What does this term mean?

Question

"This may be the David to Apple's Goliath" or w/e I know I've heard this term being used before can someone explain what this means and provide an example of your own?

Answer 1

David was the little guy that killed the giant Goliath, right? So it's self-evident. Apple is the giant company, if some little company messes them up then they're the David.

Answer 2

in the famous story from the bible , GOLIATH was a giant ,very powerful PHILISTINE , he did a lot of damage to the poor hebrews.
then david , who according to the story was still a little boy, came up and killed him with a STONE .

so the story is used figuratively whenevr you have a powerful person or entity that is confronted with possible destruction from an insignificant , least likely person or event .

for example :

the in-trading scandal turned out to be the DAVID for the EXXON Goliath .

are the IRAQI insurgents to become the DAVID of the USA armie's Goliath ?

the sight of the scrawny , underweight boxer from Somalia beat down the 6 foot champion reminded me of the legendary battle between David and Goliath .

the idea is
1. you find a situation where a small , unlikely thing SURPRISINGLY overcomes something GREAT .

2. you compare the small thing to David

3. you compare the GREAT thing to Goliath .

4.congratulations!
you create the impression of being a well-read, well-spoken person .

Answer 3

just like everyone else explained, David beat the giant Goliath. So whatever strong tactic or product(David) apple has, it's basically their savior to the competition(Goliath)

Answer 4

it's like the underdog going against the one who's favored to win. david was a guy who went up against a giant named goliath and won.