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Jenova
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Doesn't really suprise me that they got inspiration from some of Sony designs.
Sony has got some of best designs around, not only from their mobiles but practicaly everything they do.
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jack00
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On 2012-07-27 22:29:04, razec wrote:
God, I missed those days, while it's true that those designs are rather unconventional, at least we see Samsung as a company that "thinks", In this post-iPhone-1st-gen time, mobile companies lacked the creativity they used to, and yes even Sony lacked the aggressiveness they used to as well. All smartphones of today are nothing but a thin slab of plastic/metal with screen at the front and camera at the back. I'm an advocate of design innovation but these days I can't see it thanks to Apple.
[ This Message was edited by: razec on 2012-07-27 21:34 ]
thx for posting these designs, thats a very true statement
5 years after the introduction of the original iphone, there still seems to be some kind of unconsciousness lingering inside the old players
the diversity is gone, there is hardly a room for risky adventures
i guess we need to wait for flexible displays or googles glass, to get something which has a "new character"
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chunkybeats
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@razec
You are 100% right with your post, all smartphones since the iphone 1 was introduced have became boring looking. I really do think a smartphone looks boring. I remember the days when they did concept images of future phones wow they looked amazing and punched way above weight in terms of designs of smartphones now. Mobile phones have became drab and boring. One style and thats it! They need to bring back some innovation to the game! My suggestion would be dual touchscreen but with a difference. Normal touch screen and then like a hologram like display at another angle in which you can interact with. Or go the extreme have a hologram display as your screen! Say from a like a watch type of device. That would be awesome! Sony did the floating touch technology on the Xperia sola now thats very interesting even though its restricted for now, but imagine just pushing the boundaries a little and wow innovation has been created!
Apple in my eyes used Sonys design for inspiration, maybe copy but it is strange that Sony did not patent these designs prior to Apple looking at them.
As for people saying about Sony on iOS lol no way it will never happen. Sony in my eyes are Apples biggest threat, forget Samsung for now but who is the longest serving tech company in the work? Sony. Why would you want to touch a company with so much history and innovation? It would be suicide for Apple. I think the media are trying to dig up dirt about Apple with this design element. I suppose the tech landscape has got boring and they need some interesting stories to living things up a bit lol |
razec
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I also forgot to mention Google is also guilty of the death of design innovation on Smartphones. their ICS/JB killed the need for hardware buttons, hardware keyboards also became nonexistent even though the first commercial android smartphone had one! even the early prototype as well! we have to be grateful Sony still cares for people who want faster access with the camera even though the shutter key is uncomfortably tiny. and now even Microsoft is forcing their long term PC users to adopt with the ridiculously oversize icons and touch-oriented UIs on their desktops/laptops. Stupid American tech trends these days, really...
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jplacson
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The main inspiration for the iPhone was the SonyEricsson P800, which Steve Jobs owned at the time.
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Dups!
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On 2012-07-27 21:06:32, worf1000 wrote:
On 2012-07-27 19:31:55, Dups! wrote:
I don't like Apple, I never had a problem with them until they went on their reckless litigation spree, but to say they wouldn't be around if it wasn't for Sony is stretching it quite a bit.
Like it was pointed out, they (Apple) idolised Sony and took inspiration from them.
I remember when phones looked a lot like each other, ie, a screen with numerical plus alphabetical keypad. The only difference was the name of the manufacturer.
Why didn't we then cry foul?
Heck, LCD televisions look like they were manufactured by one manufacturer.
If only Apple could stop suing everybody else for silly patents.
You know that Samsung have all technology have copied from other from Ericsson (3G) Ram modules from (Rambus) and LCD Oled from Sony/Phillips/Sharp and Panasonic copied from them? What about the CPU architecture? where get they from hmmm ?
What about the government support that Samsung get the last 10 year?
I tell you folks, there is something very wrong about Samsung suddenly they have many patents who was stolen.
Somebody have to watch Samsung very closely.
Samsung was never a innovation tech company, they only use tech from other and try it get better with no success.
What are you on about?
I know exactly what Samsung is capable of, I know all about Ericsson technology, I know about Nokia and Motorola's as well.
I am well aware of Sharp/Panasonic/Sony/Pioneer television technology.
The point is my post was/is about the design language of different manufacturers, that Apple did what a lot of other manufacturers do when they design a product: everybody looks at everybody and thinks how to best improve or innovate on the other manufacturer's design.
At no point did I defend Samsung except to accuse Apple of being overly aggressive on patents- some of which are absurd IMO.
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plankgatan
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well....one thing is for sure.........Apple did (if its even true) a hell better job regarding build quality.
Sonys cellphones/smart-phones feels like pure crap compared to iphone ultra rock-solid casing & screen.
by the way.....Steve Job invented great design light-years before Sony.
Apple (Steve Job) has always have incredible skills about design....thats for sure.
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jack00
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On 2012-07-28 20:04:41, plankgatan wrote:
by the way.....Steve Job invented great design light-years before Sony.
thats untrue
when was apple found? and when was sony found? think about it
steve jobs was no designer, but he had a good feeling for it
its widely known that he was a fan of minimal design and japanese culture
minimal design was greatly coined by dieter rams ... google it
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plankgatan
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..........what are you 12 or something ??
Steve Jobs not a designer ? (have you read the book ??? i guess not, do that and then come back)
he had a finger in both technical design such as basic design.
and by the way...............are you completely mad...he invented one of the first (personal computers) back in 1970, (the name was Apple 2 by the way)............he was without a doubt one of the most skills tech gurus ever lived.
enough said !
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razec
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It was steve wozniak who invented the first computer, not Jobs, though It's no wonder many people including you would think it was th other way around since Jobs was charismatic and Woz was very low profile and that holds true whenever Apple introduces something on the market Jobs heavily advertises it as "their" invention even though the technology it's using had existed long ago. have you watched the pirates of the silicon valley? 
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jack00
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On 2012-07-28 20:49:11, plankgatan wrote:
..........what are you 12 or something ??
[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2012-07-28 19:56 ]
thx for reminding me that its not necessary to post here
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goldenface
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In the latest developments, Samsung have internal documents which show concepts which are rectangular in shape with rounded corners as early as 2006.
Although, later on, internal emails from google appear to warn Samsung about the GlxS similarity to the iPhone.
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tranced
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Hey guys. Chill. No need to do this.
Here's something else about this matter: Apple 2005 'purple' prototype shows it did not copy Sony
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razec
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Keep up the good work Samsung and Apple  while you guys continue hurling stones at each other by revealing supposedly top-secret documents like this, the rest of the world especially the loyalists and the fanboys enjoy looking at such trivial facts on their screens  on the other hand it seems Apple cannot get themselves away from the bar touchscreen design concept for half a decade now that we may not be able to see any innovatively designed apple device in the near future until someone on their office throws some bold idea - how I wish it comes now - help Samsung and other copycats move on
btw, why is Apple not suing Meizu? 
[ This Message was edited by: razec on 2012-07-30 15:37 ] 10 years at Esato |
seeman1
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After reading this post.I am just speechless.
No comments please.
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