
"iPhone 4S release noise would drown out their signal?"
Baahhhaaaa...
Are you serious????
Samsung and Google have reportedly cancelled next week's launch of the smartphone everyone expects will be the new Nexus. Samsung today said the two companies have "decided to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and venue will be …
It really is no different from the likes of E4 a few years ago not showing an Episode of "One Tree Hill" that features a shooting in a school - which rather unfortunately was due to be broadcast about a week after there had been a shooting in an American school.
There is no reason they could have broadcast the episode - but they decided not to out of respect - even though the families in America wouldn't have had any idea whether E4 did or didn't show it.
There are also some people suggesting the Jobs' funeral could well be on Tuesday and that a number of Google employees will probably be going to it.
You would think that with the huge gap that there inevitably will be between the thousands of people who want an iPhone 4S, and the dozen or so that Apple have allocated for launch that Google/Samsung's offering could make a good alternative to those people who have contracts up for renewal between then and when Apple get more phones in. (As well as the usual Android fan crowd of course)
'iPhone sold out? Well get a Samsung. It's just as good as an iPhone as these patent lawsuits show, plus they're actually available'
Well maybe not quite but you get the point.
I suspect Samsung are now re-evaluating the hardware (just like they did to the Galaxy tablet when the iPad 2 was launched)
I expect they will replace (the reportedly 5MP rear camera) with an 8MP or 10MP one, and probably bump the processor a little
Steve's death (and impending funeral) has not stopped Apple launching the iPhone 4S
So either Samsung is going to Bump the spec's , or Ice-Cream Sandwich has issues