Samsung vs Apple

Six 'Samsung vs Apple' stories May 2013 - October 2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus – Full comparison (Video)

Dom Esposito Oct 20 2014 - 9:58 am PT

Today we’re going to be comparing Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4. I realized that there are a limited range of “comparisons” that can happen between these two devices, but we’re going to touch on some of the most important factors between the two such as design, software, features, and cameras.

I’m not going to make this a battle between iOS and Android as many people have their own preferences which lead them to one platform or another. Either way, these two devices are shaping up to be the most coveted large screen smartphones of 2014 and it makes sense to compare them and help you make an informed decision…

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Is Android the real target of latest Apple vs Samsung patent battle that starts today?

Ben Lovejoy Mar 31 2014 - 4:30 am PT

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Pieces in the NY Times and the WSJ suggest that the real target of Apple’s second courtroom patent battle with Samsung may be Android.

Some features in Samsung devices that Apple objects to are part of Google’s Android operating system, by far the most popular mobile operating system worldwide, running on more than a billion devices made by many manufacturers. That means that if Apple wins, Google could have to make changes to critical Android features, and Samsung and other Android phone makers might have to modify the software on their phones …

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Samsung beats Apple in acquiring first-time smartphone owners, while Apple wins in conversions

Ben Lovejoy Aug 19 2013 - 6:49 am PT

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New figures from CIRP reported in Fortune show that both Samsung and Apple get the bulk of their smartphone sales from existing users of their respective platforms, but Samsung does better at attracting featurephone buyers while Apple does better at converting Samsung owners.

Samsung gets 43 percent of its customers from existing Android users (a mix of Samsung loyalists and customer acquisitions from HTC and Motorola), virtually identical to Apple’s figure of 42 percent for existing iPhone users.

Samsung’s low-end Android handsets helped it acquire 37 percent of its customers from featurephone owners, against 26 percent for Apple. The bad news for the company was that Apple wins three times as many smartphone customers from Samsung as Samsung does from Apple: 20 percent switched from a Samsung handset to an iPhone, while only 7 percent switched in the opposite direction.

Samsung’s Next Big Thing ad campaign, aimed specifically at younger users, also hasn’t been as successful as the company might have hoped, with Apple maintaining its younger age-profile.

$1B wiped off Samsung’s value following Presidential veto; Samsung continues appeals

Ben Lovejoy Aug 5 2013 - 7:49 am PT

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The WSJ reports that more than a billion dollars were wiped off Samsung’s market value today following President Obama’s veto of the decision to ban the import of iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 devices into the USA. The fall represented 0.9 percent of the company’s market cap.

While a Presidential veto over-rules the original ITC ruling, the Financial Times reports that Samsung is appealing the ITC decision on the grounds that it only upheld one of the four patents it believes Apple has infringed. The appeal is expected to be held in Q1 2014. Were Apple to lose then, however, the impact would be significantly lower, as Apple is almost certain to have launched new iPhones and iPads by then, with the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 likely removed from Apple’s retail and online stores and seeing only residual sales elsewhere …
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Samsung overtakes Apple for first time in global smartphone web usage

Ben Lovejoy Jul 10 2013 - 6:46 am PT

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Samsung’s share of smartphone-based web-browsing has increased substantially in the last year, reports StatCounter, edging just ahead of Apple for the first time.

The big winner over the year has been Samsung, which, for the first time in June 2013, marginally passed Apple on a worldwide basis to take number one spot in terms of internet usage. Samsung has seen its internet usage rise to 25.47%, just ahead of Apple (25.09%) …
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American Customer Satisfaction Index shows Samsung gaining, Apple retaining lead

Ben Lovejoy May 22 2013 - 4:46 am PT

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index, a large-scale annual survey of consumer satisfaction across a wide range of products, shows that Apple retained the top ranking, but Samsung closed Apple’s lead from 12 points to just five …
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