Sounds like somebody may not be able to think up of new ideas

Hypocrite, how? Stephen said phones don't need to be redesigned every year and Samsung hasn't upgraded their design..

The S3, S4 and S5 look alike but they're different sizes due to the enlarged screen and 1080p resolution.

It's a brand, and one that has clearly been successful year after year. Anything else is a risk to their customers.

Mess

Totally wrong. When people drag you for your mediocre design, you should always be looking for ways to improve. If they're too lazy or blind to do that I wouldn't want to buy my phone from them. They're innovating in technology now but who knows what they'll say a few years down the line...

Not really, they haven't changed their design too much over the years

Sounds like a certain company with a fruit.

Adding a fingerprint scanner (that had already been done in other smartphones) and taking voice commands (that had been in android already) and naming it Siri is not "coming up with new ideas" so LETS NOT. Can't wait until Apple announces a 5 inch iPhone and all of you start calling it innovative and groundbreaking.

Slay me with those covers, finishes and colours. then.

sounds like excuses bc they cant come up with anything other than plastic, plastic and plastic made to look like metal

biT of a mess when they threw shade for not redesigning phones in the past

They actually can but refuse to because they are trying to maximize margins/profits by utilizing cheap material and production costs. They know they have the grasp on all its sheep that it really doesn't have to do much because the marketing will take care of the rest.

A fingerprint scanner hadn't been done before on other smart phones. Other smart phones used a fingerprint sensor that had been used for decades on computers etc.

A biometric fingerprint scanner actually scans your fingerprint etc. and saves an image of it on your phone. A sensor works differently (you have to swipe your whole finger slowly) whereas you only need your finger on a 5S for half a second (most of the time you can press the home button to unlock and you don't even get a chance to see your home-screen. So yes, Apple did it first. And better.)

Apple also used a 64 bit processor in the 5S that was labelled as "pointless" until it proved to be incredibly fast, to the point it was the fastest phone with only a dual-core. Samsung have already said they are trying to include one as soon as they can.

Apple fans also never call anything "innovative" and "groundbreaking" if it had been done before. But what gets most Android users angry is that when Apple do it, there is often a higher quality to which critics and the GP then agree it sets a new standard.

Siri was noted by the GP and users as "better" than what was available at the time. That's why Siri caught on and others didn't. There was a higher quality to Siri, hence why it was recognised more by the General Public.

Software/Technology>>>>>> Design.

BAM. this.

Ever year though?

This is why I'm unbothered with my IPhone 5

People are just easily duped into upgrade culture, and because phones are so fashionable there's even more incentive to keep up with the latest. It's easy to buy into.