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An internal Apple document Samsung used as evidence during its ongoing patent trial shows that some people at Apple fear that sales of the iPhone could fall as the competition releases better hardware and services.

Re/code's Ina Fried reports that Samsung presented the document during its cross-examination of Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller.

The document, which was put together by an Apple sales team and was not intended to be seen by the general public, reveals that people inside Apple do worry about the possibility of the iPhone declining despite the public reassurances Apple executives give when questioned about the iPhone's market share.

Here's what we learned from the portions of the document shown to the jury during today's trial:

• Internally, Apple acknowledges that competitors' hardware and Google's Android ecosystem are starting to catch up to the iPhone: “Competitors have drastically improved their hardware and in some cases their ecosystems," the document notes.
• Most of the growth in smartphone sales is coming from big-screen devices or cheap devices, while the segment in which the iPhone resides — "small," pricey phones — is in decline. That would certainly explain the rumors that Apple is going to start producing a big-screen iPhone as early as next month.
• While Apple is known for its distinct marketing, they're being vastly outspent in advertising by competitors like Samsung. The document says that Android device-makers are “spending ‘obscene’ amounts of money on advertising and/or carrier channel to gain traction.” Carrier channel refers to the incentives some device-makers give to carriers for pushing their devices onto customers.
• Apple became so dissatisfied with its ads in early 2013 that it considered replacing Media Arts Lab, the ad agency it has used since 1997. That's not a huge surprise — last summer, Bloomberg reported that Media Art Labs execs were frustrated by the lack of focus in their meetings with Schiller, who runs marketing at Apple and has led the meetings since Steve Jobs' death in 2011.

Schiller responded to questions about the document by saying that he didn't agree with much of what it said and that it does not represent Apple policy.

SEE ALSO: Steve Jobs hinted at a 'magic wand' for the Apple TV in an email

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I spent the rest of the afternoon thinking about it. I don’t admit defeat. Ever. But especially not with cake. Nothing is impossible is pretty much my baking motto, so to say this cake was impossible left me feeling weird. There had to be a way. A way that didn't involve carving or crumbing the cake. I kept mulling it over until I had a breakthrough.

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The Pirate Bay has been around for more than a decade and has undergone quite a lot of change during that time. However, nothing comes close to today’s announcement.

“We’re about to take the biggest step in our history,” says TPB in a blog post that went out earlier than expected.

In addition to changing the look of its frontpage the site has renamed itself to ‘The Virtual Bay’ to celebrate a new partnership with neuroscientists from Russia, Israel and Japan. The goal is to build a next generation virtual reality device that will change the way people interact with the site and the pirated media it offers.

“As piracy is about to change from sharing of files into the sharing of everything, we’re planning our departure from this earthly form. Preparing our final ascension into the transcendence. The final conflux,” the TPB team notes.

Traditional media companies are resisting change and have been slow to pick up on virtual reality, but The Pirate Bay is jumping in to fill this void. When the site’s device is ready, Pirate Bay users will be able to actively participate in the games and videos downloaded from the site.

“Using a simple plugin into the brain, you will no longer only be able to see and hear a movie, a game or whatever it is you want. You’ll be able to live it. Play the main character. Tweak any story in any way you want,” TPB writes.

In addition, the virtual reality component will store the entire Pirate Bay ecosystem in people’s minds, making it accessible instantaneously, faster than ever before, and impossible to shut down. In other words, the people will become The Pirate Bay and take the site to a new dimension.

“Using your brain power and nervous system, we will be able to speed things up. Every part of The Pirate Bay will be stored within you and everyone else that dares to participate in this step into the future. The more we are, the faster everything will be.

“Our scientists calculate that if we become at least 1,333,337 nodes, everything will be shared instantaneously,” the TPB team adds.

More details about this prestigious project are expected to come out later today, or tomorrow, depending on your time zone. Stay tuned.

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