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Originally Posted by Graham
Yes, Samsung deliberately moved this range a little too close to Apple's look for Google's comfort, but $1 billion in lost profit for Apple? Hmm.
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The argument is that if Samsung's product hadn't looked 'like' an iPhone, many people wouldn't have considered it, and would simply have bought the iPhone. Most people knew they were buying a Samsung product but thought it was 'like' an iPhone, only cheaper.
To be honest, I know quite a few people who bought products that were 'like' iPhones or 'like' MacBooks. Copying the design was an important part of demonstrating similarity.