Counter-Ad to Samsung [merged]

[matttye]

I agree fully with that, however that is not what I was responding to.

I responded to allegations of the galaxy S3 also having passbook, except it being called passwallet, as if it were a feature of the phone (or the phone's os, in iOS's case).

It isn't. It's a third-party app that needs to be separately downloaded and has a giant advertisement banner at the top of the screen and unlike passbook on iOS won't pop up a pass on the lock screen when this is relevant.

Basically this is exactly the same as saying angry birds is a feature of iPhone 5: it's a third-part app that can be downloaded from the app store and does not integrate with the OS. (And in the iOS case does not come with ads.)

PassWallet has literally just been released. It has plenty of time to get better yet. All I'm saying is that I don't PassBook alone would be a good enough reason to get an iPhone over Android when Android has an admittedly half-assed-but-still-functional version of it.

The beauty of Android is that third party apps can integrate deeply with the OS!

If we're comparing OS features, then no PassWallet shouldn't be included, but if we're comparing selling points then it's fair game.

 

[Arnezie]

It isn't the lightest smartphone in the world.

 

[SquareOFortune]

It looks like nerd rage is in full swing... :laugh:

[Edit] - There's already a thread running on this: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1443267/

Sweet, haha.

Don't you have anything better to do with your time than to do unpaid marketing work for Apple? Weaksauce.

Entertainment is never a waste of time.

It isn't the lightest smartphone in the world.

Guess I'm mistaken. Sauce?

 

[IllIllIll]

Entertainment is never a waste of time.

In other words, "no I don't have anything better to do."

What's so entertaining about mocking an ad anyway? You seriously need a life.

 

[roadbloc]

No it's not. For my needs, the iPhone 5 is better. Simple as that.

Interesting. What does the iPhone 5 do that the S3 doesn't?

 

[Azzin]

In other words, "no I don't have anything better to do."

What's so entertaining about mocking an ad anyway? You seriously need a life.

I suspect it's about as entertaining as mocking somebody's post on an Internet forum and then telling them to get a life.

 

[KnightWRX]

So while the pixel count is 1136x640 vs 1280x720, sub pixel count is 1136x1920 vs 1280x1440, which makes the iPhone 5 the clear winner.

Wouldn't the HTC One X be the clear winner ? 1280x720 RGB LCD display

 

[IllIllIll]

I suspect it's about as entertaining as mocking somebody's post on an Internet forum and then telling them to get a life.

You're absolutely right. Unlike the OP, I never said I was entertained by it.

 

[smoledman]

The iPhone 5 is the lightest and thinnest high-end smartphone in the world.

 

[SquareOFortune]

In other words, "no I don't have anything better to do."

What's so entertaining about mocking an ad anyway? You seriously need a life.

^ *typed on a techblog rumor site without irony*

Also, I threw it together in Pages in about 60 seconds.

That's 60 seconds I'll never get back to stare at a computer screen and type a starky reply in a blog forum.

$#¥%... wait >______>