The bitter rivalry between the iphone and its Android opponent, Galaxy smartphone is hotting up further with the Galaxy S3’s new commercial poking fun at iPhone loyalists yet again. The spot is coming barely two weeks after the celebrated release of the iphone5 by Apple. Galaxy s3 digital video is said to have gained 2.3 million YouTube views within a day. A US court ruling in August which awarded $1billion in compensation to Apple for iphone patent violations by Samsung for several of its rival smartphone offerings including the Galaxy has raised controversy and put global focus on competition between the two. Although iphone has enjoyed roaring success, Samsung’s Andriod phones including Droid and Galaxy re believed to have outsold the former.
Apple also pays handsomely for some of the smartphone components it buys from Samsung. But Apple has long claimed that Samsung had been copying its technical designs and style designs without paying, claiming the Galaxy looks so much like the iphone. A judge in the UK had however dismissed Apple’s suit against Samsung in the UK. Another court in Japan came to the same conclusion. But Apple is not giving up.It wants a complete ban placed on several Samsung
Phones in the US, including some versions of Galaxy S3,but has so far excluded the Galaxy S5.
