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Jagardn

macrumors 6502a
Apr 18, 2011
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how can someone hate a company? :rolleyes:

Get F'd over enough by any company and you can hate them. What is so strange about that.

I don't hate Samsung, but I won't buy one of their TV's again, mine and a few others I knew had them die in the first two years.
 

OceanView

macrumors 65816
Sep 16, 2005
1,094
39
I prefer Samsung TV's over most others.
The competition from Samsung is good for all of us Consumers whether we like Samsung or Apple.
 

iAppleseed

macrumors regular
May 11, 2011
177
0
I'm guilty. I own a Samsung 40" LED. Why? No one else makes better TVs.

Apple will.

I'm fine with Samsung as long as they don't eat much of Apple's market share and as long as they aren't copycats who innovates on their own.

If Samsung copied Apple TV, I'm not buying a single samsung product again.
 

Vegastouch

macrumors 603
Original poster
Jul 12, 2008
6,182
991
Las Vegas, NV
Apple will.

I'm fine with Samsung as long as they don't eat much of Apple's market share and as long as they aren't copycats who innovates on their own.

If Samsung copied Apple TV, I'm not buying a single samsung product again.

Apple is going to make a TV? If they do that thing will be so expensive. When they first made their 17" monitor. They had an initial price tag of $4000 on it....and it was just a monitor.

BTW, Apple uses some of Samsung parts in their phones and iPads instead of innovating their own.

Why do you care how much market share Samsung has? You have stock in Apple?
 

iAppleseed

macrumors regular
May 11, 2011
177
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Apple is going to make a TV? If they do that thing will be so expensive. When they first made their 17" monitor. They had an initial price tag of on it....and it was just a monitor.

BTW, Apple uses some of Samsung parts in their phones and iPads instead of innovating their own.

Why do you care how much market share Samsung has? You have stock in Apple?

The Apple Tax is a myth.

I care about Samsung's market share because they don't deserve their high market share. Apple deserved it. Samsung just copied Apple. Apple worked hard and Samsung just placed it into their product.
 

monkeybagel

macrumors 65816
Jul 24, 2011
1,142
61
United States
Get F'd over enough by any company and you can hate them. What is so strange about that.

I don't hate Samsung, but I won't buy one of their TV's again, mine and a few others I knew had them die in the first two years.

Seems mine is doing that. Turns on a right back off. Once it's on it works. But it takes about 15 tries for that to happen.
 

b24pgg

macrumors 65816
Jan 28, 2009
1,108
0
CA
The hilarious thing is that Samsung supplies 26% of the hardware for the iPhone 4S. iPhone users who say they hate Samsung are completely retarded.
 

matttye

macrumors 601
Mar 25, 2009
4,957
32
Lincoln, England
The Apple Tax is a myth.

I care about Samsung's market share because they don't deserve their high market share. Apple deserved it. Samsung just copied Apple. Apple worked hard and Samsung just placed it into their product.

Every company copies. Nobody uses a feature set that is completely original. Apple used the Android notification drawer, for example.
 

j4zb4

macrumors 6502a
Oct 15, 2011
733
0
I have a hate for samsung products since a looong time... long before the apple vs samsung fanboy hate started... I never touch Samsung or Lg even with a 10 foot stick... And I try my best to discourage people who plan to buy a samsung... Recently I convinced my cousin to get a Panasonic plasma instead of the Samsung LED...
 

chambone

macrumors 6502a
Dec 24, 2011
969
25
Netherlands
I own a very noisy Samsung microwave oven, which must be over fifteen years old by now. But it keeps chugging along, so yea..

In terms of consumer electronics I have nothing from Samsung. But there's nothing stopping me from buying their stuff if I like it.
 

shinobi-81

macrumors 6502
Apr 11, 2012
341
1
I have a hate for samsung products since a looong time... long before the apple vs samsung fanboy hate started... I never touch Samsung or Lg even with a 10 foot stick... And I try my best to discourage people who plan to buy a samsung... Recently I convinced my cousin to get a Panasonic plasma instead of the Samsung LED...

Care to tell us how it started?
 

chambone

macrumors 6502a
Dec 24, 2011
969
25
Netherlands
Just wait till Apple brings out their....errr...I mean a re-badged Sharp, LG, Sammy, etc...TV. Then they hate for Samsung will go nuclear.
Personally I don't believe the BS people give when they say they look at Sammy's separate division with a different mindset. They hate Samsung through and through. It really is that simple.
BTW, the very fact many here will hate a company that supplies the most important parts of the iphone and ipad yet buy and drool over said idevices, just goes to show how incredibly conflicted these poor souls are.

You serious? If you really believe that 'they' hate Samsung through and through, you're the one that's conflicted. In a pretty bitter way. Please take a step or two back and consider reality.
 

Tsuchiya

macrumors 68020
Jun 7, 2008
2,310
372
Ever heard of Pioneer, their TV'S that are five years old and used still sell for more then a new Samsung TV. Their absolutely phenomenal, I paid $8000 for mine.

Pioneer don't technically make them anymore though :p

Though I wish they did, our Bravia is due for an upgrade and one of those 50" Kuro ones would have been awesome...

Anyway to the point, I don't see how anyone can "hate" a company that simply sells products. Samsung have done a cracking job, especially in the past few years. Despite the hate going on in this forum, the S2 was phenominal, the S3 is getting positive write-ups and anyone who can honestly look at one of their top end LED screens and say that they suck is IMHO crazy :)
 

G51989

macrumors 68030
Feb 25, 2012
2,530
10
NYC NY/Pittsburgh PA
The Apple Tax is a myth.

I care about Samsung's market share because they don't deserve their high market share. Apple deserved it. Samsung just copied Apple. Apple worked hard and Samsung just placed it into their product.

Why doesn't samsung deserve that market? They use different hardware for the most part, and a totally different operating system, they make a quality product.

What did samsung copy exactly?

The Smartphone?
Touch Screens?
Home Button?
multi touch?
Apps?
built in media?
rounded square?


Because apple copied all of that to. Nothing in Android or iOS is really original. Its all been done before.
 

chambone

macrumors 6502a
Dec 24, 2011
969
25
Netherlands
Why doesn't samsung deserve that market? They use different hardware for the most part, and a totally different operating system, they make a quality product.

What did samsung copy exactly?

The Smartphone?
Touch Screens?
Home Button?
multi touch?
Apps?
built in media?
rounded square?


Because apple copied all of that to. Nothing in Android or iOS is really original. Its all been done before.
Well, I can't help feeling that with certain products Samsung really went for the iPhone/iPad look. Which is kind of sad for a company of their stature and size.

Samsung-Galaxy-S-iPhone-Copy.jpg

Or do you think the Galaxy ended up looking like this completely by accident?
 

Mr. McMac

Suspended
Dec 21, 2009
2,968
364
Far away from liberals
I have 2 Samsung HDTV's from 2007 which have been flawless. A 61" HLT6187SAX DLP (LED Backlit) and a 40" LNT4053 LCD. When it comes time to replace them, I will definitely buy Samsung's again
 

G51989

macrumors 68030
Feb 25, 2012
2,530
10
NYC NY/Pittsburgh PA
Well, I can't help feeling that with certain products Samsung really went for the iPhone/iPad look. Which is kind of sad for a company of their stature and size.

View attachment 340885

Or do you think the Galaxy ended up looking like this completely by accident?

I think they did get a little stealy with how the galaxy looks, which is fine by me because I refuse to buy a phone without a keyboard, but yeah I can see that. But Samsung makes so many other android phones, even without the galaxy, I think they'd be fine.

It's not like the iPhone is original either.
lolapplelol.jpg

hmmm
 

chambone

macrumors 6502a
Dec 24, 2011
969
25
Netherlands
I think they did get a little stealy with how the galaxy looks, which is fine by me because I refuse to buy a phone without a keyboard, but yeah I can see that. But Samsung makes so many other android phones, even without the galaxy, I think they'd be fine.

It's not like the iPhone is original either.
Image
hmmm

Yeah I saw that picture before. I just checked and it looks like the F700 wasn't shown to the public before feb 2007, actually after Apple showed off the iPhone. The person who made that pic didn't let facts stop him I suppose.

Anyway, not losing a second of sleep over any patent war or anything, it's just that I can sympathize with those that say Samsung is a copycat.
 

G51989

macrumors 68030
Feb 25, 2012
2,530
10
NYC NY/Pittsburgh PA
Yeah I saw that picture before. I just checked and it looks like the F700 wasn't shown to the public before feb 2007, actually after Apple showed off the iPhone. The person who made that pic didn't let facts stop him I suppose.

Anyway, not losing a second of sleep over any patent war or anything, it's just that I can sympathize with those that say Samsung is a copycat.

The F700 was only a month later than the iPhone, I highly doubt even samsung could design an entire new phone and OS to go with it in a month.

I don't loose sleep over any of this, Apple is a copycat as well, so is Samsung, Companies copy off each other all the time.

My work phone they give me is an iPhone 4S, but my personal phone is some kind of mid level samsung, and I like it for the sole fact it has a keyboard.
 
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