iPhone dumb phones had nice icons in a grid too, remember?). I mean, you're not going to put the speakers behind, or put fragile sharp corners, or put the buttons on the middle of the screen, just because Apple did something similar! This is fairly obvious stuff when developing a smart phone out of a dumb phone. Dumb phones looked alike too, just like fridges and microwaves look alike, and that's because these things just make sense.
  - sbuk 13y ago
    The other android handsets released around the same time didn't mimick the look of the iPhone. Take the HTC Desire for instance, it has the same cues you mention but looks very different.
    - analog 13y ago
      Your point is proven wrong though by the fact that there were phones that looked like the iPhone before the iPhone. Granted they were rubbish to actually use, but they looked good, just like the iPhone does.
      - sbuk 13y ago
        The icons are on a 4x4 grid with 4 additional icons on a dock. There is a contrasting chrome bezel framing the glossy black front elevation of the device. On this elevation, the ear piece is positioned a few millimetres down from the top edge. At the bottom of the elevation their is a single large button that returns the user back to the principal screen. Which phone am I describing?
        analog 13y ago
        There is a contrasting chrome bezel framing the glossy black front elevation of the device. LG Prada. On this elevation, the ear piece is positioned a few millimetres down from the top edge. LG Prada. At the bottom of the elevation their is a single large button that returns the user back to the principal screen. Ok you got me there, the LG Prada has two large buttons at the bottom of the elevation.
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        sbuk 13y ago
        Are you really going to suggest that Apple took LG's Prada concept, which was announced on the 12 December 2006, and copied their version (which looks nothing like the Prada, which was a feature phone) which they announced 28 days later, bearing in mind that this was over the Christmas period? I've worked in manufacturing for a nearly 2 decades and I can assure you that it is actually impossible to do this. Neither the iPhone or the Galaxy S look anything like the LG Prada. Incidentally, the Samsung device was announced over 3 years after the iPhone was initially launched. I'd suggest that the point that you are trying to make is void of any merit whatsoever.
sbuk 13y ago
"Well, if this is a free for all troll thread, then let me jump in." I'd suggest your earlier comment[0] led to this being the case. So you are in fact continuing to set the tone. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5823335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5823335

kevingadd 13y ago

Apple added a hardware back button??? I need to upgrade!

analog 13y ago

Both look like LG Prada knock offs to me.

tripzilch 13y ago

... and my grandmother wouldn't be able to tell these apart: http://blueribbonappliances.com.au/photos/FridgesFreezers/two-door-fridges.jpg http://blueribbonappliances.com.au/photos/FridgesFreezers/tw... (and unless my business was large appliances, neither would I) ... or these: http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3491844a021bbc21210f6a706700b146.jpg http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3491844a021bbc... okay, the point is, all these three types of devices look so similar because of all the traits they don't have. it's minimalism. not having superfluous design elements or adornments yet keeping efficient functionality, is usually going to end up with a very similar design.