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> Comparatively speaking Samsung is kind of a joke and when a new paradigm comes along I don't think you can really say this. They throw a lot of stuff against
by zmmmmm 13y ago
> Comparatively speaking Samsung is kind of a joke and when a new paradigm comes along
I don't think you can really say this. They throw a lot of stuff against the wall that is original, and some of it does stick. The Galaxy Note was ridiculed by everybody but turned out to be a hit. The large size and stylus turn out to be a big selling features to people you wouldn't expect (eg: small women seem to love galaxy notes - because they were never able to fit a phone in their pocket in the first place, and many are used to carrying around a paper diary that is almost the same size anyway). They certainly copy a lot of stuff from Apple (and others) where they think that's the right path, but it's unfair to say they add nothing new.
> I'm an Apple shareholder, and I am not worried about Samsung
I'd go so far as to say that your kind of viewpoint might well be dominant inside Apple itself, and the "blind spot" it creates might be a major reason why Apple has struggled to compete against Samsung.
- cageface 13y agoI'd go so far as to say that your kind of viewpoint might well be dominant inside Apple itself, and the "blind spot" it creates might be a major reason why Apple has struggled to compete against Samsung. Bingo. Samsung doesn't have the same kind of refined, surgical design discipline that Apple does but that doesn't mean that they're incapable of coming up with interesting new features. They just arrive at them in a different way. Honestly after using iOS 7 for a while I'm worried that Apple has seriously lost its way. There are so many instances of simplistic design ideology trumping usability in iOS 7 I'm not even sure where to start listing them. iOS < 7 was visually cheesy in some respects but it was extremely polished and usable.
- rdouble 13y agoWhat's less usable? I was suspicious initially but after using it for weeks usability seems about the same, if not a bit improved. It does need a lot of polish, and some of the built in apps are uglier, like clock and notes.
- cageface 13y agoTransparencies make things less readable. Tap targets are less obvious. Wireframe icons are harder to parse visually. Thin fonts (thankfully larger now) are harder to read. Undemarcated areas of UI make it harder to distinguish controls from content (not a feature IMO). I actually like flat design but they've taken it too far.