Appleov Iphone dizajner Nishibori Shin priznao je u svjedočenju prema dokumentima koji su iscurili sa svjedočenja Apple vs Samsung da je dizajn za Iphone 2006. kopirao od Sonyja. Naime, u veljači 2006. Appleov direktor Tony Fadell proslijedio je članak Steveu Jobsu, Johnatanu Iveu i drugima o Sonyjevom dizajnu smartphonea gdje se govori o uređaju koji stane u ruku, nema dugmad, pravokuutnog je oblika i zaobljenih kuteva.
Prema svjedočenju Nishiborija, taj njegov kopirani dizajn je preokrenio Iphone projekat i usmjerio ga prema onome što je danas.
Think Apple’s iconic iPhone design was born deep within the catacombs of Apple’s Cupertino campus? Think again.
According to Samsung’s unredacted trial brief (.pdf), the inspiration for the look of Apple’s original iPhone actually came from an idea for a Sony smartphone.
“In February 2006, before the claimed iPhone design was conceived, Apple executive Tony Fadell circulated a news article to Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive and others. In the article, a Sony designer discussed Sony designs for portable electronic devices that lacked buttons and other ‘excessive ornamentation,’ fit in the hand, were ‘square with a screen’ and had ‘corners [which] have been rounded out,’” the document explains. An Apple industrial designer, Shin Nishibori, then mocked up the design, even using Sony’s logo on the back of the CAD drawing.
According to Nishibori’s testimony, his design changed the course of the iPhone project, and pointed it toward the iPhone of today.
link na vijest http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/apple-reveals-for-monday-trial/
Dakle, ovo nije špekulacija - Appleov uposlenik je kopirao Sonyjev dizajn, proslijedio ga svojim šefovima i svjedočio na sudu ove činjenice. I sada oni tuže druge da su ih kopirali. Kad vam netko kaže o superiornosti Iphoneovog dizajna slobodno ga uputite na pdf gore u tekstu.