Samsung Vs Apple Phones Pros & Cons

Smartphones have been around for quite some time now and names
like Samsung and Apple dominate the market. These two are the most
renowned mobile gadget manufacturers in the world, although they
also produce a wide variety of electronics. Samsung and Apple have
been competing at all levels of mobile phone production and have
close customers. The release dates of their phones are some of the
most awaited days in the phone industry.
Here is a descriptive review detailing Samsung Vs Apple phones pros
& cons.

Samsung pros and cons

Samsung is among oldest manufacturer of phones and they serve a

global market producing a wide variety of gadgets ranging from large
5.5+ inch touchscreen smartphones to old technologies and QWERTY
button models. Some of the pros Samsung phones have include the
following;
Android OS Samsung was first to embrace android OS which has a
global reputation for offering millions of applications via Google
Play. It also allows integration of advanced computing technologies
and software in mobile phones.

Reputable manufacturer Samsung is a mobile phone manufacturer

powerhouse and has massive followers. Their designs are some of the
best and most efficient in the market.

Compact design Samsung phones are quite durable and can serve
you for many years if properly maintained. You can find phones that
are over half a decade old and still perform optimally.
 Latest technology Samsung offers the latest state-of-the-art features
that can achieve all that any mobile phone can currently accomplish.
Some include maps and GPS tracking, mobile wallets, high-definition
cameras, ergonomic display and fast web browsing, expanded
memory and multiple-user interface.

Other benefits , pros and good things about Samsung phone includes
competitive prices, durability, speed, availability and ease of repair.
Some of the cons of using Samsung phones include;
High prices for modern technology. The Galaxy S series is one of
the priciest in the market.
Low battery life. Smartphones are heavy battery users due to
background applications.
Frequent release cycles. Your latest phone will soon be out of
fashion and new trendy designs come sooner rather than later.

Apple pros and cons

Apple is another world market leader in phone production. Their

phones are blatantly the most awaited and feature long queues for a
chance to own one gadget. They are renowned for the following cons;
IOS Although less preferable to android, the IOS is in no way
inferiors and can achieve just as much as android. They offer ITunes
and Apple Store for applications and downloading. They also have
features like Apple Pay mobile wallets and fingerprint recognition.
Elegant designs It is no doubt that apple phones such as iPhone are
the most aesthetically beautiful designs in the market. They are also
very durable and feature shock absorbing capabilities.

Apple Phones Latest technology Just like Samsung, Apple phones

incorporate the latest mobile phone technology.
Other benefits and pros of Apple Phones are trending designs, a wide
variety of features and unparalleled reputation. Some of the cons of
Apple phones include;
OS limitations IOS restricts downloads to Apple Store and have
various limitations when it comes to 3rd party applications which is a
trend.
Expensive phones there is no matching Apple when it comes to
price and their phones are the most expensive in the market.

Analysis

All Apple products are made and well-supported by Apple. Android

products are made by many different companies, and some
manufacturers have better support than others. Apple requires service
providers to allow users to update their operating systems when Apple
makes those updates available. Android users are at the mercy of the
service provider and the device manufacturer to provide updates, not
just Google. Apple tightly controls third-party software, and does not
allow inexperienced users any simple way to load unauthorized and
potentially dangerous software onto their devices. Android users can
enable alternative software sources through a check box in the
settings menu of their device. There are only a few Apple products.
There are thousands of Android devices. Apple products are
expensive. Android products can be much more affordable. Apple
products do not have many customization options. Android users can
choose different launchers and populate their home screens with
widgets.

Supporting facts
On March 31, a $2 billion trial between Apple and Samsung began in
California court. Apple is accusing Samsung of infringing on software
patents related to its iPhone. If youre feeling a sense of deja vu, you
arent crazy. The legal battle between the two largest mobile tech
companies has been raging quietly and loudly for nearly four years,
and its set to last for at least another three.

To help catch you up (and honestly, keep track of this mess ourselves)
weve put together a timeline of whats happened in the last few
years. If you want to know what happens when two immovable
objects crash into each other, this is a good case study.
The Players

Samsung is a tech powerhouse: Not only does it make many of the

components used in devices from many vendors, it owns key patents
related to wireless communication technology and is the most
successful Android device maker by a massive margin.

Apple arguably invented the modern smartphone and tablet: It

tries to protect its
products by dotting every i and crossing every t with patents on from
outward design to that rubber-band stretchy effect you get on iOS
when you scroll past the edge of a page or photo.

These two companies used to

get along great. Their legal battle started long after Samsung started
selling Android devices. Apple founder Steve Jobs hated Android and
once called it a stolen product a ripoff of the iPhone. Apples
first major clashes in the smartphone wars started with Nokia and
HTC in 2009 and 2010. Why wait on bringing litigation against
Samsung? In part because Apple and Samsung are also long-time
partners. Apple spends billions on Samsung flash memory, screens,
processors, and other components. Souring that relationship with
lawsuits was risky, but eventually Apple felt it had no choice.
The Apple-Samsung Timeline

Aug. 2010: The warning

Apple warns Samsung it believes some Samsung phones and tablets

infringe on Apple patents. Since Samsung is a major Apple supplier
and a trusted partner, Apple wants to work out a deal.
Oct. 2010: The failed meeting

Apple meets with Samsung to propose a licensing deal where

Samsung would pay Apple up to $30 per phone an $40 per tablet. In
comparison, six months earlier HTC agreed to pay Microsoft a
reported $5 for every Android device sold. Samsung declines.
April 2011: The first lawsuit, and the countersuit

Apple sues Samsung, claiming Samsung slavishly copied its

product designs. Within days, Samsung countersues over 3G
technology patents, and takes the fight international by filing claims
against Apple in Japan, Germany, and Korea.
Aug. Sept. 2011: Products pulled from shelves

Apple has sales of Samsungs Galaxy Tab 10.1 put on hold in

Australia and secures an injunction on Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in the
EU, claiming its design too closely resembled the iPad. The EU
injunction is quickly scaled back to just Germany, but Apple gets the
German ban extended to the Galaxy Tab 7.7.
Apples patents include design elements as well as slide-to-unlock,
rubber-banding, and universal search features.

In the U.S., a San Jose court orders Samsung to share

samples of offending devices and source code with
Apple by the end of the year as part of the evidence-
gathering process. Samsung tries to get the court to
order Apple to disclose information about the
forthcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3; the court does not
agree to this request.
Both companies start to get specific about patents at play. Apples
patents include design elements as well as slide-to-unlock, rubber-
banding, and universal search features; Samsungs complaints center
on standards-essential patents for 3G mobile technology that are
supposed to be available to anyone on fair, reasonable, and non-
discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
Nov. Dec. 2011: 30 open lawsuits

Australia allows the Galaxy tablet to go on sale many months after its
planned debut, but Samsung changes the design to get around the
sales ban in Germany. Samsung manages to get iPhones and iPads
banned in Germany for a few hours, and Apple loses a bid to block
sales of specific Samsung 4G phones in the United States.

More cases get filed. The fight now spans about 30 cases spanning
North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
March May 2012: Settlement talks begin (and fail)
 In the United States, Apple
claims Samsung violated court orders by only turning over one device
with source code as part of discovery. Judge Lucy Koh orders the
companies into settlement talks in late May; but a week beforehand, a
U.S. appeals court says sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 should be
blocked until a trial. To no ones surprise, talks go nowhere, although
Koh eventually rules any sales ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would
have to wait until the trial ended.
July 2012: Apple publicly admits Samsung didnt copy

Samsung and Google are forced to scale back the universal search bar
on the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S3 in response to an injunction
granted by Judge Koh.

A UK court orders Apple to post public notice that Samsung didnt

copy the iPads design ostensibly because Samsungs tablets just
werent as cool. (Apple eventually complied rather cheekily, and was
forced to take a do-over.)

Judge Koh asked if Apple was on crack for submitting a 75-page

list of potential witnesses at the last minute.

In the United States, the jury trial between Samsung

and Apple opened July 22 with Apple seeking about
$2.5 billion in damages. Samsung immediately incurs
Judge Kohs ire by publicly disclosing material that had
been excluded from the trial and for failing to prevent
deletion of relevant evidence. But Apple got dinged on
evidence retention too, and at one point Judge Koh
asked if Apple was on crack for submitting a 75-page
list of potential witnesses at the last minute.
Apple and Samsung are now engaged in more than 50 lawsuits
worldwide.
August 2012: Apples $1 billion victory

Boom. After three days of deliberation the U.S. jury sides with Apple,
awarding over $1 billion in damages and finding that 26 Samsung
products infringed on both Apple software and design patents. The
decision is controversial, generating debate about whether the jury
acted properly and if lay juries should sit on patent cases at all.

Apple quickly files a second U.S. lawsuit against Samsung, asserting

21 more devices released since August 2011 infringe on Apple
patents, including the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note.
Oct. Nov. 2012: Galaxy Nexus ban lifted

An appeals court lifts an injunction on U.S. sales of the Samsung-

made Galaxy Nexus, which had been Apples strongest blow against a
flagship Android product.
Dec. 2012: Apples patents called into question
 The U.S. Patent of Trademark
Office tentatively rejects all claims of Apples 915 pinch-to-zoom
patent, one of the most valuable multi-touch patents in Apples case
against Samsung. While a final ruling may be years away, if the patent
is invalidated it could trigger a full retrial of the first U.S. Apple-
Samsung conflict. Apple maintains the patent will hold up; Samsung
says they have a workaround.

Judge Koh denies Apples motion for a permanent injunction against

Samsung. Despite Apples court victory, Samsungs infringing
products remain on sale.
March 2013: Apples victory shrinks, retrial set

Judge Koh finds the U.S. jury calculated damages incorrectly, so she
invalidates $450 million of the $1 billion awarded to Apple and orders
a retrial to determine proper damages.
June 2013: ITC rules iPads infringe on Samsung patents

In a surprise win for Samsung, the U.S. International Trade

Commission rules older iPhones and iPads should be barred in the
United States for infringing on a standards-essential patent belonging
to Samsung.
Aug. 2013: ITC ruling vetoed, ITC blocks older Samsung phones

The United States Trade Representative outright vetoes the June ITC
ruling two days before going into effect. Some view the decision as
Apple pulling strings in Washington D.C., while others call it a
victory for not allowing companies to use standards-essential patents
as weapons in litigation.

A few days later, the ITC blocks some older Samsung phones from
sale in the United States for violating two Apple patents.
Nov. 2013: Retrial starts, Apple seeks $379.8 million

The retrial on damages invalidated by Judge Koh gets underway.

Apple seeks $379.8 million; Samsung argues the amount should be
$52 million. A Samsung representative concedes in court some of its
devices contain some elements of Apples property. Judge Koh
awards Apple $290 million in damages, bringing the Samsungs total
penalty in the first U.S. case down from $1.05 billion to $929 million.
March 2014: Samsung asked for $1 billion, immediately appeals

The $929 million judgement against Samsung in the first U.S. trial
becomes official. The next day, Samsung files a formal appeal.

Steve Jobs hated Android and once called it a stolen product a

ripoff of the iPhone.

The second U.S. trial gets underway on March 31. Apple

seeks roughly $2 billion in damages. The second trial
mostly concerns different patents and different
products than the first trial. Unlike the first trial, Google
may be a significant presence in the courtroom.
Samsung claims four of the five patent claims against it
are licensed from Google as part of Android. Samsung
has withdrawn its standards-essential patents from the
case.
April 2014: New $2 billion trial underway
During the first days of April, the jury was selected and Apples Phil
Schiller sat in the hot seat.

Heres what to expect in the coming weeks and months:

An initial decision (or mistrial) in the second U.S.

case.

Samsungs appeal of the first U.S. case, expected

to hinge on the validity of key Apple patents.
However, the appeals process will likely run ahead
of the patent review process, putting the whole
thing into question.

Samsung (or Apple!) appealing the second U.S.

case.

Final rulings on the validity of key Apple patents in

the first U.S. case. Even if theyre invalidated,
Apple thinks the process will take at least until mid-
2017

As of early 2014, Apple has been largely successful against Samsung,

with the bulk of rulings and court decisions going in Apples favor.
Apple has also struck a blow against companies (like Motorola) using
predatory licensing on standards-essential patents to seek bans on
competing products, and can perhaps claim a moral victory with
Samsung outright admitting some of its products copied Apple
technology.

However, Apple has almost nothing concrete to show for its efforts
with Samsung. Apple hasnt managed to get Samsung s key products
banned in major markets, Apple hasnt collected a penny of damages
from the high-profile first U.S. trial, and the ongoing international
litigation is at best a distraction and at worst a long-term drain on the
company.

Conclusion
Samsung and Apple are the top two phone
manufacturing companies and fierce competitors. Their
release cycles almost complement each other and
comparing their latest devices is often interesting.
Above are some of the obvious pros and cons
surrounded in using these brands. It also depend on the
particular phone so before any body shop for a phone
the specifications and other features of the phone must
be thoroughly read because once purchased the value
of the gadget drop down quickly and most of the time it
is not easy to change the phones instantly. At least,
above the