Actually if you do further research you will discover that those are not the ONLY prototypes that SS had prior to the iPhone, in fact, they have recently released the other prototypes to the press because they were denied presenting them as fair evidence in court. I suspect Lucy Koh has already made up her mind regardless of prior evidence in favour of Samsung that they are not permitted to display.
Also, Apple no longer corners the market on user friendly VOIP or voice enabled devices. Apple has come out with their own maps FINALLY, are they copying Google, you bet ur Apple bottom they are!
Oh and PS basically there is only so much you can do with a rectangular design. The guts have to go somewhere, charger cable and audio out. So due to the popularity of the iPhone, how could other companies NOT reply with cool rectangles of their own? Just sayin.... Any company who would go against the grain on this and make a round or triangular cell phone would be laughed out of the industry.
I was not made aware that voice assistants were the sole property of Apple corporation......and of course if they were the first ones to bring it to market it is going to make other people look like they were copying, but Vlingo came out with voice commands/assistant WAAAY before Siri came to light.
Besides to say that Apple has the corner on all portable tech innovations is BS, they FREELY admit that they take ideas from other companies and make them work for them. That is not innovating, that is refining an already established idea from another company (*cough Sony * Cough).
Yes Apple has great ideas, but to say other companies never come up with any ideas is plain delusional: Google Now, Samsung's Smart Stay tech and some of their own gesture based executions on the new GS3. Google glasses, Street view (from Google) and I am sure I am neglegting tonnes of companies who have contributed to the overall end use effect of the devices on the market.