I notice you didn't include pictures of my PPC-6700 which came out several years before the iPhone.
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That is strange, it has a rectangular shape with rounded corners, which was part of Apple's case. The PPC-6700 had many features included in the iPhone and a couple that were not. The technology was older so it had a slide-out keyboard with a resistive screen. The PPC-6700 was not the only phone that was released before the iPhone iPhone that was rectangular with rounded corners. If you re going to exclude pictures of these phones the picture you provided seems more than a little disingenuous.
As far as what Apple did and their intent... that is somewhat open to debate as arguments in the lawsuit demonstrated amply. Here is a link to a an article that seems a little ironic given the arguments made in the trial and which demonstrates Apples desire to manipulate the patent system.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rectangle-with-rounded-corners
Apple's lawyers act like goons hired by the largest corporation in the world to intimidate other technology companies. They do this with farcical patents that would not be approved for any party were the system not hopelessly corrupt.
That is strange, it has a rectangular shape with rounded corners, which was part of Apple's case. The PPC-6700 had many features included in the iPhone and a couple that were not. The technology was older so it had a slide-out keyboard with a resistive screen. The PPC-6700 was not the only phone that was released before the iPhone iPhone that was rectangular with rounded corners. If you re going to exclude pictures of these phones the picture you provided seems more than a little disingenuous. And you see that bump up next to the antenna? That's where you stored your STYLUS. Not the same at all. Count the number of physical buttons. Not the same at all. Can you control it with your finger? Not the same at all. Need I go on. You just proved you do NOT have a clue about Design Patents at all. There is a Design Patent on file for the PPC-6700 as well. . . bet you didn't know that, did you? In that patent are the exact same specifications of a "rectangle with rounded corners" because it's REQUIRED in the physical description! Do you get it now! Apple never, ever, not-at-all, patented "a rectangle with rounded corners!" It was only a single phrase among many in the physical description of the design that Samsung used for their PROPAGANDA which you fell for, hook, line, and sinker!