It beat Synaptics to the first cell phone design, in a high-end Motorola handset.
Nokia also takes comfort from the fact that Japanese taste in mobile-phone design is rather different from European.
Apple had asked Koh to punish Samsung by ruling that Apple's phone design patents were valid, and had been infringed.
Apple and Samsung have been fighting in court over phone design, and patent trolls buy up legal claims with no intention of ever manufacturing anything other than lawsuits.
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Speaking at Design Day 2013, Wolff Olins creative director Todd Simmons and Windows Phone design studio manager Albert Shum talked about the challenges of rebranding a company like Microsoft.
There definitely are compromises with the smart phone design.
With Sony's expertise in design and craftsmanship, the Xperia ZL comes with subtly rounded edges, a curvature that fits naturally into the palm of your hand, and a compact layout that optimizes the iconic phone design.
Charles Verhoeven, the Quinn Emanuel partner representing Samsung in this part of the trial, took the witnesses on an increasingly uncomfortable tour of the fine points of phone design, pointing out a series of small but noticeable differences between iPhones and Samsung designs.
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This enables you to setup the functions and apps you want your children to have access to in an area of the phone that is design just for them.
Over the next 10 years, as the inner workings of phones shrink and manufacturing costs drop, "You'll be able to put a thicker texture of design around the phone, " says Christian Lindholm, director of Fjord, a London-based strategic design consultancy.
The phone's overall design takes some cues from the One line, which gives it a modern look and feel.
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There is a famous story about a cell phone manufacturer focusing their design solely around a small block of wood.
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Rather, as alleged, Wi-Fi technology shares a common design with cellular phone technology .
The stunning Windows Phone 8X boasts an iconic design, immersive studio-quality sound and incredible camera capabilities.
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The one problem with the S710a form factor is despite the excellent design, the phone is simply a bit too bulky to fit comfortably in fashionably tight pants.
Although Windows Phone is innovative from a design perspective, and has a small but devoted user base, it does not solve the salient problems of mobile in a way distinctly different from iOS or Android.
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Cell phone manufacturers don't always design phones that are easy to clean up and debug.
The phone is currently only a concept design with no plans for production.
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The design of a new phone can be tweaked right up until the last minute without changing the hardware.
We were a bit perplexed by the Focus 2's chunky design, as the phone packs only a 1, 700mAh battery and yet weighs in at a mere 4.3 ounces.
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Our source also said the phone's entered DVT (Design Verification Test) phase for some time, so it might not be long before we hear an official announcement in China.
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The 4.3-inch 720p HD (1280 x 720) display comes to life in the phone's slim, sculpted design and improvements to the rear-facing camera let you capture great photos and record video in 1080p HD.
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With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications.
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It looks an awful lot like the back of the Desire HD, but HTC is well known for repeating design themes across its phone portfolio, so let's not jump to any conclusions just yet.
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The phone has a large display and unibody design, plus HD video recording capability with the built-in camera.
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Design of the stolen-phone database is complicated by the fact that the carriers use very different cellphone technologies.
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Yet the national business model is unique: mobile operators design the features of the phone, and the manufacturers must comply.
But instead of holding a monopoly over his design and licensing it to phone makers, Rossman now faces dozens of rivals as he builds a new business selling server software and applications under the WAP standard.
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