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Apple vs Samsung: Apple Executive Opens Samsungs Old Wounds
It has been exactly 15 years since the first iPhone was launched on June 29, 2007. On this occasion, the Wall Street Journal (hereafter referred to as WSJ) today released a documentary portraying the progress of Apple in these years.
The documentary features interviews with current and former Apple executives by Joanna Stern, in which the current Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak called out Samsung and implied that the Smartphones from Samsung were just a “Poor Copy” of the iPhones.
He further explained that Samsung just copied the iPhone design overall and made the display larger.
The credit is certainly due to Apple for introducing the innovation and starting a new era of smartphones that were capable of doing tasks while in a reduced capacity, like computers, with also introducing a dedicated app store.
However, such is the norm in the field of technology, everybody innovates & somebody takes it even further. To allege a corporation such as Samsung of copying, which was founded 53 years ago, probably would be stretching it too far.
Especially when Samsung is a major core components supplier to current giants like Tesla and a manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, image sensors, camera modules, and displays for clients such as Sony, HTC, Nokia, and Apple itself.
On January 4, 2007, 4 days before the iPhone was introduced to the world, and Apple filed a suit for 4 design patents covering the basic shape of the iPhone.
Apple sued its component supplier Samsung, alleging in a 38-page federal complaint on April 15, 2011, in the United States for using its tech in Samsung’s Android phones and tablets.
The claim was for infringing Apple’s intellectual property: its patents, trademarks, user interface, and style.
Samsung also counter-sued Apple on April 22, 2011, filing federal complaints in courts in South Korea, Japan, and Germany. Samsung alleged that Apple infringed on Samsung’s patents for mobile-communications technologies.
By then, it became a suing game, and Samsung sued Apple in the British as well as American courts.
Ultimately the total score was settled through an undisclosed exact money bill understanding between the two, which has not been publicized yet by both.
Apple’s Jobs hinted once that the bigger phones were a hassle, and the sales went down for Apple around 2013 when Samsung Galaxy Note and other phones were garnering sales. Samsung criticized apple for eating its words and releasing a bigger iPhone 6.
Furthermore, Apple had a bitter taste when the sales of the iPhone 12 mini-series failed in comparison.
Even today, Samsung still beats Apple in the tablet game. Read here. And not to mention Samsung is currently a flagbearer in the foldable and flexible display division with its Z series dominating the market, while Apple and others are still trying to even enter this field.
Apple certainly seeks to stand high ground, and a sense of ego seems to be pouring from it. Who knows what would have happened if Samsung didn’t innovate the larger phones, which were more affordable and independent in terms of the OS and third-party ecosystem.
In that sense, it seems that Samsung ruined Apple’s monopoly celebrating party with its marketing and innovations.
Apple doesn’t seem to accept that a free world of innovation that enables people to be more productive and make their lives easier will always be accepted by the world and that technology is not its monopoly or exclusive right because apple was also accused of the same.
It would be better if this old age animosity could end now, and both companies should try to work better in their field, especially when Apple is seeking the help of Samsung in display solutions.
To watch the documentary visit the links in the description, and we leave you with the Apple executive’s statement.
Here referring to Samsung– “And they were annoying because, as you know, they ripped off our technology. They took the innovations that we had created and created a poor copy of it, and just put a bigger screen around it. So, yeah, we were none too pleased.”
-Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak
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Samsung Knox Achieved CC Certification for High-end Security Standards On 2024 TVs in Australia
Samsung Electronics has announced that Samsung Knox is uniting into its 2024 TV range and has achieved CC certification (Common Criteria) ahead of the product launch.
Samsung Knox is designed to keep in mind a security and management framework that arrives pre-installed on specific Samsung mobile devices. The CC certification is a term that refers to a worldwide program that establishes a hierarchical framework for security concepts and terminology for information technology (IT) products.
The key reason CC exists is to help assure consistent and rigid integrity evaluation standards for IT products and continue to help upgrade the efficiency of evaluation and certification. This certification is acknowledged by 31 countries worldwide. With upgraded evaluation and consistent standards, the CC aims to sustain confidence in the security of certified IT gadgets.
The CC certification comprises a Protection Profile (PP) and a Security Target (ST). Fortunately, Samsung Knox has met the security target and earned the standards for the CC.
The CC certification emphasizes three core security features of Samsung Knox:
- Tizen OS Monitoring: Samsung Knox helps to detect possible threats in real-time, flagging any unauthorized changes in critical sectors of Tizen OS, the core of Samsung TVs.
- Phishing Website Blocking: Samsung Knox justifies web pages accessed by users by anticipatory blocking any possible phishing sites to help safeguard user data and privacy.
- Enhanced Personal Information Protection: Samsung Knox will make sure to offer seamless protection of users’ crucial data through a connection with Samsung Knox Vault, a dedicated processor for security functions.
Samsung Electronics is introducing a new Google EDLA-certified ‘WAD’ interactive display for classrooms as part of Teacher Appreciation Week.
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week (from May 6–10) in the U.S. Samsung appreciates teachers’ hard work and offers them new classroom technology, professional development assets, and discounts on goods.
Samsung debuted a new lineup of interactive displays for classrooms named the WAD series, certified by Google for educational use. They are available in three sizes and run the latest Android OS system.
- 65-inch, 75-inch, and 86-inch models
The WAD series interactive displays are intentionally designed to be easy for teachers to use. Since they are Google-certified, they work seamlessly with Google Classroom as well as Drive. The WAD series interactive displays feature various functionalities to boost student engagement and collaboration.
- Natural writing experience with an IR touch
- At least 40 students can interact together.
- Up to nine devices can share content on the display simultaneously.
- It offers a 3-in-1 USB-C port for connection with the support of 65W charging and HDMI output for sharing content.
Notably, the display can send critical messages instantly across all displays in classrooms and public spaces. The school leaders have the power to remotely monitor and control the display using Samsung’s Device Management Solution (DMS).
Samsung.com is offering an exclusive discount to educators and school administrators on a few devices. –
- Up to $600 off on particular curved and ergonomic Samsung monitors for helping with lesson planning, parent communication, and more.
- Up to 25% off popular models such as the WAC series and the Samsung Interactive Pro display.
As a part of the week’s promotions, teachers have the chance to earn a $50 Samsung Gift Card with purchases over $299.
Samsung Electronics and O2 Telefónica today announced that the brands have debuted their very first virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial sites in Germany.
It is the first time that Samsung’s 5G vRAN solution is being used in Germany, which is using vRAN and Open RAN technology and is live in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, offering 4G and 5G services. At the moment, the facility is limited, but the network will be expanded to seven more sites in the area soon. Undoubtedly, this is an efficient development for open-RAN technology.
The Executive Vice President, Head of Global Sales & Marketing, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, Junehee Lee, stated, “Samsung is setting new standards for excellence in the telecommunications industry with our innovative vRAN and open RAN capabilities. Celebrating Telefónica’s 100th anniversary, we are proud to be the key partner for O2 Telefónica on their trailblazing journey to usher in a new era of connectivity in Germany.”
O2 Telefónica is building an even more significant and futureproof network, leveraging modern and advanced technologies, open interfaces, and automation capabilities. Open RAN authorizes greater flexibility in the mobile network. Based on open interfaces, operators can merge network components from different providers and integrate them into their network.
Samsung is providing its market-leading 4G and 5G vRAN 3.0 solution and O-
RAN-compliant radios supporting low- and mid-bands (700MHz, 800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2.1GHz, 2.6GHz, and 3.6GHz), which include 64T6R Massive MIMO radios. After this, the brand will launch intelligent network automation solutions for Samsung just to control life cycle management, from deployment and operation to maintenance. This O-RAN-compliant automation solution offers the power to accelerate innovative software-based network rollouts by authorizing the automated deployment of many network sites together.