Samsung Designer Says He's No Apple Copycat, Says Galaxy 'Original From The Beginning'
Brian Caulfield
, Forbes Staff
Quick question: Does anyone know how to say ‘are you f$%#ing kidding me’ in Korean?’
Lee Minhyouk, the lead designer for Samsung’s mobile division took umbrage with charges Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones are knockoffs of Apple‘s designs in a profile of the South Korean conglomerates smartphone effortspublished by Reuters Friday.
“I’ve made thousands of sketches and hundreds of prototype products (for the Galaxy),” Lee told Miyoung Kim at Reuters. “Does that mean I was putting on a mock show for so long, pretending to be designing?”
“As a designer, there’s an issue of dignity. (The Galaxy) is original from the beginning, and I’m the one who made it,” Lee said. “It’s a totally different product with a different design language and different technology infused.”
Quick question: Does anyone know how to say ‘are you f$%#ing kidding me’ in Korean?’
Lee Minhyouk, the lead designer for Samsung’s mobile division took umbrage with charges Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones are knockoffs of Apple‘s designs in a profile of the South Korean conglomerates smartphone effortspublished by Reuters Friday.
“I’ve made thousands of sketches and hundreds of prototype products (for the Galaxy),” Lee told Miyoung Kim at Reuters. “Does that mean I was putting on a mock show for so long, pretending to be designing?”
“As a designer, there’s an issue of dignity. (The Galaxy) is original from the beginning, and I’m the one who made it,” Lee said. “It’s a totally different product with a different design language and different technology infused.”
but I think it only used to be a copy, with the new Samsung S3 they have cleary surpassed the iPhone 5... Samsung will be king in the future!
