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by ggoodale 5496 days ago
If the final versions aren’t available, Samsung wants “the most current version of each to be produced instead.”

Given that Apple hasn't announced an iPad 3 or an iPhone 5, what are the odds they simply ship Samsung's lawyers an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4 and call it good?
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hnsmurf 5496 days ago
They look fairly close when viewed head on, but then a lot of phones do. The EVO or just about any Android handset without a keyboard looks like a slightly bigger iPhone from the front. They've got a few more buttons, but other than that it's just a big touchscreen.

Turn any of them sideways though and the iPhone still looks better. This picture does a good job of showing that:

http://iphonehelp.in/content/uploads/2010/06/iphone-4-vs-gal...

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X-Istence 5496 days ago
Compare the front of an iPhone 3G/3GS with the Galaxy S head on. That is an uncanny resemblance.
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rmc 5495 days ago
Depends. If Apple announce and start selling a new iPhone in 2 months time that's radically different from the iPhone 4 they give Samsung, then Samsung will sue again. They would have been caught going against judges orders. This would jeopardize their fort case against Samsung and piss off the judge. This is not a clever thing to do for the sake of some pedantic hair splitting.
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roel_v 5496 days ago
If they are actually working on the iPad 3 or iPhone 5, it would not be wise to ignore a court order and ship something else.
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