(Before I begin – apoogies for the poor quality photo – this is from my supposedly excellent 5MP Mobile camera!)
The other day I was stood looking at our Samsung LCD TV, and something struck me – it looks ALOT like a new iPhone turned on it’s side – scarily so in fact. The only differences are the position of the single facia button (obviously it’s on the side of the TV if you are looking at it sideways), and the Samsung logo. Other than that, they look pretty much identical, design-wise. Even the rear casing has the same material look and feel to it!
That lead me to think, I wonder if Apple’s latest design was ‘inspired’ by other consumer goods – I mean, Apple’s device has been cloned more times than we can count, so could it happen in the other direction?
Of course, this is just a bit of harmless fun – I am sure the iPhone3G was a completely original design – but similarities crop up in the strangest places, don’t they……!