[paulsilver]

I know two non-techies who bought Samsung Android phones when they upgraded rather than iPhones because of that trial. Not a huge effect and obviously anecdotal, but these things do have an effect.

However, I think developers are likely to stay with Apple as they have solidly adopted their products over the last 7-8 years, and weirdly many people seem willing to forgive a large company anything, just because they happen to have purchased some of their product range.

[lttlrck]

Well I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to find people that won't buy anything from Samsung after that trial either...

"weirdly many people seem willing to forgive a large company anything, just because they happen to have purchased some of their product range."

Applies equally to Apple and Samsung... welcome to fanboydom.