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You obviously haven't read the Galaxy S1 design docs then. http://www.scribd.com/doc/102317767/Samsung-Relative-Evaluation-Report-on-S1-iPhone http://www.scrib

by ykl 13y ago

You obviously haven't read the Galaxy S1 design docs then. http://www.scribd.com/doc/102317767/Samsung-Relative-Evaluation-Report-on-S1-iPhone http://www.scribd.com/doc/102317767/Samsung-Relative-Evaluat...

WaterSponge 13y ago
Serious question... Is it not a normal thing to hardcore analyze your offerings against your competitors? And if so is it a bad faith to do these types of analysis inside your company on your products since it exposes you in court? How has the auto industry get getting along so long without suing each other into the ground?
- sbuk 13y ago
  >Serious question... Is it not a normal thing to hardcore analyze your offerings against your competitors? Yes, but not to this level. This is a guide book to imitating another platform. >And if so is it a bad faith to do these types of analysis inside your company on your products since it exposes you in court? No. I'd suggest that Samsung did go over the top with this. >How has the auto industry get getting along so long without suing each other into the ground? They haven't. The automotive industry is extremely litigious, it just doesn't get page views, dead-tree or internet.
Glyptodon 13y ago
I just don't see what's wrong with it. Evaluating a competitor's product and improving on/comparing with your own is what any company should be doing... Especially since a lot of the comparisons are pretty much statements of the obvious, too. I'd bet Samsung didn't really have a well developed UX design group behind their software/UI initially. Then they were brought to their senses by a competitor and did a thorough analysis and comparison to improve their products and compete. I just can't see what's wrong with that.
- mbreese 13y ago
  You have to be careful when evaluating your product vs a competitor, when you're talking about HCI - especially when you know that your competitor (Apple) has sued over look and feel before. I'd bet that had Samsung done an analysis of the iPhone that was evaluating the first-principles and then had a separate team work from those first-principles to design a clean UI they would have been much better off. Really though, having emails and presentations that say "we need to make our phone more like the iPhone" is pretty damning. It seems like they've done a better job recently when they just go and do their own thing.

by ykl 13y ago

WaterSponge 13y ago

Serious question... Is it not a normal thing to hardcore analyze your offerings against your competitors? And if so is it a bad faith to do these types of analysis inside your company on your products since it exposes you in court? How has the auto industry get getting along so long without suing each other into the ground?

sbuk 13y ago
>Serious question... Is it not a normal thing to hardcore analyze your offerings against your competitors? Yes, but not to this level. This is a guide book to imitating another platform. >And if so is it a bad faith to do these types of analysis inside your company on your products since it exposes you in court? No. I'd suggest that Samsung did go over the top with this. >How has the auto industry get getting along so long without suing each other into the ground? They haven't. The automotive industry is extremely litigious, it just doesn't get page views, dead-tree or internet.

Glyptodon 13y ago

I just don't see what's wrong with it. Evaluating a competitor's product and improving on/comparing with your own is what any company should be doing... Especially since a lot of the comparisons are pretty much statements of the obvious, too. I'd bet Samsung didn't really have a well developed UX design group behind their software/UI initially. Then they were brought to their senses by a competitor and did a thorough analysis and comparison to improve their products and compete. I just can't see what's wrong with that.

mbreese 13y ago
You have to be careful when evaluating your product vs a competitor, when you're talking about HCI - especially when you know that your competitor (Apple) has sued over look and feel before. I'd bet that had Samsung done an analysis of the iPhone that was evaluating the first-principles and then had a separate team work from those first-principles to design a clean UI they would have been much better off. Really though, having emails and presentations that say "we need to make our phone more like the iPhone" is pretty damning. It seems like they've done a better job recently when they just go and do their own thing.