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Re:Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case by recoiledsnake on Friday August 19, 2011 @12:07PM (#2903829)
First, they're messing up the aspect ratio of the devices with the manipulation. Second, there is no real need to do this, if the sizes are just 6% different, why change the image at all?. Third, this is showing up to be a pattern, thus not just 'sloppy lawyering' like Gruber would want us to believe.

>All I see so far is Samsung building devices that are identical to Apple modulo the screens they're able to source. This may be exactly Apple's point.

And there is no better way to project that point except by making the screens look exactly the same size without a note saying 'scaled size to show similarities'? All this in a court filing.

Lets be honest here, if this was MS in place of Apple, everyone would be screaming bloody murder.

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Re:Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case by tzs on Friday August 19, 2011 @12:19PM (#2903882)
> First, they're messing up the aspect ratio of the devices with the manipulation

From the article: "The aspect ratio has not been measurably altered".

> And there is no better way to project that point except by making the screens look exactly the same size without a note saying 'scaled size to show similarities'?

Apple noted in the text of the filing that the sizes are actually different.

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Re:Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case by recoiledsnake on Friday August 19, 2011 @12:23PM (#2903904)
The OP was referring to Samsung devices in general and can apply to the earlier tampering as well, the Galaxy tab did get its aspect ratio changed from 16:9 to a 4:3.
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Re:Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case by siglesias on Friday August 19, 2011 @12:22PM (#2903895)
The point you need to argue is that the Samsung phone in fact being bigger is relevant to the discussion of whether the design was copied, and I think that's all Apple is trying to show in the picture.
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Re:Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case by sjs on Friday August 19, 2011 @12:32PM (#2903939)
If it's not relevant than Apple had no reason to resize it.

By resizing they indicate that the devices are more similar than they actually are. I don't even think a note that says the Samsung device is resized would be acceptable, they should simply make a fair comparison.

I have been defending Apple on this till now even after the first doctored photo debacle. No more, no way. They are in the wrong without question.

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