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Analysts predict the next iPhone could sell to the tune of 250 million or more.

APPLE’S WORLD DOMINATION PLAN KICKS UP ANOTHER NOTCH

Huge Court Win Over Samsung Sets the Stage for the Hotly Anticipated Sept. 12 Dog & Pony Show
Apple’s historic legal triumph over Samsung in a San Jose courthouse last week cements its dominance of the mobile industry and could force carriers—including Google and other smartphone makers who use its Android software—to re-evaluate their product plans and strategies, the Wall Street Journal speculates. The paper’s interviews with jurors and legal experts reveal that Friday's verdict in the patent dispute did much more than order the South Korean company to pay $1.05 billion to its Silicon Valley rival.

The nine jurors also sent a signal that companies need to be much more careful in incorporating basic design elements in their electronic devices, particularly those affecting the way gadgets look and feel.

During its second day of deliberations, the jury settled a debate over whether Samsung infringed an Apple patent related to on-screen icons by holding up an iPhone and a Samsung phone in the dark to determine whether they appeared similar when the colorful rounded buttons were all that could be seen, recalled juror Manuel Ilagan. He said he also was persuaded by comparisons between Samsung's smartphone designs before and after the iPhone arrived in 2007. "It was obvious there was some copying going on," said Ilagan.

Apple’s court victory paves the way for an even more dominant iPhone launch than anticipated, according to analysts, many of whom already expected the phone to be the hottest consumer electronics launch in history, the N.Y. Post notes. Analysts predict the next iPhone could sell to the tune of 250 million or more. The company has reaped more than $156 billion in iPhone-related revenue since it introduced this game-changing piece of hardware in 2007.

Apple is expected to unveil its next-generation iPhone on Sept. 12—and then have the hot gadget in stores by Sept. 21, according to multiple reports. That will give the tech giant nine days of expected red-hot sales to top off its fiscal Q4. Then, in October, the iPad Mini, which could be designed more like a bigger iPod Touch than like a smaller iPad.

It’s ironic, the Post points out, that Apple’s next devices are expected to borrow some design elements from Android phones, which typically have a larger screen than Apple’s phones, and tablets like Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which is smaller models than the iPad, have done extremely well. The iPhone 5 is expected to sport a larger screen, and the iPad Mini is expected to come in closer to seven inches than 10 inches. Amazon is keeping the pressure on Apple with its own product launches in early September, likely ahead of Apple’s new mini tablet and iPhone. Microsoft and Nokia also plan to show off their Windows 8 phones ahead of the iPhone 5 launch.

It’s ironic as well that Steve Jobs was famously against seven-inch tablets, but their popularity with consumers has been undeniable.
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