No, other companies shouldn’t copy Apple! But Samsung is pretty good at it.
It was almost yesterday when Samsung went on X to poke fun at Apple’s latest iOS 18 software about how “late” it was to add certain features already found on Android phones.
The “roast” didn’t go as planned. In fact, Samsung got roasted back by hundreds of X users who compared the anti-Apple tweets to a “cheap marketing campaign”.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more ironic, Samsung decides to drop the new Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro – without a doubt, the most Apple-inspired pair of Samsung devices we’ve ever seen in a while.
But I got not one but two hot takes coming your way:
Even if it looks like it, the Galaxy Watch Ultra isn’t a cheap Apple replica from Temu… It’s a better “watch” design!
It goes without saying (but by looking at the two watches) that Samsung ripped off the basic “vibe” of the Apple Watch Ultra.
A titanium housing, a larger, square-ish sapphire crystal screen, an orange “Quick button”, and shockingly identical straps. Oh, and a super red Night mode, so the two Ultra watches look identical even in pitch dark.
And despite all of the “criminal” amount of similarities, I’m in the minority of people who actually like what Samsung has done here. And I don’t mean the “stealing” bit but the end result.
Frankly, I’m not a big “smartwatch” guy and I only use my Pixel Watch 2 because it came with my Pixel 8 Pro, but there are five things that make the Galaxy Watch Ultra more appealing to me compared to Apple’s Ultra watch.
5 things make the Galaxy Watch Ultra the better “Ultra” than the Apple Watch Ultra
Above all, I find the Galaxy Watch Ultra to be better-looking than the Apple Watch Ultra. Why? Well, Samsung’s Ultra watch pulls off a unique “square but round” look at the same time, and that’s something you don’t see often in the smartwatch world.
Sure, that’s not gonna be everybody’s cup of tea but it makes the Galaxy Watch Ultra easier to pair with different outfits – especially something more formal.
Number one, I commend Samsung’s decision to keep the circular watch face, which makes the Ultra look like a watch instead of a “wrist computer”.
