Apple to drop patent claims against Samsung phone. - Polidicks

[quote] [quote] [IMG]http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2012/1-samsungwasor.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] [B]Apple has agreed to drop its patent claims against Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini after the South Korean rival said it would not sell the gadget in the United States, a court filing showed Friday.[/B] The announcement is the latest twist in a patent battle between the two tech titans. Last month, Apple asked that a series of Samsung products—including the Galaxy S III—be added to the patent infringement suit between the mobile giants. "Apple will agree to withdraw without prejudice its request to include the Galaxy S III Mini in this case given Samsung's representation that it is not making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing that product into the United States," the company said in its latest federal court filing in San Jose, California. Samsung, the world's top mobile and smartphone maker, was ordered by a US jury in August to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for illegally copying iPhone and iPad features for its flagship Galaxy S smartphones. It has appealed the ruling, depicting the verdict as "a loss" for consumers and contending that Apple had "manipulated" the patent system. Since then, two separate rulings by courts in Japan and the Netherlands have dismissed Apple's claims of patent infringement. ============================================================ Source: [URL]http://phys.org/news/2012-12-apple-patent-samsung.html[/URL] [/quote]

Well fuck. No getting the SIV, then.

Oh wow.

AFAIK the [I]GS III mini[/I] is quite horrible, and just playing off the hype of the GS III

So Apple is thinking, "As long as it isn't sold in the US, Samsung can do whatever they want. Even if they use things we patent."

I remember getting the GS1 when it first came out, people still had dumbphones and where fucking amazed by swype and the amazing screen (at the time it was one of the first OLEDs in a phone), it convinced a lot of my friends to get one.

I thought this was against all Samsung phones then, I thought they were finally done embarrassing themselves.. I guess not. :(

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39019411]Typical Samesung, they market complete and utter [B]shit[/B] under the same brand name as their flagship devices.[/QUOTE] not like apple and the ipad mini huh and ipod nano and ipod shuffle no other manufacturers ever did this ever

[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;39019713]not like apple and the ipad mini huh and [B]ipod nano[/B] and ipod shuffle no other manufacturers ever did this ever[/QUOTE] Not a fanboy but when that first came out that shit was selling like hotcakes. It was pretty revolutionary considering all you had before the nano you had the big ass classic, and before that the walkman.

[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;39019713]not like apple and the ipad mini huh and ipod nano and ipod shuffle no other manufacturers ever did this ever[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

[QUOTE=Kabstrac;39019847]my $200 China droid phone is better than the SIII mini anyways lol[/QUOTE] lol

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39019480]Its a shame the OLEDs in those phones went bright orange after a years use.[/QUOTE] I'm still rocking an GS1 Captivate and my OLEDs are rocking hard. Hell I'm running Jellybean on this thing. Granted I'm starting to feel the age of my phone compared to the things I'm running on it... but its still quite capable I assure you.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39020636]>implying the iPad mini's internals are shit. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] look at the S3 mini's specs, my Commodore 64 could give the POS a run for its money.[/QUOTE] >heh implying lel xDDDD

[QUOTE=ATribeCalledQ;39019754]Not a fanboy but when that first came out that shit was selling like hotcakes. It was pretty revolutionary considering all you had before the nano you had the big ass classic, and before that the walkman.[/QUOTE] you still had the ipod mini and shuffle, as well as a ton of third party mp3 players

[QUOTE=Kabstrac;39019847]my $200 China droid phone is better than the SIII mini anyways lol[/QUOTE] rofl! XD

next thread: "Apple patents 'mini' devices; no longer can you make a similar device smaller than its larger counterpart"

[QUOTE=Mike42012;39019305]Well fuck. No getting the SIV, then.[/QUOTE]Simian Immunodeficiency Virus? Unless you're an ape I wouldn't worry. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=redBadger;39022258]next thread: "Apple patents 'mini' devices; no longer can you make a similar device smaller than its larger counterpart"[/QUOTE]OH NO SPOON-SIZED SHREDDED WHEAT I LOVE THOSE

[QUOTE=Sgt. Khorn;39019356]So Apple is thinking, "As long as it isn't sold in the US, Samsung can do whatever they want. Even if they use things we patent."[/QUOTE] Patents are basically a dirty power play by Apple. Since Samsung wont sell it in the US, no need to have a field day with their lawyers.

Apple can suck a big dick they keep trying to sue everyone.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39019411]Typical Samesung, they market complete and utter [B]shit[/B] under the same brand name as their flagship devices.[/QUOTE] This is why people like certain brands allot more than others, often to Facepunch's confusion. The Brands that are "mainstream" or "Cool to like" take care of their flagship stuff, and take care of their image. You can't just casually release a bad product under the name of your strongest series.

To call the GS3 mini "shit" is a huge overstatement. Sure, the A9 and Mali-400 combo are dated, but what the GS3 mini tries to sell is not the same image the GS3 itself tries to sell. There's only the GS3 nomenclature confusion, and let's be honest, when it comes to devices, not a lot of companies get the whole naming thing right. [editline]30th December 2012[/editline] It's also definitely not the first or last time a phone manufacturer had named something confusingly, so I don't know what the big stink is.

For everyone calling the Galaxy S3 Mini garbage, they're made for two completely separate markets. Let's look at the specs. 1Ghz dual core processor. 1GB of DDR2 memory. 4 inch SuperAMOLED screen 480x800 resolution. 5MP camera. 30FPS 720p recording. Price tag: $360 off contract. [t]http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/samsung-galaxy-s3-mini-vs-samsung-galaxy-s3-vergleich-584x605.jpeg[/t] Versus the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S3, it's definitely not up to par but it's not meant to be. This was once a high end phone back in 2011. Trust me, I know because I had almost these exact specs in my Motorola Droid 3 (which was $550 off contract last year). This phone costs about $200-300 less [b]OFF CONTRACT[/b] than Samsung's flagship and it is being marketed as part of the Galaxy S3 line because it has the same design, same software and it really is just a miniaturized, less powerful version of the S3 and the Note 2. Also it has NFC, S-Beam technology and a front facing camera. Things that were not found in the Galaxy S2 line of devices or any devices for that matter before late late 2011. This is the sort of phone you'd get for free or $50 on a 2 year contract while the Note 2/Galaxy S3 is something you'd pay $199/$299 for on a 2 year contract.

[QUOTE=Daniel M;39027046]For everyone calling the Galaxy S3 Mini garbage, they're made for two completely separate markets. Let's look at the specs. 1Ghz dual core processor. 1GB of DDR2 memory. 4 inch SuperAMOLED screen 480x800 resolution. 5MP camera. 30FPS 720p recording. Price tag: $360 off contract. Versus the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S3, it's definitely not up to par but it's not meant to be. This was once a high end phone back in 2011. Trust me, I know because I had almost these exact specs in my Motorola Droid 3 (which was $550 off contract last year). This phone costs about $200-300 less [b]OFF CONTRACT[/b] than Samsung's flagship and it is being marketed as part of the Galaxy S3 line because it has the same design, same software and it really is just a miniaturized, less powerful version of the S3 and the Note 2. Also it has NFC, S-Beam technology and a front facing camera. Things that were not found in the Galaxy S2 line of devices or any devices for that matter before late late 2011. This is the sort of phone you'd get for free or $50 on a 2 year contract while the Note 2/Galaxy S3 is something you'd pay $199/$299 for on a 2 year contract.[/QUOTE] I was under the impression that Galaxy SX phones were intended to be the flagship models. That being said, whether the Galaxy SIII mini was intended for the cutting edge market or the budget market does not change the fact that it is named after the top dog. To the market observer, that would be like buying a Chevy Corvette ZR1 mini, which you would assume had similar performance in output to the normal model in a smaller and lighter car, and finding that it actually had a 1.5T I4 from the Cruze. So it may be good value for the cost, but it had ought to be called Samsung Nebula or something like that. A proper Galaxy SIII mini would be more expensive but worth the cost. idk

[QUOTE=Most wanteD;39027856]I was under the impression that Galaxy SX phones were intended to be the flagship models. That being said, whether the Galaxy SIII mini was intended for the cutting edge market or the budget market does not change the fact that it is named after the top dog. To the market observer, that would be like buying a Chevy Corvette ZR1 mini, which you would assume had similar performance in output to the normal model in a smaller and lighter car, and finding that it actually had a 1.5T I4 from the Cruze. So it may be good value for the cost, but it had ought to be called Samsung Nebula or something like that. A proper Galaxy SIII mini would be more expensive but worth the cost. idk[/QUOTE] I mean this is nothing new. They've been doing "lines" since the Galaxy S1. There is the Galaxy S, the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Mini. Sometimes there are further variants such as the Galaxy Stratosphere but I won't get into this. Why can't Samsung do product lines? They're similar in feature set. They're similar in how they work. It's no different than Microsoft's Surface Pro and the Surface RT, Apple with the iPad and the iPad Mini, HTC with the One X and the One S. See what I mean? It's a family of products and it has brand recognition with the average consumer. Just be smart enough to look it up online and look at the specs and if you're not, the people are the store will tell you.