It was just four days ago now, August 15th, when evidence surfaced online proving Apple had manipulated pictures of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in a submission to the German court system. Essentially, Apple altered a picture of a Galaxy Tab to be the same size as the iPad. The argument has been made that the submission also shows some real life pictures of the two devices, but no matter how you look at it, there is still a fake picture of a Galaxy Tab next to an iPad in a court document. And that picture was used to compare just how similar the two devices are. It’s shady business, and apparently, a commonly used weapon in Apple’s legal arsenal.
Another manipulated image in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung has been made public today. This time, in a submission to the Dutch legal system, Apple presented an altered picture of a Galaxy S next to an iPhone 3G. The Galaxy S comes in at 122.4 x 64.2 mm, while the iPhone 3G measures 115.5 x 62.1 mm. In the picture though, both devices appear to be the same size.
There is some text in the filing that goes against the picture submitted, like where Apple has said the Galaxy S has “some non-identical elements, such as the slightly larger dimensions.” But again, when trying to show how similar Samsung’s devices are to Apple’s, a manipulated document was the one chosen to be submitted. Samsung’s lawyer, Bas Berghuis of Simmons and Simmons, finally made the remark that Apple has been “manipulating visual evidence, making Samsung’s devices appear more similar to Apple’s.” Unfortunately, he ultimately failed to provide evidence of this.
We’ll be sure to bring you more on Apple and Samsung’s legal battles as they continue to develop.
Iphone doesn’t have gorilla glass, Samsung do, as confirmed on Cornings website.
It does look like the iPhone home screen, but the question has to be.. who did it first? While the Galaxy range is newer than the iPhone there are other samsungs that are older and have similar style. Technically the Galaxy S is an evolution of old Samsung designs that Apple copied!
Really stupid. I hope Apple gets what’s coming to them. Not because I’m an Android fanboy, but because I know that’s the only thing that’ll stop all the lawsuits…
I can’t help but laugh when I hear people say things like “Apple must be desperate” or “Apple is scared of Android”.
Guys, I’m an Android user, but come on. Apple isn’t afraid of Android. Not at the moment, anyways. Maybe when Android can actually compete with the iPad we’ll have something, but right now that simply is not happening. I’m sure you all love your XOOMs and Tab 10.1s, but the fact of the matter is that they haven’t done anything to hurt Apple. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth.
Honestly, I’m an Android user, but I think this is being kinda overblown. Apple scaled down the Samsung by like 7% to make it uniform. Why wouldn’t they? Apple is obsessed with design, do you really think they’d have one image a tiny bit larger than the other when otherwise they are so similar? People at Apple are OCD about that stuff. That doesn’t mean they are twiddling their mustaches and throwing bombs into school buses.
As for the app drawer being open, I think that makes sense. Samsung often has the app drawer open in pictures it uses for promo material, and that’s one of the main things this case is about: the devices looking so similar to consumers. Well where do most consumers see these devices? Ads. The pictures above are likely what someone would see as a representation of the iPhone and a representation of the Samsung. It’s not like Apple dug deep into Android and pulled up some obscure menu that looked like iOS. They opened the app drawer, arguably the most prominent and used area of the whole device after the home screen itself.
I’m not an Apple fanboy. As I said before, I am an Android user (got my Droid Incredible on launch day). But a little bit of thinking makes this whole thing seem pretty silly. There are better ways to take shots at Apple than this.
skewed size aside, that second picture of Samsung’s screen is quite unnerving.
yes, that’s the app drawer.. but sooner or later, someone is going to click and open the app launcher, and an iPhone user would say “hey, that looks a lot like my phone”
It’s the reason I don’t buy Samsung. Samsung should really change that layout. HTC Sense is not getting sued. it’s possible
Gorilla glass is highly scratch resistant, but that doesn’t make it unbreakable..
Last time I checked (Friday’s market close) and most of this week Exxon is back on top, MORE valuable than any rotten & deceitful fruit-name company.
Just goes to show you how afraid Apple is of Android. smh, Apple
Apple is the worlds most valuable company! Congratulations, best inc of the world!
I have an iPhone 4 and i will upgrade to the new megaseller iPhone 5 very soon.
Thank you for providing the best, sophisticated technology and avoiding clumsy fragmentation!
We love Apple.