The iPhone 6 vs. Samsung

The new smartphone iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus would never have seen the light of day had Apple’s founder Steve Jobs were alive. The most striking difference is the large screen, which is more or less the key feature of the Samsung Galaxy phone. Although some criticize this as copying Samsung, which has led the phablet smart phone trend, it appears even Apple could not go past the shift to larger screens, which are easier on the eyes.

It is said Jobs remarked that people wanting to watch porn should buy Android phones, and that he would not stop at a nuclear war to bring down Androids. It expresses the venom of Jobs to his competitor Google and the egotism typical of him. When he was alive, Jobs depended on his intuition to operate Apple as a small company of elites, but his successor Tim Cook has announced a partnership with IBM. He added former executives from Burberrys, Yves Saint Laurent, and Nike, and is actively buying up companies. Closed-door Apple has transformed itself into an open-door Apple.

The new iPhone’s representative product is Apple Pay, a mobile settlement service. Due to a patent held by someone else, this is dubbed Apple Pay, not iPay. Using this means never having to worry about losing one’s credit card, about leaking personal information, or about signing. Some put it down, saying it is not far removed from the mobile settlement services seen up to now, but like iTunes felling the music CD market, many believe Apple Pay will make wallets superfluous and transform the mobile settlement ecosystem.

The iPhone 6 appears likely to deal a sizable blow to Samsung, which has dominated the large smart phone market. A Chinese company is already hot on its heels by launching a new weapon combining only the strong points of Apple and Samsung’s products. As such, Samsung is in a tight corner. It is uncertain whether the iPhone 6 will be a success. Yet what should be focused is that after Jobs’ demise, Apple has forgone Jobs’ key legacy in order to continue with its innovation. Samsung is competitive with Apple in the technological aspect. What are holding Samsung back are Korea’s backward financial industry and strange regulations on mobile payment, and, as Samsung itself has acknowledged in an online debate, its organizational culture which makes innovation difficult to emerge.