“Samsung has put together a promotional video for the Samsung Galaxy S III that instantly recalls the product promos that Apple issues to accompany its product launches,” Electronista reports.
“The video features a number of the product designers from the Galaxy S III adding their thoughts on the depth of their design inspiration and how they drew from nature in the design of the product, through to the user experience,” Electronista reports.
Electronista reports, “The timing of its release is also interesting, with the jury still out in the trial between it and Apple, it as though Samsung is trying to highlight the independent thinking and effort exerted in creating the Galaxy S III.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: At this point, we have to conclude that Samsung simply does not understand the negative implications of copying or stealing other people’s work. The company simply couldn’t be that morbidly stupid. Perhaps Samsung thinks they’re paying respect to their largest customer by slavishly imitating them or something? Perhaps they think that the multiple lawsuits on every continent with a court system are Apple’s way of saying, “thanks for the knockoffs?”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Joe Architect” for the heads up.]
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more originality from Seoul, South Kupertino.
correction: Steoul, South Kupertino.
Seeee! You Apple spoiled brats!
Samsung can CLEARLY come up with their very own original ways to copy others.
Sickening.
I thought the ad was hilarious.
Samsungs recent behavior reminds me of a crime show episode I once saw, where a stalker tried to mimic and then kill and replace a famous actress, or soemething like that.
Samsung’s “innovations in copying” of all things Apple is starting to get creepy.
This is called thumbing your nose.
Samdung has quite a few products, so why is their phone only produced this way? Why didn’t they use their refrigerator, washer/dryer, or even flat screen television in this type of production….only their phone. I agree with KenC..they are thumbing their nose at Apple AND the court systems until authorized to stop.
What we need is a video of the “making of the Ad” where they show them going frame by frame through Apple promo videos and trying to duplicate them as closely as possible, changing the language to Korean of course.
Samsung’s criminal CEO is behind all this.
Not reported in the news yet is Samsung’s plans to build a new R&D facility in the shape of a donut….
In other not-reported news, Samsung CEO has reported his house was broken into and all of his iPads were stolen….
I almost shitted in my pants LMAO!!! good one.
Let’s thanks to all the idiots who prefer slavish copies of products that the original high quality product from the US even at higher prices.
Sadly, even that apple is proudly american, many americans prefer the korean copier. I understand that from a third world country, but can’t understand why an american person, born in the same country as Apple, prefer a very low quality, low moral company like samsung. Just look at the comments at “WIRED” magazine each time they came out with something about apple and you will see how ALL the comments have something very bad to say about apple and always have something good to say about the samsung products.
Thank you all morons for making low level companies as sansung became big companies copying apple. thank you!
I know like to think that people in general are good. But reality shows they are stupid, ignorant, moronic, clueless and just plain idiots.
Look at how many people use Windows.
Walter Isaacson won’t comment on rumors that Samsung’s CEO has requested that Walter write his biography….
What a bunch of @@@£@£@£ twats.
I found the part at 50 seconds the most criminal of all. In the original Apple video you actually see the glass flex as it is put under stress. In Samesungs video the phone just sits there unflexing giving the impression that there is NO stress on the phone and the counter showing the force is a fake.
Excuse me while I Puke.
Who came first – HP “Make it Matter” or Samsung “Make it Meaningful”? If I had to guess…
JeeYeun Wang, the Samsung designer pictured in the above video – and the same who testified in court that she worked 22h workdays designing the Galaxit S and never copied the iPhone – uses an iPhone.
Here’s her commenting on a Korean error message she found on the Facebook app:
I’m sure you recognise that UI…
Rip-off arguments aside, it is often said, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
Not really, especially when they turn around and slander those whom they imitate.
See http://brianford.newsvine.com/ for reference
I am surprised that they did not copy Apple in the language they spoke as well.
What negative implications? All I see are record profits and improved brand image as a result of copying. No wonder they don’t get the message…
Why am I not seeing my post yet, when I attempt to re-post, it claims it’s a duplicate? C’mon, MDN. I’ve been here for years!
He doesn’t approve some posts. Ikr. Pretty janky
I corrected the subtitles and posted them on youtube:
Epic LMFAO
Hilarious Correctu!!! I can’t stop laughing – one of the best posts ever! Thank you for sharing the truth Correctu and with apologies to Clint Eastwood for making my day!
Have a great weekend!
can you post a direct link to the YouTube without embed? I wanna pass this around!
n/m I actually got off my iPhone and went to my iMac to grab it XD
Oh man, that made my day. Thank you.
Nice!
Unless there are ‘behavior modifications’ included in any punishment handed down with a loss on a patent dispute, Samsung (and companies like them) will continue to behave like this. For instance, even if Apple wins the current patent dispute with Samsung in the US, and Samsung has to pay $2.5 Billion, it won’t hurt them one bit. They’ve made MUCH MORE off of copying Apple then they lost. So unless part of the court decision involves something like ‘Samsung must pay $2.5B and in addition stop selling anything in the mobile tech arena in the US for 2 years” (or something like that), then what’s the incentive to stop copying?
Apple needs to build screens and other parts in the US and dump all these freakin’ criminals in the nations of China, Korea, etc. I’m so tired of nobody doing anything about this BS. Pathetic is the only way to describe these monkeys.
It’s working pretty well for them so far…this copying tactic and with no stopping them in site I suspect they’ll continue.
If you think they don’t think things out then I say you’re not to sharp….
Greed cares not the damage…it just craves more at any cost!
Was that slide with “Meaningful Design Story” just a placeholder slide with a placeholder name?
MDN take, I’d rather think Samsung knows EXACTLY what they are doing. Which is thumbing their nose at Apple in a two-year old child like rant way.
Copy Apple phones and tablets – get sued.
Copy Apple Store and TV Commercials – nanny-nanny boo-boo
Of course, Google did that same thing and over the course of time, Apple maps to replace Google maps, Siri over Google search, etc.
We will have to wait a few years down the road but let’s see how much biz Apple will end up throwing Samsung’s way. Didn’t Apple already shift some of their production from Samsung to others? Apple, I am sure, will get the last Nanny-Nanny, Boo-Boo!
Samsung made a boatload of money by copying Apple while other Android cloners floundered. $1.05 billion is just a slap on the wrist as Samsung laughs all the way to the bank.
I can’t believe that MDN thinks it is copy. introduction of product needs to explain like that way. it’s not the first time Apple did. for godsake. then Apple fucker, you needs to make this patent as well. I feel that apple will be going down quickly because their behavior will be outcast by other companies. smile now, cry later. I really hope that Apple will get back 1997 situation again so that they can regret what they did for industry.
i wonder if the ceo wears a steve jobs mask when he makes love to his husband…
Anyone remember ‘Koi Pond’?
I also remember Apple demonstrating the same ripple effect in their QuickTime back in the 90’s, before Steve Jobs came back.
“depth of their design inspiration and how they drew from nature in the design of the product”
Apples are part nature. Yes, our inspiration is drawn from nature.
Makes you want to poop watching that.
This is not a racist comment, but I just don’t believe the Asian culture can produce the same level of sophistication and creative thought as western cultures. Here in the west we have a huge repository of deep cultural connections going right back to the Greeks and further. Our art is influenced by many cultures, our design draws from many aesthetics. Just look at two areas, music and cars. The west has produced the most popular and most widely revered music, same goes for cars.
But the Asian culture has really failed to produce something of equal or more value, without falling back on the design cues set by western manufactures. Nikon had to bring in an Italian designer to make their top dslr. I am certain canon is the same ( or maybe not….since their body designs are often considered inferior to Nikon)
So I think this whole copying thing goes very deep throughout Asian manufacturing. It’s not always so blatant, but look beneath the surface and it’s all there. Their designers just seem incapable of coming up with truly original design and when ‘forced’ to think different the result is often less than great. Have a look at the reviews on android police for the galaxy tab and latest phone, not the most positive accolades. These are designs that Samsung had to come up with that didn’t blatant copy apple.
Sorry for the long post, but hope you appreciate.
This is the kind of shameless ad that would give Pat instant ejaculation from joy
What we need to do to end this nonsence, is to drop a huge, fucking A-BOMB over Apple’s HQ and round up any todieforApple supporters and shoot them, in the neck.
LOOK HERE YOU FUCKTARDS!
All respect to The Great Woz! Steve Jobbs and Tim Cook, you can both get fucked by a bear with AIDS.
Classy.
If that happened, SameSung would go under as they’d have no one worth copying.
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