“A lot was made about Steve Jobs’ perceived obsession with beating Google,” Richard Saintvilus writes for TheStreet. “Legend suggests that the deceased Apple founder said he would go ‘thermonuclear’ to describe the lengths to which his hatred for Google ran — particularly as it relates to Android, which Jobs described as a ‘stolen product.'”
“But what Jobs has said pales in comparison to what former Samsung America CEO Dale Sohn once said that beating Apple is no longer merely an objective, it is Samsung’s survival strategy,” Saintvilus writes. “That sort of obsession that may ultimately be Samsung’s downfall. The company, which has risen to prominence by ‘drawing inspiration’ (I won’t say copy) from Apple’s design, is now battling a ghost, which is itself.”
“Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone 6 is expected to take a significant chunk out of Samsung’s sales. Finally acknowledging the demand for a bigger phone, Apple’s management has dropped hints that the bigger phone is coming,” Saintvilus writes. “With Samsung’s mobile revenue already declining, that spells trouble for Samsung.”
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