Apple’s Schiller Aims at Samsung Before Galaxy Debut

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Apple Inc. Senior Vice President Phil Schiller, seeking to steal thunder from his company’s main competitor in the smartphone market, touted the iPhone a day before Samsung Electronics Co. unveils its Galaxy S4.

Schiller, speaking in an interview yesterday, played down the market-share gains of Samsung and other device makers that use Google Inc.’s Android mobile software. Apple lures four times as many Android smartphone owners to buy iPhones as it loses to rivals, he said.