Mobile phones: Difference Engine: Copying the copier | The Economist

Excerpt from an Economist Apple/Samsung reality check

"Whether die-hard fans like to admit it or not, the iPhone has fallen behind in appearance as well as technology. Samsung, Motorola Mobility (now part of Google) plus all the other makers of Android phones have been delivering faster and thinner models with bigger screens and ever slicker multi-tasking software at a blinding pace. Once-loyal Apple customers have become less impressed. The new iPhone, due in late September, will be thinner and have a slightly larger screen. But by updating its devices just once a year means Apple is now continually having to play catch-up."

Mobile phones: Difference Engine: Copying the copier | The Economist