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Re:Every iPhone Prototype Apple Ever Made Before They Releas... by Cushman on Monday July 30, 2012 @02:19PM (#4313799)
Right. Did you see the part where Apple produced a "Sony-style" mockup[0], complete with SONY branding, that most resembles the iPhone 4? There was never a Sony Style.

[0] http://boingboing.net/2012/07/27/early-iphone-mockups-show-s...

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Re:Every iPhone Prototype Apple Ever Made Before They Releas... by pbhjpbhj on Monday July 30, 2012 @04:47PM (#4314594)
Isn't the point though that this makes it derivative of Sony's design.
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Re:Every iPhone Prototype Apple Ever Made Before They Releas... by Cushman on Monday July 30, 2012 @05:09PM (#4314701)
That would be Samsung's claim, and thus the release of other, earlier mockups from Apple which more closely resemble the eventual iPhone. And again, Samsung's claim is based on an interview with a Sony designer about a product[0] which looked nothing like an iPhone, which inspired Apple to produce one mockup merging one of their existing designs with Sony design elements. It is not based on any Sony product.

Despite what I've been saying here, I'm not an Apple partisan, but come on-- this is totally ridiculous.

[0] This thing, I believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_W950

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Re:Every iPhone Prototype Apple Ever Made Before They Releas... by wmf on Monday July 30, 2012 @11:14PM (#4315502)
So the iPhone is a derivate of Sony's design philosophy and the Galaxy S is still a derivative of the iPhone, not Sony or 2001.
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