The Thread Killer MKIII

[Dohc-WP]

Remember the old Fiesta's and the Mazda soho i think... please tell me you didnt think those cars didnt look alike....

actually those cars a built on the same platform, ford and mazda has an agreement concerning their designs and manufacturing eg. The old ford couriers and mazda b2000 bakkies where the exact same vehicles and the bantam and rustler bakkies (only the badges differentiated them)

currently alot of mazda / ford vehicles share common components eg: (but they dont look alike anymore)

ford ranger = Mazda BT-50
Fiesta current = mazda 2
mazda 3 = ford focus and even the volvo c30 is based on the same platform (ford owned volvo remember)
mazda 6 = ford mondeo

samsung had no agreement with apple, they just went and stole design ideas from apple

[Dohc-WP]

@ wenz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda#P..._Motor_Company

[OmegaFenix]

My Dad has a saying; "Anyone can copy something but few people have the vision to create something entirely new."

[Wenzdayz]

actually those cars a built on the same platform, ford and mazda has an agreement concerning their designs and manufacturing eg. The old ford couriers and mazda b2000 bakkies where the exact same vehicles and the bantam and rustler bakkies (only the badges differentiated them)

currently alot of mazda / ford vehicles share common components eg: (but they dont look alike anymore)

ford ranger = Mazda BT-50
Fiesta current = mazda 2
mazda 3 = ford focus and even the volvo c30 is based on the same platform (ford owned volvo remember)
mazda 6 = ford mondeo

samsung had no agreement with apple, they just went and stole design ideas from apple

yes they might have had an agreement but they still looked alike and you would mistake the one for the other. its an everyday occurance.

here are other cars that look alike.

http://forums.subdriven.com/showthre...ted-in-any-way.

[Dohc-WP]

yes they might have had an agreement but they still looked alike and you would mistake the one for the other. its an everyday occurance.

here are other cars that look alike.

http://forums.subdriven.com/showthre...ted-in-any-way.

well subaru and toyota recently released the gT86 and subaru the BRZ both look like twins just like the soho and fiesta did (they had an agreement)



samsung did this (no agreement in place)

[Grimspoon]

I am not disputing that Samsung have very similar designs to Apple. But it was bound to happen. Happens with everything.

[OmegaFenix]

well subaru and toyota recently released the gT86 and subaru the BRZ both look like twins just like the soho and fiesta did (they had an agreement)



samsung did this (no agreement in place)

That second pic would carry more weight if it showed pre 2007 samsung phones

[OmegaFenix]

I am not disputing that Samsung have very similar designs to Apple. But it was bound to happen. Happens with everything.

yeah but not everything is protected by patents.

[Dohc-WP]

That second pic would carry more weight if it showed pre 2007 samsung phones

most samsungs looked like this back then

[Wenzdayz]

yeah but not everything is protected by patents.

That is true but like they said you cant patent a shape...
this LG looks similar to an iphone
http://www.bablotech.com/wp-content/...marena_016.jpg
this HTC also looks similar
http://www.bablotech.com/wp-content/...ch-pro-2-2.jpg
they are really bad looking rip offs of the iphone but they still look similar.

Apple just doesn twant any competition.