Picture this: You're in charge of Samsung's phone and tablet divisions. You're feeling stung by the recent law-room battles which have been keeping your products out of stores because they look exactly like Apple's iPhone and iPad. You desperately need a new product. What to do?
Maybe you should copy the iPhone 3G. After all, Apple mightn't mind you ripping of a years-old phone, right? Surely the design must be in the public domain by now?
Take a look at the Galaxy Ace Plus, a touch-screen Android phone with a 3.65-inch screen, a centrally-placed home button and a curved, glossy black rear panel. Look familiar? Even the OS version is in keeping with the last-gen design it mimics: The Ace Plus runs Gingerbread. That's two major versions back from the current 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Inside, there's a 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 3GB storage and Samsung's iOS-a-like TouchWiz interface.
Fittingly, the handset will roll out most extensively in regions of the world far from the courtroom battles of the Netherlands and Australia. The Ace Plus will be heading to Russia, India, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and India.
Samsung introduces the Galaxy Ace Plus [Samsung via Cult of Mac]
