I think it might be a bit early to draw that conclusion. Whether by coincidence or not, it did coincide with Samsung's rise as the biggest rival to iPhones. Granted other Android manufacturers around the same time started to compete head to head as well, I think that even if that case isn't at the forefront of people's mind, it was a brick in the wall.

It's important to remember how unassailable Apple felt before that. Any kink in their armor hurts them, and that was a big one.

I know two non-techies who bought Samsung Android phones when they upgraded rather than iPhones because of that trial. Not a huge effect and obviously anecdotal, but these things do have an effect.

However, I think developers are likely to stay with Apple as they have solidly adopted their products over the last 7-8 years, and weirdly many people seem willing to forgive a large company anything, just because they happen to have purchased some of their product range.

Well I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to find people that won't buy anything from Samsung after that trial either...

"weirdly many people seem willing to forgive a large company anything, just because they happen to have purchased some of their product range."

Applies equally to Apple and Samsung... welcome to fanboydom.