Apple vs Samsung: Smartphone wars
Rutgers' Michael Carrier predicts judge will block some Android sales
Apple vs Samsung: Smartphone wars
Joseph N. DiStefano
A federal judge in California promised to rule quickly on yesterday's hearing over whether to ban Samsung Android phones that rely on stolen Apple iPhone technology.
Rutgers Law professor and antitrust expert Michael Carrier's predictions:
1. Samsung will not be successful in its attempt to obtain a new trial based on claimed misconduct of the jury foreman.
2. Judge Koh might block the sale of some Samsung phones. (For example) although 17 out of 20 Samsung phones at issue in the case are no longer on the market, there are still 77,000 Galaxy S II phones at retailers.
3. Judge Koh could reduce Apple’s billion-dollar damages award by tens of millions based on incorrect calculations for a few of the phones.
4. The case will be appealed to the Federal Circuit.
5. Apple will spend more on bogus patents than R&D
5. Lawyers get rich.
— philsoutthecomment- 6. Samsung will blow away Apple in the long run.
6. Why would you wanna pay a fortune for any Apple products, when they are
all made in China?— ToxicLogik - One does not pay a fortune for Apple products. You pay for a superior system and a superior construction. You will notice others have a lot of trouble matching Apples prices for similar but lower quality.— algalli
- @algalli Samsung makes most of the components in the iphone for instance. You pay more because Apple has a 70% markup on comp products. No one else gets close to that. Apple make their cameras (sony does), processors (samsung) etc. Foxconn makes dell, samsung and apple. You actually do pay more just because.— philsoutthecomment
