The Samsung Galaxy S III - the first smartphone designed entirely by lawyers

I disagree with some of the things he says - I don't think the SIII is an ugly phone at all, and I think 'patent troll' is not the right term to describe Apple (enthusiastically litigatious certainly, but they're not a patent troll by any standard definition of the phrase) - but I rather agree with his basic point; the SIII appears to have been designed not with emphasis on form or function, but with an emphasis on protecting the company from infringing what are, in the main (IMO), pretty ludicrous patents.

Basically, the thing that people always predicted - that the US patent system would stifle and destroy innovation, not protect it - is embodied in the Galaxy SIII. It's a very, very nice phone (IMO) but is it the best phone it could be, or is it the best phone that isn't going to get Samsung sued by anybody?

Don't worry im sure Apple are ready to sue anyway.

Well I think it's ugly. Both the Sony Xperia S and the HTC One X look better IMO.

Really? It's not as if it's even that different. Plus I rather like the dark blue colour...

You do need to want to see the differences between the physical appearance of any touchscreen phone for them to be apparent. They are all square-ish and flat and have crap battery life, with slightly rounded edges so that they can't be used to cut cheese (with one exception-scroll to bottom).