Basically state of the art Android has caught up with iOS and even surpassed it in the eyes of many except the diehard Apple fans.

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What Apple is seeing now is a brand problem in the eyes of investors.

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Steve Jobs departure from Apple and the Korean firms confidence in its smartphone and tablet business could signal some more aggressive actions in the near future as Samsung looks to fend off recent Apple and lawsuits and make its mark in the mobile computing market. (See Samsung Eyes Opportunity as Steve Jobs Resigns).

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